Sandwich Lakes

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  • Quiet site in the grounds of a coarse fishery a mile from Sandwich
  • A 25-minute drive from Canterbury; 15 to Howletts Wild Animal Park
  • Seven well-stocked fishing lakes and an on-site café
Sandwich Lakes is a quiet 55-acre site in the grounds of a coarse fishery a mile from the centre of Sandwich. As you might imagine, this is a top spot to settle in if you're into fishing, as the fishery has seven lakes stocked with perch, tench, bream, roach and rudd. You can also fish for common, tiger and mirror carp: whoppers of up to 35lb have been recorded here (not to mention all the ones that got away...). A tackle and bait shop along with rod hire takes care of the practical side. The on-site café serves hot meals and snacks all day from early morning to early evening. Supermarkets are a 15-minute drive away in Sandwich, along with a brimming catch of pubs, cafés and restaurants for when you fancy something more substantial. While you're in Sandwich, the Secret Gardens are well worth snooping around too... Three and a half acres of lush greenery around a Georgian manor house created in 1911, they're just the ticket for cool walks on hot days, especially when topped off with cream teas.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 25
Motorhome pitches 25
Open all year
Opens
Please note

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Dogs

  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Occupancy

  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Pitches

  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.

Vehicles

  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

9.2

Overall rating from 575 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

95% would recommend this site to a friend

95% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a well-maintained campsite with spacious pitches, praised for its friendly and helpful staff. Visitors highlight the excellent fishing lakes, a popular on-site cafe with good food, and clean facilities including showers. Recent improvements have enhanced the site. Some guests noted occasional issues with mud, Wi-Fi, and water temperature in showers.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Clean peaceful . Staff friendly and…

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Clean peaceful . Staff friendly and helpful

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very friendly and a clean campsite…

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 Charlotte K. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Very friendly and a clean campsite

Recommend to friends Visit again

Bel campeggio, tranquillo e ben curato

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Silvia P. 3 reviews

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked La tranquillità del posto
La natura
Il parco giochi

Recommend to friends Visit again

This site met our needs perfectly.…

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Audrey J. 2 reviews

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked This site met our needs perfectly. Big flat pitches, modern toilets which were regularly cleaned. Staff were friendly and helpful. Loads of space for kids to play plus a purpose built play area. The 2 acre dog field is very good and safe. We visited the cafe regularly, breakfast was good and enjoyed coffees and ice cream at other times.
The fishing seems very well run and popular.

Disliked No availability for simple groceries eg milk or bread so have to go off site, that said,there is a farm shop about a mile away, 20 minutes walk.
The showers were good but more of a big tap flow as opposed to a spray

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely come again a highly recommended to others

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 Peter C. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Superb ,I liked everything about it.

Disliked N/A

Recommend to friends Visit again

Still worth the trip, the above were o ly minor niggles

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 Mark M. 2 reviews

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked Nice quiet area with plenty of space for the kids to run and play

Disliked Bad smell of sewage from around the lower lakes so.e other campers also pointed out they had smelt the same thing. Poor flooring in the showers meant that they seemed to be constantly flooded and smelt damp, wifi is not site as it suggested

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great week with family.

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 LYNETTE H. 4 reviews

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked I love visiting this fishery and camping site. It's peaceful, the staff are great. The onsite cafe does a great breakfast. This was our 4th visit and will be returning. This time we took my Brother and his family and they enjoyed their stay.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would Recommend

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Dave M. 1 review

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked Very well organised, the site was very well laid out, and was nice and quiet in the evening and we slept well. Breakfast on the cafe terrace was lovely with great service and we enjoyed the stay.

Disliked None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will certainly come back.

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 Peter U. 4 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Service. Pitches. Facilities. Cafe. Lakes. Wildlife.

Disliked Toilet waste has no means to wash your hands.

Recommend to friends Visit again

On the whole very quiet and…

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 Jess H. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked On the whole very quiet and peaceful, good meals available in the cafe, play area for children, good shower/toilet facilities.

Disliked Toilets got a bit smelly towards the late evening and toilet paper was running very low. Nowhere to buy basics like bread and milk.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

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 Composting toilet 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

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome 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 Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Pitch close to accessible bathrooms

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Sandwich Lakes

Sandwich Ash Road

Sandwich

Kent

England

CT3 2DA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.27941°N
1.31109°E

Route directions

The entrance is directly off the A257 – look for the brown tourism signs marking the entrance to Sandwich Lakes. Do not follow your sat nav to east street as this is a no through road.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.6 mi South Street
6 mi Harbour
6 mi Harbour
Rail
1.5 mi Sandwich Rail Station
3.5 mi Minster Rail Station
5.4 mi Deal Rail Station
Ferry
5.6 mi Ramsgate Ferry Terminal
10.6 mi Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
11.2 mi Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal
Airport
5.1 mi Kent International Airport
27.8 mi Lydd London Ashford 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

You're never too far from the coast in Kent, and a 10-minute trip takes you to the Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve for walking trails and wildlife spotting. Ramsgate (15 minutes' drive) has a rich amount to offer, with a sandy beach, seal spotting and fishing trips from the harbour, and a maritime museum. If you're hankering after some more history, Richborough (five minutes) has a well-preserved Roman fort and amphitheatre. A minute from the site, meanwhile, the White Mill Rural Heritage Centre is far more than a striking building to photograph; the exhibits and outhouses of this preserved 19th-century smock mill record a whole vanished way of Kentish country life. For cobbled lanes and cathedral tours, Canterbury is 20 minutes away. After that, connect with your wild side at Howletts Wild Animal Park (20 minutes), a conservation project rather than a zoo which houses and protects the future of 400 species, many of them endangered. After hanging with the elephant herds and greeting the baby rhinos, Dreamland Margate (also 20 minutes) makes you feel like you've stepped into another universe, with traditional fairground rides and amusements bringing the former days of seaside entertainment back to life with a whoop.

