Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable

The electricity we use on site is generated from our solar panels reducing our requirement for burning fossil fuels. Additional solar panels together with a solar battery were installed in March 2024. This year we have generated over 5900kWh from our solar installations which is 107% of the site electrical usage, essentially making us carbon neutral from an electrical perspective. In 2024 our solar panels have saved 6 tonnes of CO2 emissions or the equivalent of 2.34 tonnes of coal!! 

We now have an electric car charging point provided by Zappi available for guest use. Please bring your own cable. Recharging costs are payable on a pay as you use basis calculated post charging. Charging costs will automatically be charged to the card you have registered with us. Due to the location of the charger please let us know in advance if you would like to use this facility. 

 All our firewood is approved under the Grown In Britain certification, which proves that all our firewood comes from responsibly managed UK woodlands.

We recently replanted approx. 75 metres of native hedgerow having obtained a grant from Old Chalk, New Downs. Native hedgerows are very good for wildlife particularly small nesting birds and small mammals that are already often seen on the site.

In addition to supporting our local litter pickers with equipment donations we now have litter picking kits available  onsite for guests to get involved when walking in the surrounding areas. 

Our local litter picking group do a wonderful job and volunteer regularly to help keep the surrounding area beautiful!

It's such a shame that it needs to be done but without these amazing humans dedicating their time we wouldn't have such a lovely area and this was our way of saying thank you for everything they do. If anyone local would like to volunteer, let us know and we'll put you in touch

Last year we swapped to reusable glass bottles reducing our use of single use plastics by 3000 plastic bottles per season. We have installed  larger recycling bins onsite decreasing our waste sent to landfill by 75%. We have a reuse policy on site with many quirky items e.g. grass sofa and tables made from recycled pallets and cable reels. 

All our toilets, bins, taps and fridges have been twinned as a way of supporting those a lot less fortunate than ourselves.