Beech Estate Campsite
View prices & book- Off-grid East Sussex getaway on a private 2000-acre beech estate
- A five-minute drive from Battle; 25 minutes to Hastings on the coast
- Firepits provided for all pitches and areas to make dens in the woods
Site type
- Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
- Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
- Group bookings of 4 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
- Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
- No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
- Bookings must not be for more than 7 consecutive nights.
- No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
- The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
- Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
- At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
- This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
- If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
- Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
- No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
- Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
- If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
Languages spoken
English
Open from Thu, 28 Mar to
Pitch types & availability
Faraway non-electric grass tent pitch
6 people maximum No dogs allowed Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Min 8.0m width x 5.0m depth (26.2ft width x 16.4ft depth) Calculated area: 40.0m² (430.6ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £48 1 night, 2 adults
View prices & bookNon-electric forest floor tent pitch
6 people maximum No dogs allowed Ground type: Forest floor
Pitch size: Min 8.0m width x 4.0m depth (26.2ft width x 13.1ft depth) Calculated area: 32.0m² (344.4ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £48 1 night, 2 adults
View prices & bookBell tent
6 people maximum No dogs allowed Dimensions: 5.0m width x 5.0m length (16.4ft width x 16.4ft length) Calculated area: 25.0m² (269.1ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £85 1 night, 2 adults
View prices & bookNon-electric forest floor tent pitch (double)
10 people maximum No dogs allowed Ground type: Forest floor
Pitch size: Min 12.0m width x 6.0m depth (39.4ft width x 19.7ft depth) Calculated area: 72.0m² (775.0ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £120 1 night, 2 adults
View prices & book
Reviews
Voted 100% of visitors View breakdown
would recommend this site to a friend
would stay here again
Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.
The best places to camp in the wild nature
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Faraway non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked: The best places to camp in the wild nature!!! Tent pitches are perfectly adapted to fit into the surrounding forest. There is a separate forest path to each tent pitch, which ensures that your tent site will give you peace and quiet and you can fully enjoy the surrounding forest nature. There is a secured place for a bonfire, compost toilets are perfectly clean and well-kept, a great idea with shower buckets. Beautiful paths through the forest. Joe and Hugh were incredibly helpful during my stay at this campsite, for which I am extremely grateful. It's so beautiful there, everything is so well-kept, surrounded by nature, birds singing, peace and quiet, that I can't wait to go back there.
Disliked: That I had to leave this wonderful place and go back to work ;) ;)
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you for your kind words and we are delighted that you enjoyed your stay, your photos are wonderful too! Come back and see us soon.
Bucket showers are a must! Site facilities are clean!
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Non-electric forest floor tent pitch
Liked: We loved being off grid and getting back to basic. Letting the children enjoy being in nature. The sounds of the birds in the morning and the open fires in the evening make it more fun!
Disliked: Nothing!
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review! We are so glad that you had a fabulous stay and got back to nature - just what we hope all our guests do. And our bucket showers are a favourite among many!! We hope you come back to stay again soon. Thank you!
Great weekend enjoying nature and putting electronics away!
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Bell tent
Liked: The bed in the bell tents are really comfortable and we had a great sleep. The campsite is very peaceful and quiet, you can’t really hear other people on their site. A lot of land to go for a walk and explore. All important utensils are provided, pans, plates, cups, cutlery etc. Washing up bowl, sponge and liquid provided. Hot shower and easy to use the bucket system. Choice of compost toilet or normal.
Disliked: Nothing
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: So glad you enjoyed your stay in one of our Wild Glamping Bell Tents at Beech Estate. It sounds like you really embraced all that our glamping offers in the peacefulness of the Sussex countryside, particularly our fabulous bucket showers! Hope we see you again soon. Thank you
Good woodland site with good privacy for quiet camping.
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Faraway non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked: We liked the set up at Beech Estate. The communication was friendly and clear and efficient. We liked the distance between pitches. It was lovely to have a fire pit and our tent pitched in our own little clearing. We booked a Faraway Camping Tent Pitch and did ferrying our equipment with the wheelbarrows provided in 3 barrow loads. The car was left in the car park and we felt it was out of the way but near enough to be safe overnight. We used one bag of kindling and two bags of firewood to keep a fire going for 4 hours. Fire Grills were extra to hire so we just used small grill from our gaz burner close to the fire to keep the kettle boiling on the fire. We did not get any ticks on us at all! The camp wardens were friendly and helpful. The site was peaceful and we had a good nights sleep. We enjoyed walks on the diversely planted and well managed estate. We liked being able to separate our rubbish into recycling and general waste and glass and just took home our compostable rubbish. We saw baby bunnies, buzzards and fed the robins breakfast watching the sunrise! Beautiful Blissy experience. Thank you.
