Brighton Caravan Club Site (REF : SHV)

We have just spent a very warm weekend at this site, which on the whole was fine. However as mentioned by someone else the wardens do not seem to uphold the rules of the site. Why do people feel it necessary to rush about in cars and outfits? The speed limit on all club sites is 5mph, but this was disregarded by many. This rule is there for the safety of all, please stick to it. Some groups were also really noisy late evening and before 8 am. The facilities were ok, but had to ask for soap to be filled on 2 occasions in loos half hour after cleaning.

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We have tired to get on this site for years and booked a year ahead for a 2 night weekend stay, family of 4 with a dog. The positivee reviews are all accurate, the location of the site is brilliant as you can get into Brighton on a bus or taxi and the south downs is close. This is why the site is always busy or fully booked. The pitches vary and our pitch (standard with awning) was a large pitch and was fine, but far from facilities. There are some improvements the site could make- the kids playground is small and only has younger children's equipment, my 9 year olds were not impressed and only played for 10 minutes before saying it was too young for them and despite encouragement would not go back during our stay. Other CMHC sites we have been to have a mix of equipment that cater for 5-12 years rather than 5-7 years and our children have played for ages. The dog walk is tiny, the smallest I have ever seen on a club site. whilst I appreciate its for dog to do its business and not for a walk (as you take them to the countryside) when the site is full and there are many does this is not fit for purpose and there is only one, so for some pitches its a long walk. The facilities are also really in need of an update, they were clean but back mould and cracking paint and grouting, exposed pipework all show its in need of a refresh. There were also signs stating there had been thefts on the site and we saw the police car doing a circuit of the site once when we were there. I would assume the play ground and dog walk would not change, the clubs attitude would be the site is full it can't be that bad. however, if you want to keep the site full and charge max fees improvements could be made. Will we be back? yes to visit Brighton for short visits but not for many nights due to the playground, dog walk and facilities.

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I can only speak as I found. The wardens were friendly, very helpful. The site is kept immaculate by the numerous wardens. This is a peaceful site , close proximity to the marina with numerous restaurants and bars. Brighton is a 50 min walk away or a taxi can be called from reception which costs between £8- £10. We used this site as a stop over for a theatre trip in Brighton. We will be returning in Oct.

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From what appears to be a very nice looking site in a great location, I really would not return or recommend this place. This site is not worthy to be associated with the Caravan & Motorhome Club! First off the reception staff have an attitude and persona that make you feel as though you are an inconvenience from the moment you turn up to the moment you leave to hand back your swipe card. Next up; the wardens just appear to be having their own holiday... they really couldn't care and there are no site rules being upheld. Amplified sound systems blasting out from the tent field making our van vibrate from the bass, and when contacting the wardens about the volume they just said "well as long as it'd not annoying anyone"... Just looking around everyone had gone inside their vans on such a hot evening too, perhaps more should have complained. Then there's the unruly kids (I’m not against kids having fun or playing), now a usual policy of any campsite is don't cut through someone else's pitch. Here is seems perfectly acceptable for kids to fly around at high speed on bikes, through your pitch, around your van, under your canopy, climbing in trees at the rear of your pitch from first thing in the morning to last thing at night when there's a perfectly good play park for them. You wouldn't even want to sit outside late even when music isn't blasting out due to the constant disruption. Our new awning has also been damaged beyond repair, marks of oil from a pushbike chain on one corner and pegs being dislodged when we returned to the site one day. It appears a pushbike has shot through at the rear of our pitch between our van and the hedge row and someone came off into our awning, this has split the air poles next to the valve meaning we had to take down our awning early as it wouldn't hold air and it's in an area which can't be repaired. Our sun canopy also nearly came a cropper when a child ran through and caught our guy rope holding it, luckily I had managed to get the pegs in properly for that, but they marked their face up from the guy rope so that was some speed they came running through at. Next to mention are the hard standings... using a 4lb hammer on rock pegs seemed to work in some areas but there were a lot of places where the pegs wouldn't go in more than 2"-3" before they just stopped. I have never bent so many rock pegs attempting to get them in the ground ever! So be warned if wanting to put up an awning, we took very heavy duty good quality rock pegs and still couldn’t drive them in properly. All in all, the site has so much potential, but it needs to be governed correctly with simple basic standards that most other sites adopt. A clean toilet block is not enough to warrant a holiday anywhere.

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Not long back from a 2 week stay which covered the weekend of Brighton Pride, the atmosphere was amazing almost a carnival feeling a bit noisy at times but such a friendly bunch of people. The light show on the various vans was just like Christmas! In spite of being very full the staff managed to do an amazing job keeping everything clean and tidy.

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