Camber Sands · East Sussex · Book direct with your hosts
A weathered-shingle cottage where the garden ends in dunes
Sleeps six, two minutes barefoot to the sea. No platform fees, no middleman — just Marta, Ellis, and the kettle already on.
The photos
Have a look around first
The stay
Salt on the windows, quiet in the walls
Gullwing is a 1930s fisherman's cottage we rebuilt board by board — reclaimed shingle outside, pale oak and limewash inside. Three bedrooms sleep six: a king with a dune view, a queen under the eaves, and a bunk room the kids refuse to leave.
Days here are simple. Coffee on the deck while the tide decides what it's doing, sandy lunches at the garden table, and a log burner for the evenings when the sea mist rolls in. The beach path starts at the back gate — 140 steps, we counted.
Booking direct means you pay us, not a platform — roughly 15% less than the listed sites, with the same calendar and the same clean sheets. We answer messages ourselves, usually within the hour.
— Marta & Ellis, your hosts since 2019
Amenities
Everything's here, down to the beach spades
Inside
- Log burner with first basket of wood
- Full kitchen — dishwasher, oven, Moka pot
- Smart TV and a shelf of good paperbacks
- Washer-dryer and airing cupboard
- Linen, towels and beach towels included
Outside
- South-facing deck with dining for eight
- Weber kettle barbecue and firepit
- Hot outdoor shower for after-swim rinses
- Enclosed garden — dog and toddler proof
- Direct gate onto the dune boardwalk
For little ones
- Travel cot and high chair on request
- Stair gate fitted to the attic stairs
- Bunk room with blackout blinds
- Box of beach spades, buckets and kites
Practical
- Self check-in with keysafe from 4pm
- EV charger (7kW) on the drive
- Central heating for off-season stays
- First-aid kit, extinguisher, smoke alarms
House rules
A few things we ask
Gullwing is our family's cottage first and a rental second, so we keep the rules short and mean every one of them. If anything's unclear, just ask — we'd rather answer a question than write another rule.
Check-in
From 4:00 pm
Check-out
By 10:00 am
Dogs welcome, two at most
Downstairs only, off the sofas, and never left alone in the cottage.
No smoking anywhere on the property
Including the deck and garden — shingle burns faster than you'd think.
Quiet from 10 pm
The dunes carry sound; our neighbours have been here forty years.
No parties or extra overnight guests
Six sleepers max — it's an insurance thing, not a grumpiness thing.
Firepit on still evenings only
Bucket of water beside it, embers out before bed.
Seasonal rates
What it costs, plainly
One nightly rate per season, one cleaning fee, nothing hidden. Booking direct runs about 15% under the platform listings for the same dates.
| Season | Dates | Per night | Min stay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet season | November – March | £145 | 2 nights |
| Spring | April – May | £180 | 3 nights |
| High summer | June – August | £240 | 5 nights |
| Golden autumn | September – October | £185 | 3 nights |
Cleaning £60 per stay · Dogs £15 per stay · Christmas and New Year priced on enquiry.
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What guests write on the way out
“We've stayed at Camber five summers running and this is the one the kids now call 'our house'. The bunk room, the kite box, the outdoor shower — every detail is someone actually thinking.”
Priya N.
Family of five · August 2025
“Booked direct after finding the site and Marta replied in twenty minutes. Saved us nearly £200 on the platform price for the same week. Cottage is even better than the photos.”
Tom & Sarah W.
Couple + spaniel · October 2025
“Came in February for the emptiness and the log burner and it delivered on both. Storm-watching from the king bed with coffee is now my whole personality.”
Danielle R.
Solo writing week · February 2026
Getting here
End of the lane, edge of the sand
Gullwing sits at the quiet eastern end of Camber, past where the day-trippers park. Full address and keysafe code arrive with your booking confirmation.
By train
London St Pancras to Rye in about 70 minutes, then a 10-minute taxi — we can book Colin, the village driver, for you.
By car
Around 2 hours from London via the M20; private parking for two cars plus the EV charger on the drive.
While you're here
Rye's cobbled antique streets are 10 minutes away; The Gallivant does the good dinners; the fish shack on the harbour arm does the good lunches.
Book direct
Ask us about your dates
Send an enquiry and we'll confirm availability and a full quote, usually the same day. Nothing is charged until you approve it — a 25% deposit holds the dates, the rest is due six weeks out.
Marta & Ellis
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