Lacton Manor Barn

- Very friendly hosts, Trevor and Jane, were good at communicating and answered any queries/requests, responded to phone calls quickly
- Amazing pitches, closest to wild camping you can get, other pitches 100m+ away and out of sight
- Fantastic location, was given a piece of private woodland to pitch in with views of the forest, lake, and lots of sheep
- Budget friendly and only 2.5 hours door-to-door from east London, didn't need a car
- Only a 30m walk to Charing to the local pub/shops

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Great site, requested a spot suitable for hammock and tarp camping and Trevor (the owner) gave us a great pitch in the woods.
Trevor escorted us to our pitch gave us a 5 gallon fresh water container and left us to ourselves. We had our own woodland area all to ourselves and we were able to get the car really near our pitch so didn't have to hike all our gear in. Allowed to have proper camp fires and plenty of dead wood laying around (some of it is already pre-cut and piled up by Trever which was a nice touch).
Had a great 1 night stay and this is now my favorite site! Will definitely be back.

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Loved it definitely coming back

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The most authentic camping experience one can get in this part of the world (but with all the help and amenities not too far, if you end up needing them). Paradise for children. Very well spaced pitches - we felt like the woods and the fields were all to ourselves. Stayed in a forest floor tent pitch and had to actually walk to see or hear other families in the distance. Clean site and flat surface for pitching the tent. Unlimited and free firewood. Lots of walks around.

If you’re up for some moderate walking and can carry all your gear you can even avoid driving – lots of trains from London to Charing, then a 45-min walk (at children’s pace). All manageable. Seaside is easy to reach too for a day out – we took a train to Ashford then to Folkestone Central.

Could occasionally hear the road and trains (very dampened and not really distracting, trains mostly heard during the day). Absolutely wasn’t an issue - and for some in our party actually added to the excitement (so cannot even put it in the Disliked box!).

The host is amazing – very helpful and great communication.

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Quiet, spacious, amongst the sheep.

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The peacefulness of the site. After the owner Trevor showed me my pitch I didn't see another person the entire time I was there.

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We had an amazing 3 night stay at Lacton Manor Barn over the Eater weekend. Our pitch was in an idealistic patch of forest bordered by 3 fields of sheep and a small lake. We had a huge space to ourselves with freedom to set up our tent and fire wherever we liked with our car just 30 seconds away in 1 of the fields. The sheep and their lambs were a highlight and we laughed so much at their antics throughout the day. The site is big enough to explore with a couple of different walks you can take though the woods and fields. We were provided with a large bottle of water to keep refilling and limitless firewood, considering most other campsites charge for firewood this was a really nice surprise. As It is a wild campsite with no bathroom or shower facilities we opted to hire a toilet tent for the weekend. This was really comfortable to use so would recommend to anyone concerned about the lack of toilets. A few other campers were on site over the weekend but the pitches are so spread out it felt like we had the entire farm to ourselves. Finally Trevor was a fantastic host. He was very friendly and helpful throughout our stay and even came out to late help us get our fire going as we struggled with it on the 1st night. As novice campers Lacton Manor has set the standard very high and will be a very tough act to follow. We will definelty be coming back for another stay and recommending this campsite to our family and friends.

As other reviews mention the only drawback is you can hear the motorway but it is just a background hum and didn’t bother our sleep at all. We feel it is far outweighed by all of this campsites benefits.

Just arrived home after two awesome days at Lacton Manor Farm. I was staying with my three children (12, 8 & 9) and we had pitch 11 ‘The Glade’ in Lacton Woods. The pitch was perfect, covered in Bluebells and Wild Garlic, a stream running nearby, with no other campers within at least 100 meters. We had two tents, a fire area which we surrounded with some of the chopped up tree trunks which are left lying around for seats.

There are no facilities, but Trevor supplies you with a large water tank which can be refilled at the barn.

The woods are surrounded by sheep fields, where some of the campers we set up. Obviously in April there are lambs which entertained the kids. We explored Grove Wood which is probably one of the most beautiful bit of woodland I’ve visited - the kids described it was ‘magical’ - a thick carpet of bluebells with the occasional Early Purple Orchid.

If you are after a place to escape for a few days away from civilisation where the kids can run around like crazy, learn to build campfires and experience what bears must do in the woods, whilst surrounds with views of the garden of England with the sound of sheep and lambs - you’d struggle to find a better alternative.

Absolutely nothing - was just what we were after. Trevor even managed to sort out two days of sunshine for us somehow.

Second stay here, great setting, peaceful and relaxing. Plenty of space and a good location for visiting nearby towns and villages. Very friendly and attentive host. Hope to return soon. Many thanks.

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Space simplicity and location

That I couldn't stay for longer