Southdown Gun Club

Prices and packages

10% off lessons for members. Cartridges are excluded from the discount.

10% off have a gos for members.

Members and groups

• Annual individual membership: £165 / year. The membership year runs from 1 February to 31 January. Pay by Direct Debit. Membership is pro-rated when joining partway through the year. Pay an initial photo-card fee of £10 for single membership or £20 for two joint membership cards. The ground checks current shotgun or firearms licences when joining and annually.
• Annual joint membership: £295 / year. 2 people. The membership year runs from 1 February to 31 January. Pay by Direct Debit. Membership is pro-rated when joining partway through the year. Pay an initial photo-card fee of £10 for single membership or £20 for two joint membership cards. The ground checks current shotgun or firearms licences when joining and annually.
• Initial membership photo card: £10 / person. Pay once when joining.
• Junior membership with a member parent or guardian: Free. Juniors: up to age 15. A parent or guardian must be a member.

Opening times and booking

Thu–Sun

Regular closures

Closed Mon & Tue

Pre-booked lessons, with Thursday by special appointment

By appointment, Thu–Sun

Skeet and DTL practice on summer Thursday evenings

Summer

Thu

Skeet and DTL practice on some Sundays without competitions

Selected dates

Selected Suns

Wednesday lessons and have-a-go sessions on request

By appointment, Wed

Wednesday lessons and have-a-go sessions are available on request.

Sporting practice is available Thursday to Sunday.

Skeet and DTL practice runs on Fridays and Saturdays, on Thursday evenings in summer, and on some Sundays without competitions.

Booking

Sporting practice needs no advance booking.
Book lessons in advance.
Pay for experience bookings in full in advance.
Arrive fifteen minutes before your booked start.
Experience bookings can change without charge up to seventy-two hours before the activity, subject to availability. Later cancellations, changes and no-shows cost the full amount.
Lessons can be cancelled or moved up to seven days before the booking. Later cancellations and no-shows require full payment or forfeit the voucher.
Have-a-go groups can contain one to one hundred people, usually with six participants per instructor for larger groups.
For a group of six, 25 or 30 clays usually take two hours; 50 or 60 take three hours.
Book a ninety-minute lesson for one or two people, or a two-hour lesson for two or three.
Book competitions with a £25 deposit per shooter or full payment; pay any balance on the day.

Guest conditions

Certificate holders

Certificate holders with less than a year’s licence must pre-book a caddied round before unsupervised practice.
Report to reception before using the facilities.
On your first visit, read, understand and agree to the ground rules before shooting.
Shooters should hold adequate third-party liability insurance.
New visiting shooters must show their shotgun certificate; the ground keeps a copy.
Leave your shotgun certificate at reception when borrowing a ground gun; collect it when you return the gun.

Instructed session

Minimum age: 10.
Ground staff supervise booked activities throughout, with a safety briefing and instruction.

With a certificate-holding friend

A certificate holder who has held the certificate for more than twelve months must supervise strictly and accept liability for the non-certificate holder.

Children

Minimum age: 10.
A responsible adult must supervise everyone under eighteen at all times.

Ground rules: Wear eye and ear protection throughout shooting areas, including when watching. A hat is recommended. Use no more than 28g loads and no shot larger than No. 6.5. Sign the ground’s rules declaration. The ground requires you to declare that you are not a prohibited person. The ground requires you to declare that you have never been refused a certificate or had one revoked, and that no licence is under suspension. The ground requires you to declare that you have not received a suspended sentence of two years or more.

Not known: spectators. Ask the ground.

Shooting without a certificate

What you can shoot

Ground type

Commercial ground

Disciplines

English sporting · Sportrap · Compak sporting · FITASC sporting · Automatic ball trap · Down the line · English skeet · Super sporting

High tower

Yes

Coaching

Yes

CPSA registered shoots

Yes

CPSA affiliation

Yes

Payment system

Card

Not known: covered stands, simulated game days. Ask the ground.

Cartridges

Sold on site

Yes

Brands

Eley
Fiocchi
Hull

Facilities

Parking

Yes

Shop

Yes

Function rooms

Yes

Accessibility

Paths are uneven; take care to avoid trips and falls.

Dog conditions

Keep dogs on a lead at all times. Clean up after them when needed and put bagged waste in the bins. Dogs must not disturb other visitors or dogs.

Not known: toilets, dogs. Ask the ground.

Getting there

Address

Muntham Farm, Findon, West Sussex, BN14 0RQ

Postcode

BN14 0RQ

Entrance directions

Approach on the northbound A24. Turn left onto the signed concrete road about 0.1 miles past the Worthing Crematorium turn. Follow Southdown signs uphill through Muntham Farm, then turn right at the brow of the hill and follow the track to the car park. Keep to 10 mph, slow to a crawl near horses, and avoid the Windlesham School entrance.

Not known: nearest station. Ask the ground.