Bucket and Spade Holidays Touring
Bucket and Spade Holidays Touring
4.7 /5
Just ten minutes from the charming city of Chichester, Bucket and Spade Holidays Touring is a peaceful, family-run site offering a relaxing getaway in West Sussex. Tourers are welcome across electric grass and hardstanding pitches whilst those who prefer glamping can stay in cosy shepherd's huts. Within easy reach of beautiful beaches such as the Wittering's and Pagham, this is a prime spot for days of swimming and soaking up the summer sun!
Runner up of Best Caravan Park South East England in our 2023 Camping and Glamping Awards
Camping and glamping, just ten minutes from Chichester with cycling routes on your doorstep
Picturesque beaches within a 15 minute drive - Selsey, West Wittering, Pagham, Aldwick
Peaceful, small site with spacious pitches and good facilities, within a few minutes walk of a pub
About Bucket and Spade Holidays Touring
As one might guess from the name, this site is in a great location for days out at the beach. Within a 15 minute drive you can find the Witterings, sandy beaches great for watersports, Pagham and Selsey. Campervans, motorhomes and caravans are welcome across the site's six electric hardstanding touring pitches. Each pitch measures 4m x 8m and allows up to four guests with plenty of space for everyone to have their own peace and quiet. For those who would prefer glamping, the site has three charming shepherd's huts to choose from. Perfect for couples, Delilah sleeps up to two guests in a cosy double bed, with a small kitchenette equipped with a fridge/freezer, toaster, kettle, sink and cooking equipment. The larger, Rusty Shepherd's Hut is great for a family getaway, sleeping up to two adults and two children. Inside you will find a double pull-down bed along with two pod bunk beds. There is also a dining area and a full kitchen will an oven, microwave, cooker and fridge/freezer so you have everything you need to cook up a tasty full English. Woodie sleeps four, and is complete with a set of double bunks and a kitchenette with a kettle, toaster, fridge and microwave, there is also a bench for dining. Bedding is provided. Shared shower facilities are nearby. Rusty and Delilah shepherd's hut have their own ensuite shower rooms, Woodie has an ensuite loo and shared shower facilities nearby. For the cooler months, each is also complete with electric and heating. Outside you will also have your own private patio area with a BBQ and seating, perfect for al fresco dining. For groups of up to four, there is a cosy glamping lodge equipped with a comfy double bed, a sofa bed and bedding. You will also have a kitchenette with a fridge, kettle and microwave, along with a flat-screen TV to keep you entertained. Outside is a small garden area with a table and chairs with shared facilities nearby The site's handy location means you can spend days discovering different coastal corners, trying out watersports, building sandcastles, paddling and taking walks through the dunes along the shoreline. Being slightly inland means that the site also has the advantage of being surrounded by splendid West Sussex countryside for walks and other outdoor activities, access to the Salterns Way cycle route is only about a five minute ride from the site. You will also have the bonus of there being a pub two minute walk away for a drink and some food at the end of the day! For days out Chichester is just a ten minute drive away, full of shops and plenty of attractions to keep you busy. Four-legged friends can also join you for your stay if you're pitching up on one of the touring pitches or in the Woodie shepherd's hut, though they are not allowed in the other glamping units, sorry. The site also has five grass pitches for Caravan and Motorhome Club members only.
Glamping is available from March, touring from early April, the site closes at the end of October.
Site facilities include two shower rooms with three toilets and a washing up area. Rusty and Delilah both have private ensuites, Woodie has a toilet only.
Your nearest shop will be Londis at a petrol station is less than a five minute walk away. For a drink or something to eat, The Anchor Pub is a couple of minutes walk from the site.
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 15 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
5 x Electric Grass Touring Pitches (Caravan and Motorhome Club Members)
Max 4 people
Grass pitches with a 10 amp electric hookup spread across a large acre field, suitable for campervans, motorhomes and caravans. Pets welcome.
6 x Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches
Max 5 people
Large 4m x 8m hardstanding pitches with 10 amp electric hookups and neighbouring grass areas, suitable for campervans, motorhomes and caravans. Pets welcome.
4.7 /5
96%
would recommend
"Small, spotlessly clean, peaceful site"
Tony C - Jun 2024
"Brilliant! Impossible to fault it!"
Bern S - May 2024
"An abundance of quiet dog friendly walks. The coast only 10 minutes away"
Bob P - Oct 2023
"Brilliant campsite with immaculate facilities"
Mark P - Oct 2023
"Facilities are clean and modern and better than you get at most smaller sites"
Ellie R - Aug 2022
Good
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Ian L
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Hardstanding was good and level. it was a shame there had been so much heavy rain as it made access to and from the facilities a very muddy walk. Maybe a hard roadway to give better access for future consideration. The pub is really only a 5 minute walk and was very pleasant with good food. The site was good for us to do the things that we wanted in our short break.
Really relaxing stay
Recommends site
Tina T
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We chose the Bucket & Spade, initially as we wanted an affordable base close to Chichester. All others we found online were closed or really expensive. This is quite a simple site but the positives for this site are it's great position and bus stop within yards. We got bus so easily to Chichester. Big showers. Hard standing pitches (although you do have to cross a bit of field/grass to get to them). Pub within a minute's walk. Esso garage and Londis shop within minutes. Lots of footpaths. Beautiful quaint 13 century church to visit. It was quiet. We saw deer and squirrels. Really met our needs.
Wonderful
Recommends site
Dennis W
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A lovely spot, a peaceful shower and the toilet facilities were immaculate. It was perfect and I would return.
Site tariff
Things to do on site and in the Chichester area
The perfect place for a day at the beach, perhaps with a bucket and spade for the sandy stretch at West Wittering, or with a surf board to enjoy watersports at Bracklesham Bay, both just a ten minute drive away.
Elsewhere along the coast, take walks around the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (5 minutes) or explore the stretch out to Selsey Bill (10 minutes). If you enjoy wildlife spotting, Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve is just a 15 minute drive away.
To get a sense of the area's history, a trip to Weald and Downland Living Museum (15 minutes) is a must - the various exhibits, demonstrations and buildings are great for getting kids intrigued in times gone by.
There's more history to soak up at Fishbourne Roman Palace (10 minutes) and around Chichester (10 minutes), where you can discover wonderful attractions including the cathedral, Pallant House Gallery and Festival Theatre.
For alternative activities, perhaps you'd fancy playing a round at Chichester Golf Club (5 minutes) - or maybe sampling the top-notch sparkling wines on a tour and tasting at Tinwood Estate vineyard (15 minutes).
Other nearby attractions include:
- Tangmere Military and Aviation Museum (15 minutes)
- Hotham Park (20 minutes)
- Clarence Pier (30 minutes)
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (35 minutes)
- Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World (50 minutes)
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