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review! We're really pleased you enjoyed the stay and glad you spotted some lovely wildlife during your visit! We hope to see you again soon.
Excellent site, excellent and knowledgeable staff. Highly recommend
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Bell tent
Liked: The staff were absolutely amazing. Always took the time to stop and speak to my 2 year old son. Nothing was too much trouble. The bell tent and pitch was amazing. Away from everything. We had woodland walks looking for animals, built a den, watched the stars and had such an amazing time. My son who hates showers even loved the rustic bucket showers :) we loved it so much we added another night!! We will definitely be booking for next year. Thank you for a wonderful stay.
Disliked: Nothing. All was brilliant thank you 👍
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you so much for your lovely review! It's so lovely to read about your experience and we're really happy you enjoyed your stay. Sounds like you'll need to build a bucket shower at home! We hope to see you again soon.
Highly recommend
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Non-electric forest floor tent pitch
Liked: Location, no cars next to pitches, open fires, fire grill available, forest pitch, large wheelbarrows to transport gear, clean toilets, very friendly and helpful staff. Very happy with the pitch I was given - secluded.
Disliked: No logs/tree stumps to use as seating around the camp fire. My pitch was at the end of path/pitch area so nicely secluded, but would’ve not enjoyed as much if had been assigned to some of pitches that I had to pass enroute to my pitch as they were quite open and not secluded. Some guests didn’t observe the noise/music curfew.
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you for your review. We're really happy to hear you enjoyed your pitch and the campsite. The majority of our pitches are quite secluded though we have some more open pitches that are generally used for groups. We'll always do our best to allocate a secluded spot if this is requested so it's worth mentioning this if you book with us again, we'd love to see you return.
Ideal for families, and friendly staff
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Non-electric forest floor tent pitch
Liked: Staff is friendly and ready to help, the camping site has good toilets, showers are available, good trails on site great for short-medium walks.
Disliked: Having activities on site would be good, also 0 phone signal
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you for your review. We're saddened that you wouldn't recommend us due to the phone signal and lack of activities. We run a back to basics, wild campsite that isn't always for everyone. We deliberately avoid activities and playgrounds as we have 600 acres of woodland to explore and play in. We also try not to have lots of people and children congregating in one area as this tends to create a lot of noise, which goes against the quiet, back to nature site that we promote. We do have some phone signal on site, though it is limited. We operate an off grid campsite and promote a chance to disconnect and have a digital detox. Our wardens can always tell you the best spots to get signal and also have a usable phone in case of emergencies. We're glad to hear you enjoy your stay regardless and would visit us again.
Fantastic experience, good facilities and beautiful surrounding.
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Faraway non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked: We loved everything about the site. It provided the privacy and allowed for uninterupted family time. The service and facilities at the site are fantastic compare to some of the sites we visited and whats best, they are all environmentally friendly. The wardens are friendly and helpful and you can purchase lots of essentials at the site. If they dont have it, they will direct you to the nearest place. The pitches and the site in general is well maitained yet you stoll get rustic woodland camping experience. We have fallen in love with the site and will be coming back next year.
Disliked: Nothing really but you need to be prepared for some hard core cardio when leaving as the car park can be bit fat away, depending on the location of your pitch, and you need to make your way upwards with wheelbarrow full of belongings :-). Settling up is not an issue as you going downhill towards the pitches so gravity will help but packing up can be a very different story. We still love it thou!!!
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you so much for taking the time to write us such a lovely review! We look forward to seeing you back at the campsite again next season.
Beautiful, peaceful escape with fantastic facilities. Only 1 night but feeling renewed…
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Bell tent
Liked: Beautiful, peaceful escape with fantastic facilities. Only 1 night but feeling renewed and refreshed after being surrounded by nature and sitting around a campfire with friends. I’ll be back.
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you Michelle! Great to hear you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to seeing you again.
