Fox Wood Camping
Fox Wood Camping
4.69 /5
Fox Wood Camping offers family friendly woodland camping on the edge of the South Downs National Park. Each pitch area has a private campfire area and plenty of space, perfect for your next adventure with your family and friends! Kids will love the den building and rope swings. Plus, it's just 10 minutes from Goring beach and has easy access to Angmering Park's footpaths and bridleways.
Woodland camping with campfires and plenty of space, perfect for families and family groups
Family friendly with den-building and rope swings!
Easy access to beaches, Arundel Castle and countryside walks
About Fox Wood Camping
This woodland camping site has everything you need for an adventure. Perfect for family groups, the spacious and secluded camping areas are well spaced within a 35-acre private woodland, each having their own campfire. The site offers a fun camping experience for families with young children (no adult-only groups). There's lots of space to relax and room to pitch beside friends or for multiple family groups to camp together. The site is only ten minutes from East Preston and Goring beach. There are also numerous activities at select times throughout the year, including workshops and bird displays. Dogs are welcome, but must be kept on a lead whilst on the campsite.
Fox Wood Camping is open on the following dates for 2024: 03/05 to 05/05, 10/05 to 11/05, 17/05 to 18/05, 24/05 to 01/06, 07/06 to 08/06, 14/06 to 15/06, 21/06 to 22/06, 28/06 to 29/06, 05/07 to 06/07, 12/07 to 13/07, 19/07 to 20/07, 26/07 to 31/08, 06/09 to 07/09, 13/09 to 14/09 and 20/09 to 21/09.
Onsite facilities include five female and three male toilets, urinals, gas powered camp showers and an indoor and outdoor washing up area - all spotlessly clean. There is a small shop onsite selling logs and fire lighting tools, along with items such as toothbrushes and batteries, as well as a tuck shop which sells sweets and ice lollies.
A vehicle with low impact tyres is available on site for those taking large loads of equipment (and two passengers) for an extra charge. Cars are otherwise parked down a central track running halfway into the wood, with plenty of forest to play in without the worry of cars beyond that.
A local pub, The Fox, with a full outside play area is just a five minute walk from the main entrance. The Worlds End pub is also only a 15 minute walk away. Shops, supermarkets and more are available at Durrington nearby.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Internet access
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilets
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
There are 53 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
50 x Woodland Pitches
Max 5 people
Scattered grass tent pitches measuring 6m x 4m, based around fire pits in the heart of an oak woodland. Areas have the capacity to house multiple tents, so you can arrange friends and family to join you around the fire at night.
Other accommodation
2 x Meadow Campervan Pitches
Max 5 people
Grass non electric pitches for campervans only.
Bell Tent
Max 4 people
A private path leading to a secluded forest glade and 4m bell tent with one double and two singles. Outside, a large covered dining area and a campfire with additional seating. Share facilities nearby. Bedding and crockery are not provided. Sorry, no pets
4.69 /5
92%
Recommend
Perfect for families
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Rebecca J
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Lovely campsite, you can choose your own pitch from sunny meadows or woodlands. Plenty of parking and wheelbarrows to move all your belongings to your pitch - if you opt for one deeper in the woods they offer a buggy service! At the main entrance all the facilities and shop can be found. Indoor & outdoor washing up facilities with large sinks and plenty of space to dry up. Variety of washing facilities- single cubicle showers & larger family rooms all easily accessible. Toilet block is clean & well maintained. The pitches are of a great size, plenty of space for a large tent & shelter, the fire pit is a useful addition that contains fire perfectly for cooking purposes or just for marshmallow toasting! The owners are always on hand to aid with any questions & offer their help as needed. The play area is well maintained with a great rope swing & slide which the kids spent hours on!
Site's response
With a review like that, you are welcome to camp in the forest any day that we are open, Rebecca :) Thankyou so much for the fab 5 star review - really appreciated. Hope to see you soon, enjoy the summer! Ian and Sarah x
Super friendly, family campsite
Recommends site
Petra M
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We loved the Fox Wood campsite. All staff were so friendly and helpful. Our bell tent was spacious, clean and very comfortable, set aside very privately, with easy parking. The outdoor dining area included a storage unit for our cooking equipment and food, plenty of seating around a dining table, camping chairs and a campfire. The path to the tent was lit up with fairy lights at night, which was a nice touch. The toilets were very clean, showers were really powerful with plenty of hot water. Washing-up sinks available outside and inside also had hot water and you could refill drinking water, too. The site shop provided all essential firewood and little treats. We had fun on a swing and a slide, played football and badminton on the green field, too. There's a lovely wood walk just a minute away and a country pub serving delicious food, for which you can get a discount if you are a Fox Wood guest. We really appreciated the early check-in and the late checkout, which allowed us to make the absolute most of our stay. Thank you for a perfect holiday.
Site's response
Thank you for your awesome review, Petra, and so pleased you enjoyed your stay here at Fox Wood. Look forward to welcoming you back next time - the Fox Wood Team x
Gorgeous campsite
Recommends site
Nicola L
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Such a gorgeous woodland campsite. It looked pretty fully booked by the time we left. But you don't feel cramped or massively overlooked. It's very well thought out. There are lots of glades marked out by fire pits. We camped at the back on the left hand side. There is some faint road noise. But you'll be hard-pressed to avoid that. There is a small shop selling wood and ice lollies etc. Toilets are very well thought out. Each loo in the ladies has a kids seat hung on the wall. There is a bench to wait on. Indoor and outdoor washing up. Decent showers. My top tip is to get fairy lights for your tent. It gets quite dark at night and we wouldn't have found our tent if it weren't for the fairy lights. Kids loved the rope swing. A second one would be even better as there was a huge queue on the Friday night.
Site's response
So pleased you enjoyed your stay in the forest and thank you for the lovely review, Nicola. Look forward to welcoming you back next time. The Fox Wood Team x
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Things to do on site and in the Patching area
The woodland is a super natural playground for the children and there are so many places to explore on the South Downs. Turn left out of the gate and onto a single track dead end lane and then off into 1,300 acres of private estate with footpaths and bridleways.
There are various activities onsite, running at various times throughout the year, including flight displays, family workshops and more.
The beach at Goring-by-Sea is the ideal day out for families, with plenty of retro charm and ice creams on hand to help you cool off.
The town of Worthing is also close by and offers a sparkling pier full of amusements.
The historical town of Arundel is also close with the castle and walks around the bird sanctuary at the Wetlands Trust.
Other great things to see and do include:
- Leonardslee Garden
- Highdown Gardens
- West Wittering beach
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