Lucy's Barn

8.3 84 reviews
Grassy camping area
Grassy camping area
Sunset panoramas
A wide and green site
Views
Entrance
Country views all round
Partial view of field from entrance
Lucys barn camping field
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  • Simple field site in Kent with tap and electric supply
  • Brands Hatch racetrack and Bewl Water fishing within 20 minutes' drive
  • An hour by car from Canterbury and Folkestone beach
From Neolithic long barrows to Napoleonic forts, medieval castles to Second World War munitions sites, Kent is a county where the past seems very present. At Lucy's Barn, it's outdoor relaxation as your ancestors would have done it: a field, surrounded by trees and Kent countryside, with a water tap, electricity supply and little else between you, the peace of nature and the plentiful spread of stuff to see and do in the area. Important business first: the nearest pub with food is in Stansted village, four minutes' drive away or a 20-minute walk. If you're into motors, the famed Brands Hatch circuit is five minutes away for race meets and driving experiences or for watery thrills, make for Leybourne Lakes Country Park (20 minutes) for scuba diving, kayaking, windsurfing and the simple pleasures of swimming. The lakes are part of a 93-acre site of woodland, grasslands and marshes, full of wildlife and well furnished with trails for walking and biking. If you're truly addicted to all things aquatic, Bewl Water (45 minutes) is where you go for boating and fishing on the huge reservoir.

Campground type

Tent sites 50
Caravan sites 50
RV & Motorhome sites 50
Rent a tent 1
Opens

Languages spoken

English

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Features

No dogs allowed

Pop-up campground

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 No dogs allowed

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites) Pop-up campground

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Lucy's Barn

Ash Road

Stansted

Sevenoaks

Kent

England

TN15 7PL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.33469°N
0.28826°W

Nearest transport

Coach
11.5 km Bus Station
17.3 km Bus Station
17.9 km King Street
Rail
4.8 km Borough Green & Wrotham Rail Station
5 km Kemsing Rail Station
6.6 km Eynsford Rail Station
Ferry
13.5 km Gravesend Pier
14 km Tilbury Ferry Terminal
23.4 km Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Airport
17.8 km Biggin Hill Airport
25.1 km London City Airport
37.2 km 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

If the birdsong on the site gives you a taste to see things wild and feathered, the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve (20 minutes' drive) is the spot for communing with the kingfishers and hailing the herons, throughout a spread of lakes, ponds, pools and reed beds. Wilder still, Howlett's Wild Animal Park an hour away has gorillas and leopards, moneys and the largest herd of elephants in the UK. To get into Kent's history, you could start way way back with the Neolithic long barrow at Addington (15 minutes), then carry on to Knole Castle (half an hour) to see a 600-year-old building still looking pretty fine in its 1,000-acre deer park setting. For a trip not quite so far back in time, take an hour's drive to New Romney for the start of the famed Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway whose steam engines will puff you pleasantly through the marshlands down to Dungeness. The deserted beach there is well worth a look and a photo opp; the sands at Folkestone (an hour) are far livelier while the Kent Battle of Britain Museum reminds you how this friendly coast was once a strategic frontier. A similar distance from the site, Canterbury took some hits in the war but its 14th-century cathedral (on the site of a sixth-century one) still makes for a fine visit, as do the little lanes in the surrounding old town.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Leigh Bell Wharf 34 km Estuary GoodN/APoorN/A
Sheerness 34.9 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Southend Chalkwell 34.9 km Estuary N/AGoodN/AGood
Southend Westcliff Bay 35.5 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Southend Three Shells 36.7 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Ightham Mote 8.7 km

Knole 9.5 km

Down House - Home of Charles Darwin 14.2 km

Rochester Castle 16 km

Rochester Cathedral 16.1 km

National Trust

Ightham Mote 8.7 km

Old Soar Manor 8.7 km

St John's Jerusalem 8.9 km

Knole 9.6 km

Owletts 9.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hodsell Street - Ash-cum-Ridley - Fairseat - Hodsell Street 3.8 km

Trosley Country Park - Trottiscliffe - Ryarsh - North Downs 3.9 km

IGHTHAM COURT 4.4 km

Eynsford - Shoreham - River Darent - Eynsford 6.5 km

FRANKS HALL 6.7 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.

Reviews

8.3

Overall rating based on 84 reviews View breakdown

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Nice quiet site with a nice pub and kebab 30mins walk…

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Nice quiet site with a nice pub and kebab 30mins walk

Disliked: The toilets could of been cleaner

Recommend to friends Visit again

The openness of it. Kids had plenty of room.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
stanley t. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: The openness of it. Kids had plenty of room.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Toller Platz, um eine Nacht zu verbringen

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 4
Wifi No rating
Sascha P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: Freundlicher Empfang,
Ruhige Lage
Strom und Wasserversorgung

Disliked: Die Duschen und Toiletten war leider etwas dreckig

Recommend to friends Visit again

Large amount of space, clean, tidy…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Mr Stuart Old O. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: Large amount of space, clean, tidy

Disliked: Toilets ok but where showers are they leak onto the toilet floor and cause some flooding

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good visit.

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Mark C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Nice site. Facilities were clean enough.

Pitch was big and level.

Disliked: Directions could be better. Phone number on pitch up didnt work.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great little campsite.…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Great little campsite.

Disliked: A camper van turning up at 1 in the morning.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant little site perfect for young children to have freedom.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Clean facilities, well maintained, perfect

Recommend to friends Visit again

good location but not good service…

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: good location but not good service

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with friendly staff and great facilities

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Zoe L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Absolutely amazing site! We are returning customers and will keep returning. A few updates needed but nothing to hinder your stay :). Clean and tidy and always a pleasant stay. We stayed this weekend 21/09 and had a huge family gathering due to family visiting from another country so perfect location.

Disliked: Mirrors in toilets for after showers, fixed toilet seats general update of facilities. But nothing major.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would suit some campers and not others depending on your requirements.

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Flat open field with picnic benches, great space for the kids to just have fun

Disliked: Toilet/showers/washing up facilities.
I was aware from reviews these may have not been up to scratch but thought for the price as a test run for our new set up we’d give it a go.
The facilities need a revamp and general tidy up/maintenance, was ok for a weekend stay but any longer than that and the site wouldn’t have suited us. Hopefully these are getting the needed upgrade/repairs for the future

Recommend to friends Visit again

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Lucy's Barn have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Lucy's Barn dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Lucy's Barn? If the birdsong on the site gives you a taste to see things wild and feathered, the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve (20 minutes' drive) is the spot for communing with the kingfishers and … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Lucy's Barn?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  9:30 a.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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