Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park

View prices & book 9.4 92 reviews
The area for the bell tents looks stunning
The area for the bell tents looks stunning
Bell tent
Would love to stay in one of these bell tents with a group of friends
Secluded woodland alcoves
Main field with lots of space to play
Lovely open space in the middle which is always left clear
Outside the unit
The pod
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Bell tent
Would love to stay in one of these bell tents with a group of friends
Secluded woodland alcoves

  • Spacious family-friendly site with shop in the High Weald
  • Five minutes to Northiam shops, pub, steam railway; 10 to river walks
  • Rye 15 minutes; Hastings beach half an hour; Leeds Castle 45 minutes
Not a lot of people can tell you where the High Weald is… and maybe it'll stay that way: this borderland between Kent and East Sussex hasn’t changed much since medieval times. It’s still green (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in fact), and still the same patchwork of wooded hills, scattered smallholdings and Saxon pathways that it was half a millennium back. Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park occupies a prime bit of this lush Sussex landscape, five minutes’ drive from the village of Northiam. It’s a spacious park where you can hang out with like-minded souls or seek seclusion in the woods behind. There’s a playground on site, woods to build dens in, and a middle meadow kept empty so there’s ample room for running around, re-enacting World Cup victories and general rolling in the grass. For eats, hire a firepit and cook up a feast; buy snacks, ice creams and basic supplies from the little shop, or head into Northiam for eats, treats and the fine old pub. Then go adventuring… a couple of minutes’ walk and you’ve gone back a century: Northiam is a stop on the Kent and East Sussex Steam Railway, so you can chuff your way to Tenterden (15 minutes’ drive) or just do a bit of trainspotting while you lounge around site.

Campground type

Tent sites 17
Caravan sites 14
RV & Motorhome sites 17
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Rent a tent 3
Open now
Opens 1 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 4 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 1 Mar to

Site types & availability

Accommodation

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Reviews

9.4

Overall rating from 92 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 campground to a friend

95% would stay here again

What customers say

Immaculate modern facilities, spacious pitches & friendly owners. Peaceful vibe, great for exploring countryside & coast, plus a heritage steam railway nearby. Kids loved the play areas. Entrance a bit ordinary, and queues for showers sometimes.

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Arrival date (latest first)

This is a great place to camp, going to re book

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Shane C.

Powered grass site

Liked Open field with great views, facilities kept clean and tidy, hosts available and very helpful at all times.
Regulars on this site are really friendly and helpful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything about the site was excellent…

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Brian N.

Powered grass site

Liked Everything about the site was excellent

Recommend to friends Visit again

The site was tidy, well run with great facilities. Great location by…

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Paul W.

Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site (woodland)

Liked The site was tidy, well run with great facilities. Great location by Northiam village and the steam railway station. Easy to find by from the road. Like the woodland pitch. Looking forward to staying again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent stay

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Jo L.

Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site (woodland)

Liked Privacy, shade, clean facilities, friendly but peaceful

Recommend to friends Visit again

Superb facility's clean level site good access friendly staff.

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Sonia L.

Unpowered grass site

Liked Everything we came on a Sunday evening most had left for home. The hedge rows and bird song was amazing, the facilities were spotless and modern the field was immaculate along with the lodges and pods all very very nice, friendly easy to navigate countryside surrounding the journey amazing. Would love to visit again thank you we appreciated everything you have created.

Disliked Only was there for 1 night !

Recommend to friends Visit again

Simple site with good clean facilities. Staff seemed to be friendly and…

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7 out of 10
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Value for money
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Unpowered grass site

Liked Simple site with good clean facilities. Staff seemed to be friendly and helpful. Next to a heritage railway with steam trains running (occasionally) past the site and its Northiam stop two minutes away. We took the train to Bodiam and back which was fun.

Disliked Looks a tad shabby as you drive in, so very first impressions could be better, but once in it’s quite presentable.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great campsite, Tam and Alan are so friendly and helpful, booked for…

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Hannah and Amy C.

Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site (woodland)

Liked Great campsite, Tam and Alan are so friendly and helpful, booked for 3 nights but extended our stay for a further 4 nights.
Facilities clean and tidy, showers hot powerful and clean.
Lots of space between pitches , perfect for everyone
Phone signal brilliant as well

Recommend to friends Visit again

Not a site for adults wanting to chill on the weekend..

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6 out of 10
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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sara j.

Unpowered grass site

Liked Easy going, available and flexible hosts. Allowed us to change pitches due to a number of rabbit holes in the initial pitch. Clean loos and showers. Sunset from far side of campsite over vintage train line.