Good facilities. Lovely area, lots of pitches but all feel quite private…
Overall | |
---|---|
Location | |
Value for money | |
Accommodation | |
Facilities / Activities | |
Customer service | |
Child friendliness | |
Cleanliness | |
Wifi |
Non-electric forest floor tent pitch
Liked: Good facilities. Lovely area, lots of pitches but all feel quite private and secluded in the woodlands. Friendly staff Would be a very child friendly place to go camping
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review Dylan! Great to hear you enjoyed your time on the campsite and we hope to see you again.
Features
No dogs allowed
Campfires allowed
Leisure on site
Bar or club house
Cycle hire
Evening entertainment
Fishing
Fitness centre
Games room
Indoor swimming pool
Kids' club
On-site restaurant/cafe
Outdoor swimming pool
Play area
TV room
Take away
Tennis
Watersports
Amenities on site
Bath available
Car parking by pitch/unit
Composting toilet
Disabled facilities
Dog park
Drying room
Food shop
Free wifi
Ice pack freezing
Internet access
Launderette
Parent & baby washroom
Pick-up from public transport
Portable toilet
Pub toilets
Public telephone
Shower available
Toilet block
Washing-up area
Wifi
Groups welcome
Family friendly
Motorcycle friendly
Single-sex groups welcome
Student groups welcome
Rules
Barbecue provided
Barbecues allowed
Campfires allowed
Commercial vehicles allowed
Dogs allowed
No dogs allowed
Themes
Forest
Peaceful
Remote location
Spectacular scenery
Walkers' paradise
Wild camping
Wildlife haven
Utilities
Charging facilities
Chemical disposal
Electric car charging point(s)
Gas cylinders available
Recycling available
Renewable energy
Nearby amenities
Bar nearby
Dog walk nearby
Nearby farmers' market
Public transport nearby
Shop nearby
Type
Medium (26-50 pitches)
Nearby leisure
Cycle hire nearby
Cycling nearby
Fishing nearby
Golf nearby
Horse riding nearby
Mountain biking nearby
Restaurant nearby
Sailing nearby
Location
Beech Estate Campsite
Netherfield Hill
Battle
East Sussex
England
TN33 0LL
Timezone
Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)
GPS
50.92698°N
0.43907°W
Nearest transport
Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.
Local attractions
Water quality at nearby bathing waters
Name | Distance | Type | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bexhill | 6.4 mi | Sea | N/A | N/A | N/A | Good |
St Leonards | 7.2 mi | Sea | N/A | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
Norman`S Bay | 7.6 mi | Sea | N/A | Good | Good | Excellent |
Hastings Pelham Beach | 8.2 mi | Sea | N/A | N/A | N/A | Good |
Pevensey Bay | 9 mi | Sea | N/A | Good | Good | Good |
Data source: European Environment Agency
Must see
1066 Battle Abbey and Battlefield 2.3 mi
Batemans 5 mi
Bodiam Castle 6.2 mi
Hastings Castle and 1066 Story 8 mi
A Smugglers Adventure at St Clements Caves 8.1 mi
National Trust
Bateman's 5 mi
Bodiam Castle 6.9 mi
Scotney Castle 11.5 mi
Lamb House 12.9 mi
Smallhythe Place 13.6 mi
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Other
ASHBURNHAM PLACE 1.7 mi
1066 Walk: Battle to Bexhill 2.3 mi
BATTLE ABBEY 2.3 mi
Battle of Hastings, 1066 2.3 mi
BRIGHTLING PARK 2.9 mi
Local events
- Wick Street Festival (Thursday 29 August 2024 – Thursday 29 August 2024)
Polegate, East Sussex 12.8 mi
- Glyndebourne Festival (Thursday 16 May 2024 – Thursday 16 May 2024)
Lewes, East Sussex 16.8 mi
Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.
Nearest sites
Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.
Want to know more about camping in East Sussex?
- Does Beech Estate Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
- Is Beech Estate Campsite dog friendly? No View all features
- What attractions are near Beech Estate Campsite? Get stuck into 1066 country… set off on the 31-mile 1066 country walk from Battle (five minutes’ drive) or head out to see Hastings’ (25 minutes) castle and fishing fleet. Smugglers once … Read more
- When can I check in and check out of Beech Estate Campsite?
Camping and touring Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. On-site accommodation Arrive: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. - How much does it cost to stay at Beech Estate Campsite? From £48 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.