Well-kept and well laid out with a bright open aspect
I hear people say that club sites are regimented, designed on rows of pitches and lacking creativity. I tend to think that this is a criticism that could be levelled at 90% of caravan sites – not just CC ones. I also wonder how much this matters to enjoyment of a site; not one jot would be my guess. For me it is more about a sense of space and having open aspects. I hate being hemmed in by trees with poor light and no outlook other than bark and leaf and I hate any sense of sitting cheek by jowl with one’s neighbour. The Bognor Regis site is definitely not regimented and it enjoys open spaces and I had no sense of being hemmed in. All in all, I quite liked the site. The hard standings are arranged in clusters along a single circular road winding around the site with large open green spaces off this carrying the many grass pitches – with one set of grass pitches in a little separate glade. Road noise never bothers me but, as it turned out, choosing a nice hard-standing pitch, close to a service point, I found myself almost as far away from the road as it was possible to be. Thus, I could make no judgement on this issue on behalf of those for whom such things are anathema. There’s enough warning here for people so I can’t see much justification in complaining. I would not describe the site as small, as another reviewer does below. There are plenty much smaller than this – and nor does small mean being close to neighbours. Indeed, for the number of pitches (100) this is quite a big site – and all the better for it. Odd too that another reviewer was concerned about obsessive mowing whereas I remember thinking (before I had read the comment) that the grass was rather on the long side and could do with a cut. I never pitch on grass (except if I find myself with no alternative – something I plan as far as possible to avoid) so this was not an issue for me. My only complaints are two-fold and both quite minor. My pitch was a tad on the short side. I could not remove my bike from the back of my van without having my front end temporarily on the road. There was a hedge behind the pitch but it had been badly sited as there was no impediment for it to have been a few feet further back (although now much too well established to easily change). My other minor moan is one that I often think but rarely mention – but this time I will. The site would benefit from at least one additional service point. Another positive of this site is the nearness to supermarkets - 10 minute brisk walk to Sainsbury (or Lidl much closer if you like the German discounters); other handy shops nearby and fast food outlets if you don’t want to cook – or smoke out your neighbours with a BBQ. There are infrequent buses into town, but I cycled (good cycle lanes on the main road into town) or walked to the excellent 700 Coastliner service for farther afield (25-minute walk). A pleasant well-kept, well laid green, clean site with an open aspect. I liked it here (but I like Worthing more).
Graydjames
Reviewed on 02/06/2017 18:04
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