Food and drink

  • Kings Arms Pub 1.2 mi
  • The Red Cow Pub 1.2 mi
  • Harlowes Pub 1.2 mi
  • New Inn Pub 1.2 mi
  • Time & Tide Taphouse Pub 1.3 mi
  • The Market Inn Pub 1.3 mi
  • The Fleur de Lis Pub 1.3 mi
  • Hay's Shack Restaurant 1.3 mi
  • India Village Restaurant 1.3 mi
  • Bella Amalfi Restaurant 1.3 mi

Groceries

  • Co-op Food Supermarket 1.2 mi
  • Spar Supermarket 1.3 mi
  • Tesco Supermarket 5.4 mi
  • Sainsbury's Supermarket 5.4 mi
  • The Merchant Of Relish Off-licence 5.4 mi
  • Aldi Supermarket 5.5 mi
  • Waitrose Supermarket 5.9 mi
  • Baltic Branch Supermarket 5.9 mi
  • Asda Supermarket 6 mi
  • Dharish Foods Supermarket 6 mi

Parks and play

  • Junior Playground 0.9 mi
  • Infant Playground 0.9 mi
  • Poulders Park Playground 1 mi
  • Sandwich Quay Playground 1.6 mi
  • Eastry Picnic Site park 1.9 mi
  • Worth Memorial Park 1.9 mi
  • Cliffsend Play Area Playground 4.2 mi
  • Courtstairs Play Area Playground 4.9 mi
  • Courtstairs Park 4.9 mi
  • Prince Edward's Promenade park 5.1 mi

Family days out

  • Watermills Wake and Aqua Park 0.6 mi
  • Richborough Fort 1.3 mi
  • The Barbican Gate 1.4 mi
  • Ham Sandwich sign 3 mi
  • Pegwell Bay Seal Colony 3.2 mi
  • Marleybrook House Wedding Venue 4.3 mi
  • Marleybrook Wedding Venue 4.4 mi
  • Deal Pier 5.7 mi
  • Deal Castle 5.8 mi
  • Eythorne 5.9 mi

Public transport

  • Each End 0.2 mi
  • Whitemill Windmill 0.7 mi
  • Marshborough 0.8 mi
  • Collar Makers Green 0.8 mi
  • Old Radar Station 0.8 mi
  • Claremont Terrace 0.9 mi
  • Langdon Avenue 0.9 mi
  • Melville Lea 0.9 mi
  • Fire Station 0.9 mi
  • Cherry Garden Lane 1 mi

Beaches

  • Ramsgate Western Undercliffe 5.3 mi

What’s nearby

  • Highway Marina 1.3 mi
  • Sandwich Marina 1.9 mi
  • Princes Golf Club Golf course 2.7 mi
  • The Royal St. George's Golf Club Golf course 2.8 mi
  • Stonelees Golf Centre Golf course 3.3 mi
  • St Augustine's Golf Club Golf course 3.8 mi
  • Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Golf course 4.2 mi
  • Manston Golf Centre Golf course 5.4 mi
  • Ocean Rooms Nightclub 5.5 mi
  • Your Little Green Shop General shop 5.6 mi

Local services

  • Shell Fuel station 1.3 mi
  • Boots Pharmacy 1.3 mi
  • Fastned Spitfire Way Charging station 1.3 mi
  • Gulf Fuel station 1.4 mi
  • Boots Pharmacy 1.5 mi
  • Tracey Miles Chartered Physiotherapists Clinic 2.2 mi
  • Esso Fuel station 2.7 mi
  • Texaco Fuel station 2.7 mi
  • Pegwell Bay Service Station Fuel station 3.9 mi
  • Shell Fuel station 4.9 mi

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Must see

Deal Castle 5.7 mi

Walmer Castle and Gardens 6.7 mi

Howletts Wild Animal Park 7.1 mi

Turner Contemporary 8.2 mi

St Augustine's Abbey 9.7 mi

National Trust

South Foreland Lighthouse 10 mi

The White Cliffs of Dover 10.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Sandwich - White Cliff Country Trail - Sandwich 1.5 mi

THE SALUTATION 1.6 mi

GOODNESTONE PARK 4.3 mi

NORTHBOURNE COURT 4.3 mi

Grove Ferry - Stodmarsh - Wickhambreaux - Grove Ferry 5.3 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Sandwich Lakes have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Sandwich Lakes dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Sandwich Lakes? You're never too far from the coast in Kent, and a 10-minute trip takes you to the Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve for walking trails and wildlife spotting. Ramsgate (15 … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Sandwich Lakes?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11:30 a.m. –  6:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Sandwich Lakes? From £30 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.