Herons Park Campsite

Liked Super friendly staff. Useful shop. I think the closest you can camp to Dungeness so is great for visiting. Interesting area to walk/run/explore around the site- managed by Nature England with interesting birds/botany/wildlife. Useful for early morning dog walk. Plenty of dog poo bins. Managed to see the sun come up which was lovely and the site was super peaceful first thing in the morning. Facilities well maintained and very clean.

Disliked There is a venue on site that hosts events and it is next door to a go kart attraction so be aware that this is not a peaceful break style site. There was a private disco/party that was on all night we were there-so ear plugs were essential for sleep or just imagine you are at a festival! In some ways not all bad and did give the site a good atmosphere but may not suit everyone. Pitches are very close together and so privacy meant we didn't open the windows and doors on our tent as we had close neighbours on all four sides. Also queues at the toilet for the women as only two loos and 2 showers (although there was a separate family facility).

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Liked Location, staff and general tidiness. Handy shop on-site.

Disliked Not many toilet cubicles or showers. Pitches are quite tightly packed in places.
Dungeness power station and power lines are a bit of a blot on the landscape, but not the sites fault. Water sports centre close by and go-kart track.

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Liked Nothing

Disliked "The toilets" only 2 toilets per male/female which were contained within the shower block, access gained by using key fob, which is annoying if you walk all the way and forget it ! like I did.

The campsite is layed out in square plots which are numbered, you are allocated your number on arrival so have no choice where you pitch. This was unfortunate for us we were camped next to a party of 3 tents that were really loud up until midnight and beyond, even though it states a 8pm- 8am quiet zone.

The other people in the campsite I'd say were mainly locals that used the site for a weekend "get drunk & let the kids run riot round everyone else tent " escape.

There is a function room next to campsite which is used for venues such as a prom which was on when we were there, this was very sweet, however it did make it very busy, noisy and difficult to navigate through people get to the damntoilet! And forgot my fob again!!

There is also a go- cart track next to campsite, which thankfully wasn't in use that day, I can only imagine the noise, which has been mentioned on some previous reviews.

No pubs or hot food within walking distance, a drive into Lydd would be needed.

"The weather" it was predicted thunderstorms for that evening and by god did we get a thunderstorm it was torrential, this of course in no way could be the campsite owners fault.......

I had contracted a chest infection few days before and the damp and rain was making my chest feel really bad, I felt really ill so decided to pack up what we could and leave.

The next day I asked the campsite due to the circumstances could they please take the tent down ( it was an easy 10 minute job as a new kind of pop up tent) and I would collect and pay for the extra nights stay.
They agreed to do this then somewhere along the line said that didn't like touching other peoples tents and it was now classed as fly tipping and a £50 fee was payable!
I was shocked 😧 but agreed as I'd left it there.
Then I had another message stating that the tent had now blown away and was beyond repair.
So I messaged back saying well what now then ?and got a barrage of words back from manager saying you are a lier you never intended to come back for the tent bla bla la. Well as god's my witness I was going to go back and sort it out with him.
It wouldn't have hurt him to just help me out I was there alone with my 16 yr old daughter.
Key fobs for toilets!!!! Don't forget to return to box on departure as these will be charged at £5 each lost fob, and the way he has the payment plan set up online for it, suggests this happens a lot.

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Liked Great place to stay if you like active sport. The near by lake with water sports and carting race track a stone throw away. This not a place to stay if you are after peaceful and quiet nature…

Disliked Can get quite noisy with the party venue next door.

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Liked Clean tidy star where polite

Disliked Being pitched next to the play area with no ball protection. Go cart noise

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From the manager: Thanks for your review :)

Liked Clean showers, kids park clean, beautiful quiet location ! Harry that runs the park is a great asset. Fires allowed as long as raised of ground, can rent one, buy wood if you dont have any, well stocked shop. You can buy colour change powder to change fire colour in shop ! So amazing with kids to see at night lasts over 1 hour buy 2 bags

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Thanks for the amazing review! We absolutely love the pictures too! Thanks for your kind words about Harry, we really do have the best wardens here <3

Liked Good facilities, friendly staff, big pitch, quite campsite, shop on site.

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From the manager: Thanks for a fantastic review!

Liked Big levelled pitch, good facilities, friendly staff, quiet place, great communication. Will definitely recommend it.

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From the manager: Thank you for a wonderful review! Hopefully see you again!

Liked very quiet and clean.
Friendly staff.
big pitches

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From the manager: Thanks for a great review :)

Liked Very well maintained site with helpful and friendly staff.

Disliked Grey water waste disposal point impossible to use with normal caravan wheeled tanks. The raised faucet prevented disposal. Requires a level or slightly lowered grating as is normal at all caravan club sites.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review and comments. That's the first time we have heard about the grey waste being an issue as the actual unit itself is bought fit for purpose. It is on a ramp so possibly that was the issue? Sorry it was an issue in any case :)