Gatehouse Wood Country Park

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New Corner Pitches
Hardstanding pitches
Birdseye
New pitches

  • Peaceful family-friendly touring park in a woodland in rural Kent
  • Leeds Castle 20 minutes’ drive and the Kent Downs 40 minutes
  • Coffee shop on site; Wealdway and Pilgrims Way half an hour's walk
Surrounded by mature trees, the family-friendly grass pitches at Gatehouse Wood Country Park are somewhat unusual – for they were created on the relics of an old quarry. Found 20 minutes’ drive from Sevenoaks, this peaceful site puts you right in the middle of the Garden of England, within easy reach of the Kent Downs National Landscape, Royal Tunbridge Wells and the Kent coast. The park is just off the A20 at the bottom of Wrotham Hill, so it’s also a handy stopover if you’re London or Dover bound – in fact the train to London leaves from the village of Borough Green (10 minutes’ drive) if you fancy a day sightseeing in the big city. Hikers (and any accompanying dogs) will also be pleased to know that Gatehouse Wood is only a few minutes’ walk from both the Weald Way and the Pilgrims Way. On-park facilities include spotless shower blocks with heated showers, hand dryers and shaving points, plus a separate accessible facility and a fully equipped laundry room. Friendly staff members are on hand with information on the local area. Barbecues are allowed (off the ground only please), but if you prefer not to cook there’s a foodie pub just five minutes’ walk away and several restaurants close by too. Borough Green has pretty much everything else you could need, from supermarkets and a chemist to hairdressers, cafés and a posh spa.

Site type

Caravans for hire 3
Touring caravan pitches 52
Motorhome pitches 52
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

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. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 2 or more units travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 4 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Pitches

  • A cable measuring at least 25 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.

Reception

  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Vehicles

  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Units longer than 8 metres are not allowed.
  • Wood burners of any kind are not permitted.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

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Location
9
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9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
9
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
9
Wifi
6

93% would recommend this site to a friend

92% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a clean, well-maintained campsite with friendly and helpful staff. Pitches are generally spacious and level. Facilities, including showers and toilets, are consistently praised for cleanliness. The on-site coffee shop is a popular addition. While some guests mention occasional traffic noise due to the location, most find it unobtrusive. Recent upgrades are noted, and many visitors express a desire to return.

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Tidy site, loop maintenance sort of…

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Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Tidy site, loop maintenance sort of areas as hard standing stones.

Disliked Toilets and showers not really very clean. The breakfast cobs are poor and for the cost I would have liked better, very greasy and poor quality bacon and sausage. Loud building works at 9am. !!

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your review.

Lovely site

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Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Very pleasant staff and a quiet site. Facilities were spotless. We will be returning.

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Lovely campsite, clean and well looked…

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely campsite, clean and well looked after. The on-site cafe is also lovely and the pastries delicious.

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Nice loo,s and cafe.…

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Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Nice loo,s and cafe.

Disliked Lots of vans and site workers in and out all the time. Very expensive for what is not a holiday site.

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Size…

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Size

Disliked None

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Ian ist super. Gerne wieder!…

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Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Ian ist super. Gerne wieder!

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Great staff and very helpful. Not…

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John P. 1 review

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great staff and very helpful. Not the usual ‘jobs worth’ you tend to see at a lot of campsites. They all coped very well with the extreme heatwave over the weekend. Likes the sights saying “feed the scrubs with your clean waste water”

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From the manager: Thankyou so much for your lovely review , we look forward to seeing you again.

Pleasant site for visiting this corner of Kent: premium price range.

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Convenient location near main roads, but not too noisy.

Disliked I think the facilities are overdue for an upgrade, as they only seem to have had a lick of paint since new management took over: this bearing in mind £40 per night fee. One door of the shower needed attention as the catch didn’t hold very well.
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Friendly and clean park…

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Liked Friendly and clean park

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From the manager: Thankyou so much for your lovely review , we look forward to seeing you again.

All in all a really lovely site

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8 out of 10
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Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Very clean site, every time we used toilet and showers it was very clean and tidy.
Play park is great when you have children it can be seen by most pitches.
Nice to have a coffee shop on site that does some really lovely bakery stuff.

Disliked It’s says it’s dog friendly but there wasn’t any dog bibs on site.

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From the manager: Thankyou so much for your lovely review , we look forward to seeing you again.


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe 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 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

Forest Luxury Peaceful 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 Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches

Location

Gatehouse Wood Country Park

Ford Lane

Wrotham Heath

Sevenoaks

Kent

England

TN15 7SD

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.29954°N
0.34467°E

Route directions

The satnav may take you too far down Ford Lane; the property is just 200 yards from the top of the lane.

