Battle Normanhurst Court Club Campsite

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Small skirmish with the elements

We stayed at this site for a week in mid July. We were pitched on a grass site on "the terrace" and would recommend this location, although there are lots of good places, both sunny and shaded. It is best to park up and walk the site when you arrive as there are lots of secluded cul de sacs and if they are already occupied you will have difficulty getting out. Although it was July it got very windy and on one day very wet, however the ground was well drained so it was not a problem. We would like to try the "stables" next time, a lovely sheltered walled area with lots of character. As mentioned in other reviews there is a walk to a local village with an "everything" shop, farm shop and pub that does specials at £5. The walk takes about 30 min. A visit to Battle Abbey is worth the effort on a nice day (mostly outdoors) make sure you get the audio guide as it really makes the tour worthwhile and brings it to life. Make sure your handbrake is in good order when you exit as the road is a bit tricky. Luckily is is not very busy. Overall it rates in the top ten of sites we have visited in our 4 years of caravanning.

Foxops

Caravanner from Hampshire

Reviewed on 27/07/2015 12:37

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Great site

Very well run site with excellent wardens - friendly , helpful and efficient. Excellent local pubs - especially The Ash Tree Inn. 

Jon Tucker

Caravanner

Reviewed on 26/07/2015 18:43

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Just the Job !

Stayed 14th/21st July 15 -- Nice, open, quiet site. Excellent facilities, always spotless. As others have stated the subsoil seems to be more like hardcore and very difficult to peg down, so rock pins essential. Screw down don't seem to hold and simply pull out. That aside, we enjoyed a pleasant stay and found the location brilliant for site seeing and visits to nearby castles and parks.

PaulCambridge

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Reviewed on 24/07/2015 17:44

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Beautiful Site

We stayed here for 3 nights from the 17th of July . Originally, when trying to book on line there were no awning pitches available, so phoned the site and was able to book one. Arrived and as with others was able to walk round the site and select our grass pitch. Only issue I had that on my particular pitch I was unable to secure two of my rock awning pegs as the ground underneath appeared to be solid rock! Site is excellent for young children, probably not teenagers. Has a small dog walk which leads onto a public footpath and after about a mile and a quarter arrives in the nearby village and local pub. Path is suitable for bykes. On Friday's the pub has ANY meal for a fiver which we took advantage of. Very good value and nice pub. Facilities on site very good, site wardens very good, plenty of nearby local attractions and very Beautiful site set in the gardens of an old estate.

Urchin

Caravanner from Essex

Reviewed on 24/07/2015 09:17

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A Nice Quiet site

We stayed for four nights from the 16/7/15 when we arrived we were given three pitches to choose from, and told to park up and walk to see which pitch we would like, normally you are allowed to drive round and choose, when we tried booking our pitch online ,no awning pitches were available, so we booked a none awning pitch, walking round we found several awning pitches free, and we were given three of which two were not suitable for the size of the caravan, so picked the last one in a small bay area, containing a seasonal caravan, parked crossways, when we returned to reception, another couple had six pitches to choose from, they also found this idea strange, it gave you the impression that pitches were being held for regulars for the weekend, my gripe is the web site should be up to date with what's booked or not, we were unable to use our awning, when clearly awning pitches were empty. Its a shame as its a lovely site, beautiful old trees, lovely and clean, toilet blocks a bit of a trek, for us, the pitches seem to be all over the place, making parking in the correct place quite awkward, Other sites, and we have stayed on many you choose you pitch for your requirements.

kite driver

Reviewed on 21/07/2015 17:46

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Disappointed

We booked into here for our return from France and as a stopover for 2 nights before moving on. Like a previous reviewer we got to the site and there were 5 plots left which were across different parts of this "complicated" site. Usually of course we drive around and choose a pitch, then inform the staff of our choice, here..... we were told to park up, walk round and find a pitch, then report back and then set down. We saw one which would have done but another member decided not to follow instructions and nabbed the pitch we would have preferred. The gentleman was, lets say of the more mature in years, which seemed to be a theme of this site. We found a pitch and set up in no time and cooked a meal. I didn't connected the electric hook up that evening as I couldn't find where to connect it, having finally found the hook up post....another had already plugged into the connection for our pitch. I also had to use all of the length of my 25 meters of cable to even reach the hook up stand. Then yet another rude caravanner tugged my lead tight and almost disconnected it from my campervan, making some lame excuse his dog chews cables...it really was because I was running my cable across his pitch(something that you had to do because of the pitch location). I found it so sad that there was a very poor attitude among fellow caravanners and campervan users on this site and not one I have experience before. We only had 3 people speak to us all weekend (we even sat outside and spoke to them but we were ignored) ....sadly this would have given us a poor reflection of the UK if we were overseas visitors and we had just returned from France. We won't be visiting this site again as there are more welcoming ones on the network.

mikexgough

Motorhomer from Cambridgeshire

Reviewed on 19/07/2015 21:50

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Disappointed

We booked into here for our return from France and as a stopover for 2 nights before moving on. Like a previous reviewer we got to the site and there were 5 plots left which were across different parts of this "complicated" site. Usually of course we drive around and choose a pitch, then inform the staff of our choice, here..... we were told to park up, walk round and find a pitch, then report back and then set down. We saw one which would have done but another member decided not to follow instructions and nabbed the pitch we would have preferred. The gentleman was, lets say of the more mature in years, which seemed to be a theme of this site. We found a pitch and set up in no time and cooked a meal. I didn't connected the electric hook up that evening as I couldn't find where to connect it, having finally found the hook up post....another had already plugged into the connection for our pitch. I also had to use all of the length of my 25 meters of cable to even reach the hook up stand. Then yet another rude caravanner tugged my lead tight and almost disconnected it from my campervan, making some lame excuse his dog chews cables...it really was because I was running my cable across his pitch(something that you had to do because of the pitch location). I found it so sad that there was a very poor attitude among fellow caravanners and campervan users on this site and not one I have experience before. We only had 3 people speak to us all weekend (we even sat outside and spoke to them but we were ignored) ....sadly this would have given us a poor reflection of the UK if we were overseas visitors and we had just returned from France. We won't be visiting this site again as there are more welcoming ones on the network.

mikexgough

Motorhomer from Cambridgeshire

Reviewed on 19/07/2015 21:48

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Newcomers

We are new members to the club and this was our first outing. When we arrived we were told there were 2 others in front choosing their pitches. We waited patiently 25 minutes. There were only 5 left. When we finally chose a pitch we found the people behind us were already on that pitch taken there by a warden. We did complain and were told "it happens" unfortunately that left us with a pitch we did not want under trees. The warden did not bother to take us to the pitch just drew it on the site map. By then three quarters of an hour had passed. We were there for 6 nights and have come home today with an brand new awning covered in sap from the trees which we now have to pay to get cleaned. This was our first experience of the caravan club and has not been a good one.

colinandrew

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Reviewed on 17/07/2015 20:47

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1st outing

This was out first outing with our caravan, bought some weeks earlier, so we were excited, but a little worried that we might not get everything set up. We needn't have worried, the site was just lovely, the wardens offered help if we needed it - we didn't. A lovely walk from the site to Catsfield with our dogs, where we had a coffee at the pub. Superb cleanliness and everyone was very friendly.

Archiebarry

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Reviewed on 16/07/2015 17:11

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Weekend break

Just spent a lovely weekend here with friends ,charming staff and so lovely and clean ,and lovely amongst the trees will be back ,and a nice pub in catsfield for lunch we walked there not far ,the dog loved it too .

tiatom

Reviewed on 13/07/2015 14:34

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