Sunnyside Farm Camping

From £20 For 1 night, 4 adults 9.1 115 reviews
Grass pitch (added by manager 27 Sep 2022)
Grass tent pitch (added by manager 27 sep 2022)
Views of the countryside (added by manager 11 may 2019)
The field (added by manager 27 aug 2015)

  • Small and simple farm site on the Coast to Cathedral cycle route
  • Canterbury, Howlett's Zoo and Wingham Wildlife Park within 15 minutes
  • Half an hour's drive from Dover, Deal and Walmer Castles
Partial to a pedal-powered pilgrimage? The 50-mile Coast to Cathedral route across the Kent Downs between Canterbury and Dover passes right by this fab farm site. Sunnyside Farm Camping is a small and simple affair, on a farm whose family have been tilling the soil and rearing livestock here for generations. Having been farming the Pett Bottom valley so long they’ve got a road named after them, the family running the site know the area like no-one else can, and they’re happy to advise on biking and walking paths nearby. By car, it's a little under five minutes’ drive from here to the hamlet of Pett Bottom, and a 15-minute journey to the ancient cathedral city of Canterbury. After each year’s harvest, a herd of sheep joins the cows, chickens and arable crops here, making for a lively chorus of countryside sounds: when pottering across to collect fresh breakfast eggs from the porch, taking in the views over the Kent Downs, you could be holidaying in Chaucer’s time... (The amenities belong firmly in this era though: clean, basic and bright shared washrooms housed in a wooden farm building.) And if you prefer cantering to cycles and strolls? Pay a call to the riding centre in the village, and trek the chalk hills on horseback for added historical vibes.

Site type

Tent pitches 5
Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Opens 29 March
Please note
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 29 Mar to

Reviews

95%

would recommend this site to a friend

92%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Beautiful rural stay.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Elanor H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Excellent shower and toilet facilities, quiet and beautiful area. Some lovely walks up and down the country lanes. The campsite is small and secluded, and I loved the mature hedges marking the field boundary - lots of beautiful birds and a glorious dawn chorus.

Disliked: None.

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Quiet & convenient

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Lisbeth F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Very quiet, non congestive, excellent soft grass, clean compact showroom & toilet

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Simple campsite. Exactly as described. Beautiful countryside.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
annette v. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Simple campsite. Exactly as described. Beautiful countryside.

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A basic campsite for peaceful camping

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely small, family run camp site. Very basic, but it had everything I needed for a quiet, relaxing weekend with my book.

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Great location and extremely peaceful and relaxing…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Great location and extremely peaceful and relaxing

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Rural retreat

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi No rating
Maggie S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Very quiet simple site - exactly as expected from description. Lovely setting 15 mins out of heart of Canterbury. Would definitely go back for another overnight. Great value for money.

Disliked: No gripes at all.

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Quiet site in a lovely location, has small toilet and shower block,…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Kevin U. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Quiet site in a lovely location, has small toilet and shower block, howletts is 10minutes away

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Namiot…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Jacek Ł. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Namiot

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We were there for the second time and would definitely come a…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Susanne L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: We were there for the second time and would definitely come a third time. Also we were running late in the evening it absolutely was no problem and they were extremely friendly and understanding. The site is quiet, clean and we missed nothing.

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Calm and quite area that provide you good sleep; friendly and helpful…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Calm and quite area that provide you good sleep; friendly and helpful host

Disliked: Despite of a little slope that made me keep sliding down during sleep; picking a good spot to avoid slope will help

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Forest

Peaceful

Remote location

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Sunnyside Farm Camping

Pett Bottom

Canterbury

Kent

England

CT4 5PB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.22708°N
1.09276°W

Route directions

Please note there are two Sunnyside Farms on Pitchup near Canterbury. This one is the one near the village of Bridge; use the site postcode for the satnav. Go under the old railway bridge; the site is at the next turning on the right (about 1.5 miles). If you get to the Duck Inn you have just passed the farm.

Nearest transport

Coach
2.4 mi New Dover Road Park and Ride Terminal
3.4 mi Bus Station
9.4 mi Swan Lane
Rail
3 mi Bekesbourne Rail Station
3.3 mi Canterbury East Rail Station
3.9 mi Chartham Rail Station
Ferry
9.1 mi Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal
12.3 mi Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal
12.3 mi Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
Airport
14.2 mi Kent International Airport
20.1 mi Lydd London Ashford Airport
29 mi London Southend Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

When you’ve walked, cycled and hacked across Kent, there’s only one option left: make for Canterbury (15 minutes’ drive) and punt or canoe your way down the Stour, stopping off for wanders of the Roman walls and guided Chaucer themed town walks, to finish up in the cathedral. For more adventures in the ancient, the trio of Deal, Walmer and Dover Castles are all half an hour’s drive away and full of sights from times gone by, including a Roman lighthouse, secret World War II tunnels and the Duke of Wellington’s seaside pad. History with a side serving of bells and whistles can be had with a steam ride on the restored Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (40 minutes). Half an hour away, the Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve serves up cliffs and saltmarshes, with seal colonies offshore in winter and summer cuckoos and nightingales turning the place into a sound garden. Or visit Britain’s only desert: Dungeness National Nature Reserve (50 minutes) is a landscape loved by waders and migratory birds, made extra picworthy by the looming power station. For more contained encounters with wildlife, try Wingham Wildlife Park, a large collection of small creatures with exotic names such as tamanduas and cloud rats, while bigger beasts including Kent’s only giant anteaters stalk the plains at Howlett’s Zoo; both are half an hour away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
West Beach, Whitstable 9.5 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Tankerton 9.8 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Herne Bay Central 10.1 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Herne Bay 10.4 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Sandgate 10.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

St Augustine's Abbey 3.5 mi

Canterbury Tales 3.6 mi

Canterbury Cathedral 3.6 mi

Canterbury Roman Museum 3.6 mi

Howletts Wild Animal Park 3.6 mi

National Trust

The White Cliffs of Dover 12.5 mi

South Foreland Lighthouse 13.5 mi

Smallhythe Place 21.5 mi

Stoneacre 22.4 mi

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 23.9 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

DANE JOHN GARDENS 3.3 mi

Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church Buffer Zone 3.6 mi

Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church 3.6 mi

BROOME PARK 4.2 mi

CHILHAM CASTLE 5.9 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Want to know more about camping in Kent?

  • Does Sunnyside Farm Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Sunnyside Farm Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Sunnyside Farm Camping? When you’ve walked, cycled and hacked across Kent, there’s only one option left: make for Canterbury (15 minutes’ drive) and punt or canoe your way down the Stour, stopping off for wanders … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Sunnyside Farm Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Sunnyside Farm Camping? From £20 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.