Shoreham is a nice place, but I recall renting a PA28-235 from there for a few days once. The aircraft was nice and thus I wasn't too surprised that it was a bit expensive. But, when you'd added on a fee per landing when doing a few circuits during the checkout, and another lump of money for the instructor, and I think there was some kind of day-club membership involved as well, the price was eye-watering.
But it's not alone; I flew into Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago for a meeting (with a company on the airfield) in something roughly C172 sized, and just got an invoice for £42.07 covering my landing fee and about 4 hours parking - equivalent to about 45 minutes flying in my syndicated aeroplane. I can't fault Hurn as an airport, but the price was a bit frightening.
And then there's Newcastle....
But, big patch of expensive real estate in a prime spot - it'll happen, and we'll just all have to live with it I think. The only thing that I think we can demand is the best possible service for our money (and yes, a ten minute hold in a helicopter costing you £350/hr probably doesn't qualify!).
G