Deal & Sandwich Shooting School
Before you visit
Can we shoot here?
- Certificate holders
- Experienced shooters can join open shoots.
- Without a certificate
- Yes. Use a school shotgun when shooting without a certificate. With a friend: You may not bring a novice to an open shoot and teach them yourself.
- Children and spectators
- Children: Family tasters include a safety briefing. Spectators: Shooters and companions must wear eye and ear protection; the ground provides it free.
Facilities
ParkingFood and drink
Hot and cold drinks, snacks and bacon, sausage or egg breakfast rolls. The cafe opens on open shoot days and accepts cash only.
Not known: nearby food. Ask the ground.
Prices and packages
- 100 sporting clays
- £35 / 100 clays
- 50 sporting clays
- £20 / 50 clays
- Taster with a coach
- £80 / person
Includes gun hire, protection, cartridges, clays, tuition.
- One-to-one lesson
- £95 / session
1 person in the group. Includes gun hire, protection. Excludes cartridges. The lesson lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Cartridges cost an additional £8 per box.
- Loan gun
- 0p / gun
Ask for a loan gun.
Opening times and booking
Open shoots
- Wednesday
- From 10:30am · Last entry 14:00
- Saturday
- From 10:30am · Last entry 14:00
- Sunday
- From 10:30am · Last entry 14:00
Lessons and tasters by appointment
- Monday
- 10am–3:30pm
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 10am–3:30pm
- Thursday
- 10am–3:30pm
- Friday
- 10am–3:30pm
- Saturday
- 10am–3:30pm
- Sunday
- 10am–3:30pm
Ground access by appointment
- Monday
- By appointment
- Thursday
- By appointment
- Friday
- By appointment
Gates open at 10:00 before open shoots start at 10:30.
Arrive by 13:30 if you want to shoot 100 clays.
Lessons, tasters and events require an appointment.
Booking
Call Barry to book a taster.
Call Barry to book a lesson.
Open shoots need no booking. Check in and pay cash in the club hut.
Guest conditions
- Certificate holders
- Experienced shooters can join open shoots.
Novices must book a taster or lesson.
Use fibre-wad cartridges.
If you bring cartridges, confirm their wads at the cash desk; plastic wads are forbidden.
Shooters and companions must wear eye and ear protection; the ground provides it free.
Pay for shooting and cartridges; there is no membership fee.
Semi-automatic shotguns must have a safety flag and be carried upright.
Alcohol is forbidden.
Anyone who appears under the influence must leave and cannot shoot.
Produce your shotgun licence if school staff request it. - Instructed session
- Yes.
Use a school shotgun when shooting without a certificate.
A coach instructs the taster and supplies the shotgun, safety equipment, cartridges and clays.
Wear eye and ear protection; the school supplies it free.
Alcohol is forbidden.
Anyone who appears under the influence must leave and cannot shoot. - With a certificate-holding friend
- You may not bring a novice to an open shoot and teach them yourself.
Novices must arrange a taster or lesson. - Children
- Family tasters include a safety briefing.
Caps, safety glasses and ear protection are included. - Spectators
- Shooters and companions must wear eye and ear protection; the ground provides it free.
What you can shoot
- Ground type
- Commercial ground
- Disciplines
- English sporting · Down the line
- Coaching
- Yes
Not known: covered stands, high tower, simulated game days, CPSA registered shoots, CPSA affiliation, payment system. Ask the ground.
Cartridges
Not known: sold on site, brands. Ask the ground.
Facilities
- Parking
- Yes
Not known: toilets, shop, dogs, function rooms, accessibility, dog conditions. Ask the ground.
Getting there
- Address
- Lydden Ground, Golf Road, Sandwich Bay, CT13 9QD
- Postcode
- CT13 9QD
- Entrance directions
- Look for the signboard on the left of Golf Road when travelling from Deal towards the Sandwich Bay Estate.
Not known: nearest station. Ask the ground.