Disliked Felt a bit derelict and rundown in arrival. At £30 per night it felt a lot, for what we got. It’s great for parent and kids, the kids can play football in the middle of the camping field, complete with two goals - and run wild all day. not great if if you don’t want to be woken up by the thuds of footballs at 830am. 4 tents of (soon to be) drunken teenagers arrived at 930pm who progressively got louder and more annoying as the night wore on… also no barrier on arrival/exit so security could be an issue.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good site for visiting Bodiam castle or Hastings

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Dave B.

Powered grass site

Liked Seeing the steam trains pass by. Good clean facilities. Washing machines and lockable usb charging points for a small fee. Indian restaurant right next door was pretty tasty

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly owner, clean site

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Sue O.

Unpowered grass site

Liked The area very good for exploring the coast and countryside, you pitch basically around the edge of the site or in the woods, it has a children’s playground and the centre is kept free for children’s games ie: football tennis cricket etc.
Toilets and showers clean, washing up area very good.

Disliked Even though the toilets and showers are clean you have to time it right as always a queue.
On the campsites information it states groups are welcome, however that creates noise, we had a group of boys who were loud in every way, then on the last night tents pitching together, loud music stopped about 11pm but as they had turned themselves into a large gathering the voices were loud up to about 12-30pm
So just be warned regarding groups and camping in tents with young children (noise travels)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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 Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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 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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Location

Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park

Station Road

Northiam

Rye

East Sussex

England

TN31 6QT

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.00855°N
0.6138°E

Nearest transport

Coach
10.1 km Royal George
10.1 km Royal George
12.8 km Hare and Hounds
Rail
10 km Doleham Rail Station
10.3 km Rye Rail Station
10.4 km Winchelsea Rail Station
Ferry
36.7 km Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal
46.2 km Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal
Airport
23.3 km 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

Fittingly for this ancient enclave, there are loads of cracking castles to explore. 14th-century Bodiam (15 minutes' drive) is such a castle-like castle that you’d think they made it in Hollywood: ascend the windy stairs of the gatehouse to visit south-east England’s largest colony of bats. Leeds Castle (45 minutes) has a maze and adventure playground, 500 acres of gardens and a falconry centre. If water’s your element, Bewl Water (half an hour) is where you go for fishing and boating (and bike trails thereabouts). Closer by, Bodiam Boating Station (10 minutes) has a range of aquatic activities on the Rother, including walks along and boat cruises down it. Like most rivers, the Rother ends up eventually at the sea, but you can be there quicker, building sandcastles and eating candy floss at Hastings in half an hour. Nature spotters have 17 wildlife reserves in the High Weald to choose from; the one at Bedgebury Wood (half an hour) scores high for its zipwires and high ropes. If you prefer feet planted firmly on the ground, make sure you take a ramble round Rye (15 minutes), a hilltop town of half-timbered houses and crooked lanes topped off by yet another castle.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Winchelsea 13.5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Camber 15.3 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentGood
Hastings Pelham Beach 17.4 km Sea N/AN/AN/AGood
St Leonards 18.2 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bexhill 21.6 km Sea N/AN/AN/AGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Great Dixter House and Gardens 1.9 km

Bodiam Castle 5.6 km

Kent & East Sussex Railway 8.4 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 12.2 km

Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest 13.6 km

National Trust

Bodiam Castle 5 km

Smallhythe Place 6.8 km

Lamb House 10.5 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 11.4 km

Bateman's 16.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

GREAT DIXTER 2 km

BRICKWALL 2.9 km

GREAT MAYTHAM 4.3 km

Round and about Bodiam Castle 5.2 km

BENENDEN 7.9 km

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.

Offers

Tent pitchTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Unpowered grass site
  • 10% off Weekly offer –
Tent pitchMotorhome or campervan pitch
Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site (woodland)
  • 10% off Weekly offer –
Tent pitchTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Powered grass site
  • 10% off Weekly offer –
Tipi, yurt, wigwam, dome, bell tent
Bell tent
  • 10% off Weekly offer –
Lodge, cabin, pod or hut
Camping pod (two person)
  • 10% off Weekly offer –
Lodge, cabin, pod or hut
Camping pod (four person)
  • 10% off Weekly offer –

Conditions apply - see site type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park? Fittingly for this ancient enclave, there are loads of cracking castles to explore. 14th-century Bodiam (15 minutes' drive) is such a castle-like castle that you’d think they made it in Hollywood: ascend … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1:30 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2:30 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park? From $57.44 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.