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Shottisham Campsite has 50 spacious pitches (some with electrical hook-up) spread between 5 small fields broken up by mature native trees and bushes. The pitches are level and on free-draining ground. If you would like to stay in a particular area please ask when you book and we will try and make it happen.
Facilities: there are three small toilet/shower blocks – the most recent ones were completed in 2016 and 2019. The older green toilet/shower block has two toilets, hand basins and a shower each for men and for women. The 2 new toilet/shower blocks are unisex with 6 more toilets, 3 more showers, 7 more basins, and a disabled-access toilet. We also have a total of 4 dishwashing points at both toilet blocks and a septic emptying point for chemical toilets next to the green building. We also provide handwashing soap at all of our basins. We regularly check and clean the facilities.
Waste and recycling bins for glass, paper/cardboard, cans and plastics are next to the main entrance to the campsite. Please recycle as much as you can and put the recycled items loose in the bins (not in black bin bags). Please don’t leave chairs, beds, tables, carpets, sofas and other bulky items in our rubbish bins – please take them home or to the council tip.
Opening Times: If you want to buy our home-reared sausages/bacon, eggs, jam, wood, or hire a firepit or picnic table or would like information about the local area then please come to the cafe between 6pm-7pm. We prefer card/contactless payment for anything while on site, but can take cash.
Blue Rabbit Cafe open at weekends and serving home-made, home-grown breakfasts, brunches and delicious coffee – see here for more details.
Campfires subject to following the fire safety advice outlined in our T&Cs here are allowed in firepits (raised off of the ground) which we hire out. We also sell wood in £11 or £20 tubs. You are welcome to bring your own. There is also an ash bin, next to the Cafe, provided for the safe disposal of ashes.
Fire extinguishers: these can be found at both water points, by the toilet blocks, and by the cafe.
Dogs are very welcome and there is direct access from the campsite to acres of heathland, forest and fields which are great for dog walking. Please keep dogs on a secure lead while on the campsite and the smallholding. Please remember that this is a working smallholding with goats and other livestock. We also have very free ranging chickens who do not like to be stressed or torn apart by dogs.
Shottisham Village there is a lovely pub in the village that serves excellent beer and good food. There is also a small children’s playground. We are just a few miles from the nearest beach and we are surrounded by miles of forest and heathland.
Groups: We are happy for groups to come and stay, but we do ask that everyone who stays on our campsite be respectful and considerate of the other campers, the animals and us. Please don’t make unreasonable noise after 10pm as some people might be trying to sleep – noise carries much further than you think outside.
In case of an emergency contact us at any time on 07867488955 or 01394 411247, or come to the back of the house.
Green Policy: We manage the campsite and smallholding in accordance with the principles of sustainability and respect for the land. The land is managed organically so we don’t use pesticides or chemical fertiliser. We have a solar photovoltaic array that provides electricity during day-light hours. At night we have to buy electricity from the grid, but we buy it from a company that only provides electricity from renewable sources. Our toilet paper and cleaning materials are recycled and eco-friendly.
We encourage everyone to recycle as much as they can. There are recycling bins for glass and for plastic, tins, cardboard and paper by the bins located at the entrance to the campsite. Please recycle what you can. Feel free to put rubbish in our other bins but please take large items such as broken tents, chairs, carpets, sofas and tables home with you (or take them to the tip) – don’t leave them next to the bins, we don’t want them and our lovely binnies won’t take them unless they are in the bins!
We are situated in a lovely rural spot, but it does mean we don’t have the same facilities that are available in more populated areas. In particular we are not on mains drainage so please don’t put anything down the toilet that isn’t toilet paper or you haven’t previously eaten! There are bins provided for everything else.
We also only have 2-phase electricity and 10-amp fuses so please avoid plugging in your kettle from home as they will blow the connection. Please always use an appropriate low wattage ‘camping kettle’.
We have been generously supported by the @newanglialep ERDF Business Growth Programme and Visitor Economy Grant Scheme who helped us to buy a new phone and computer for the business. Thank you very much to New Anglia and the European Union for supporting small rural businesses like ours.