Nearest transport

Coach
8.1 mi King Street
8.1 mi King Street
10 mi Bus Station
Rail
1.7 mi Borough Green & Wrotham Rail Station
3.2 mi West Malling Rail Station
4.2 mi East Malling Rail Station
Ferry
10.2 mi Gravesend Pier
10.5 mi Tilbury Ferry Terminal
18 mi Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Airport
13.7 mi Biggin Hill Airport
19.1 mi London City Airport
24.1 mi London Gatwick 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

There’s certainly plenty to keep history buffs happy in this corner of Kent; the gorgeous and moated National Trust-owned Ightham Mote (15 minutes’ drive) has opulent interiors packed with Tudor and Jacobean decorative arts, and the family can easily spend a whole day watching falconry displays and whizzing down zipwires at Leeds Castle (20 minutes), where there are also lavish apartments open for tours. Got green fingers? Be inspired by the park at Penshurst Place and Gardens (half an hour), laid out in formal plantings and woodland walks, or visit Hever Castle and Gardens (35 minutes), an enticing mash-up of medieval and Tudor architecture with walled flower beds and waterside walks. Sporting types can play a round or two on local golf courses (the nearest is five minutes’ drive away), and there are several fisheries within 40 minutes by car. If you’re looking for something more high-octane, there are frequent driver experiences and track days at Brands Hatch (15 minutes), the home of British motor racing. Teenage shopping addicts with you? They’ll be pleased to know that Lakeside Shopping Centre is just half an hour away.

Food and drink

  • Ming Restaurant 0.2 mi
  • The Moat Pub 0.8 mi
  • Blue Anchor Pub 1.1 mi
  • The George Pub 1.1 mi
  • The Plough Inn Pub 1.2 mi
  • The Angel Pub 1.4 mi
  • King's Arms Pub 1.4 mi
  • The Bull Hotel Pub 1.6 mi
  • Rose and Crown Pub 1.6 mi
  • Black Horse Pub 1.6 mi

Groceries

  • Co-op Food Supermarket 1.7 mi
  • Hardy Wines Off-licence 2.8 mi
  • Tesco Supermarket 2.8 mi
  • Aldi Supermarket 3 mi
  • Asda Supermarket 3.1 mi
  • Morrisons Supermarket 4.2 mi
  • Tesco Extra Supermarket 4.3 mi
  • Lidl Supermarket 4.4 mi
  • Meopham Valley Vineyard Shop Off-licence 4.5 mi
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 4.7 mi

Parks and play

  • Macey's Meadow park 2.5 mi
  • Leybourne Chase park 2.6 mi
  • walled garden park 2.7 mi
  • Manor Park Country Park 2.8 mi
  • The Village Green park 2.8 mi
  • Linear Park 3.1 mi
  • seesaw Playground 3.2 mi
  • swings Playground 3.2 mi
  • baby/toddler swings Playground 3.2 mi
  • plaxtol primary school playground 3.6 mi

Family days out

  • Quintain Visitor attraction 1.5 mi
  • Old Soar Manor Visitor attraction 2.7 mi
  • Mereworth Castle 3.7 mi
  • Lavender Plantation Visitor attraction 4.6 mi
  • Hadlow Castle 5.3 mi
  • Hadlow Tower Visitor attraction 5.3 mi
  • Brands Hatch Circuit Visitor attraction 5.4 mi
  • The Friars - Aylesford Priory Visitor attraction 5.5 mi

Public transport

  • Seven Mile Lane 0.1 mi
  • Royal Oak 0.1 mi
  • Nepicar Farm 0.5 mi
  • Nepicar Oakdene Cafe 0.6 mi
  • Maidstone Road 1 mi
  • George PH 1.1 mi
  • Platt Flour Mill 1.2 mi
  • The Green 1.4 mi
  • Brockway 1.5 mi
  • Post Office 1.5 mi

What’s nearby

  • Wrotham Heath Golf Club Golf course 0.4 mi
  • Kings Hill Golf Club Golf course 3.4 mi
  • London Golf Club Golf course 4.1 mi
  • Grove Farm Fisheries Fishing 4.2 mi
  • Wildernesse Club Golf course 5.4 mi
  • Redlibbets Golf Club Golf course 5.5 mi
  • Hampstead Marina 5.8 mi
  • Knole Park Golf Club Golf course 6.2 mi

Local services

  • Shell Fuel station 0.1 mi
  • MFG Offham Service Station Fuel station 0.3 mi
  • Shell Pilgrims Way Fuel station 0.7 mi
  • Esso Fuel station 1.6 mi
  • Lloyds Pharmacy 1.7 mi
  • Borough Green Medical Practice Doctors 1.9 mi
  • Vigo Pharmacy 2.2 mi
  • Parkfoot Garage Fuel station 2.7 mi
  • Milverton Doctors 2.8 mi
  • Boots Pharmacy 2.8 mi

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Must see

Ightham Mote 4.4 mi

Knole 6.4 mi

Rochester Castle 9.2 mi

Rochester Cathedral 9.2 mi

The Historic Dockyard Chatham 10.2 mi

National Trust

Old Soar Manor 3.1 mi

Ightham Mote 4.4 mi

Knole 6.3 mi

Owletts 6.8 mi

Cobham Wood and Mausoleum 6.8 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Trosley Country Park - Trottiscliffe - Ryarsh - North Downs 1.7 mi

Hodsell Street - Ash-cum-Ridley - Fairseat - Hodsell Street 2.2 mi

IGHTHAM COURT 2.4 mi

MEREWORTH CASTLE 3.8 mi

OXEN HOATH 4 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 Gatehouse Wood Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Gatehouse Wood Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Gatehouse Wood Country Park? There’s certainly plenty to keep history buffs happy in this corner of Kent; the gorgeous and moated National Trust-owned Ightham Mote (15 minutes’ drive) has opulent interiors packed with Tudor and Jacobean … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Gatehouse Wood Country Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Gatehouse Wood Country Park? From £35 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.