booked for 2019
stayed 2 nights in our campervan. Great location. Great staff team 👍👍 Happy campers. Good for Hastings.
Fairlight Wood Club Campsite
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A Little Gem
We have just come back from our second week here in two years. It is a great access point for the surrounding area and has good walks from the site and close by. Hastings Country Park is not far and offers numerous walks. The pub through the woods, The Two Sawyers is great and the Royal Oak further away in the village is super for food too. There is a relatively new cafe in the village called Tic Toc and is well worth a visit as their cakes are to die for. The site is well presented and the facilities clean. The wardens were welcoming and friendly. My only beef was the hose on the Chemical Toilet point was too short and stiff so rinsing the cassette was difficult. I can see us going back again next year as we have more to explore. The Steam Giants of Brede are well worth a visit but be aware that opening times are rare.
martinc3
Reviewed on 07/11/2018 17:08
Good site in a great location
Chose a pitch for our motorhome that was central and so away from trees and thought it was ideal for our 4 night stay. Only a small site so short walk to clean, warm facilities block and to local pub. Warden was very helpful and small shop sells basic items including local walking maps (in aid of Air Ambulance). Great shorter walks available in Guestling Wood immediately opposite campsite, and easy access to lots of other longer walks and cycle routes (with a few challenging hills !) Walked to Hastings via public footpaths which led along cliff tops and through Hastings Country Park where you can see Exmoor ponies and Galloway cattle bought in to manage the heathland. Fantastic walk through a lot of wooded glens including some steep tracks and steps. Well worth doing if you enjoy hiking - about 14 mile round trip. Found the whole area very cycle friendly too which we enjoyed and lots of local attractions to visit. For us, who wanted to bike and walk the locality, and who wanted a nice quiet site in beautiful surroundings, it was definitely the right choice.
a tricky one to review
We stayed 6 nights recently. The usual immaculate facilities block. We were allocated a choice of two pitches both of which were taken. Ended up in what appears to probably have been at some point, a quarry. This is probably the least nice part of the site. The pitches are very uneven and blocks are required. A bit untidy too, the vegetation around each pitch needs attention. The pitch next to us was surrounded by nettles. Pitches in the main part looked much better. Wish we'd settled on one of those. The site is in a wood. There are many trees on site. Just so you now. shady. There is no provision for children. Now child-haters will be pleased but if you are also intolerant of dogs you will be disappointed. No problems brought about by dogs though, but note there is no dog walk, just a path through the woods which has very rough terrain and require stout shoes or boots. Pub a short walk through said woods but I wouldn't tackle the route in the dark. The road to the village has no footpath and is surprisingly busy as is the village of Pett. No footpaths either. Most of the niggles I have with this site are nothing to do with the site itself just the roads being dangerous for pedestrians, terrible phone signal and a bit to much shade(Made the place cold and dank) Would I stay again? unlikely
DJMo
Reviewed on 30/10/2018 23:34
Best site on the network??
For us the perfect site, small, gorgeous pitches, quiet, 4 minute walk to an excellent dog friendly and people friendly pub. Fabulous Guestling Woodland across the road plus lots to see in the area. Usual high standards in the facilities, lovely wardens. Excellent thank you.
Martin4639
Reviewed on 15/09/2018 19:45
Ancient woodland setting
Very well kept, in ancient woodland setting. [ No amusements for kids,which is not something I needed] . I have a dog,and walked straight into the Woodland Trust Guestling Woods every morning, which are wonderful. Paths lead onwards to pub and church through pasture and crops.
My pitch had views of other caravans without screening, but this is a smallish site,and feels relaxed.
Not far from Hastings town nor from Fairlight Country Park.
Needs an aerial co-ax cable [sold at the shop] to connect to the booster,since the TV signal is poor.
Definitely returning.
Difficult for Motorhome users
The site is quite remote and as a new motorhome user i was disapointed with the absence of buses, that are so infrequent as to be almost unusable. There is not easy riding option to cycle to Hastings and a 25% incline has to be overcome to get back from the local beach. The site is a nice woodland site for woodland walking but I suggest that it has limited value to motorhome users as an access site for Hastings.
Good and bad.
We were given a choice of two pitches on arrival for our caravan and awning. Taking the warden's advice we chose a pitch which was the poorest. Two 25m cables for hook up and a TV point that didn't work. Chocks needed to level the van and a squeeze to get car and awning on the pitch. Strangely the non awning sites seemed larger pitches, reserved for the camper vans. The approach to the site is tricky, very narrow in places and essential to arrive after 12.00 and leave well before. Facilities are standard CCM and adequate for a small site. Good parts are the woodland walks, a good pub two minutes away and the tranquil setting. Decent location for visits but not suitable for cycling. Day trip to Calais was enjoyable, Battle, Rye and Camber sands also. Hastings not brilliant, neither the Cuckoo cycle trail, 15 miles away and just a long tunnel of bushes, not very interesting. Be sure to go south to North to avoid the uphill return.
Overall an enjoyable stay but the weather made it. In future I won't listen to wardens.
spg123
Reviewed on 29/07/2018 12:09
Too many dogs
We stayed here in June 2018.
The facilities were spotlessly clean the warden was friendly and helpful.
Good food a short walk through the wood to The Two Sawyers pub.
Unfortunately this site is overrun by the dog brigade. We saw owners with four and six dogs
some were off lead. I would say that we counted upwards of 30 dogs on this small site The barking and yapping was at times unbearable.
Stilroamin
Reviewed on 26/07/2018 13:50
Summer holidays part 1
First time to this part of the country and this made a great base, wardens very friendly and helpful, site clean and tidy. Great pub (Two Sawyers) through the wood take a torch for your wobble back. Don't try to cycle into Hastings unless super fit as it's a bit hilly, a cycle ride from Hastings to Bexhill is worth it though. A visit to Rye is a must. Everywhere was very dog friendly. Will have to return.
webstar67
Reviewed on 25/07/2018 17:27