Glamping in Kent

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Emperor tent 6
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Inside the unit

  • Quiet glamping site surrounded by orchards in the Kent countryside
  • A 15-minute drive to Betteshanger Park and 25 minutes to Canterbury
  • Dog-friendly site; 20 minutes' walk from the local village shops
Time to kick back in Kent… With a quiet, tidy site with no electric but flushing toilets, hot showers and washing-up facilities as your base, you’ll be well situated for rambles in the Kent countryside, living it up on the coast and visiting various fishing spots on the sea, river or lake. Glamping in Kent really is a rather stunning Kent spot, spread across seven and a half acres and surrounded by countryside and apple and pear orchards. Aching for an active break? Good job this site is just 15 minutes’ drive away from Betteshanger Park, where there’s cycle hire, walking routes, a play area and a mining museum. There’s also a water park just five minutes’ drive away. As for those intending to be as lazy as possible, simply settle in and watch the wildlife (rabbits and bird species galore) in the orchards. The site is divided up by mature trees and hedging with many native plants. In an excellent extra touch, the site is also within walking distance of a vineyard (via public footpaths taking around 20 minutes) where you can sip on local wine, and there are lots of splendid spots for picnicking and wildlife watching along public footpaths through the countryside around the site. That’s any dog walks sorted for you too – the site accepts one small dog per pitch for an additional cost. Whenever you feel like a sweet treat (an ice cream perhaps?), the local village is a short 20-minute walk through the apple orchards and has a few small local shops. Clean, fresh and comfy is the stay they’ve crafted at the family-friendly Glamping in Kent. So, whether you’re stopping off for a short time before heading into Europe or plotting out a whole route around Kent’s historical sites and beaches, it’s all sweet. There’s also a selection of local PGA-accredited golf courses within a short drive of the site.

Site type

Rent a tent 11
Tent pitches 29
Open now
Opens 3 May
Please note
  • 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) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 25 or over.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 3 May to

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Highly recommended.

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

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: This is a real gem of a campsite. Beautiful location and views. The facilities are some of the best we have encountered and the pitch sizes are spacious. With hot showers, flushing toilets (each with own basin) and areas for basins and a washing up facilities. It is a quiet site perfect for travelling to the nearby towns and coastline. Check in was easy, you can arrive out of hours by arrangements. Gary and Sara were lovely. Already looking forward to our next trip.

Disliked: Having to leave at the end of our stay.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A lovely, quiet campsite in the countryside (whilst being within short drives…

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

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: A lovely, quiet campsite in the countryside (whilst being within short drives from Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate). Beautiful views over local fields and orchards. Toilets and showers were exceptionally clean and well-maintained. Owners were friendly, helpful and were present on the site throughout our stay.

Recommend to friends Visit again

This site is great if you want to enjoy the countryside.

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
Lynda C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great size pitches, lovely clean toilets and hot showers. Set in a lovely part of the countryside. Nice a quiet.

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The facilities were great, clean toilets with abundant toilet roll, warm showers…

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

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The facilities were great, clean toilets with abundant toilet roll, warm showers and hot water.

Disliked: The rain!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice lovely couples ,easy communication . Lovely pitch ,very nice and clean…

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

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Nice lovely couples ,easy communication . Lovely pitch ,very nice and clean . Lots of space we had one pitch with 4 sleeps tent and we can parking a car next to it . Lovely familly place lots of place for childre to play . Very clean toilet ,and showers . Hot water all the time . Drinking run water on it . Dry pitch what we need on pitch haha . No problem with network. 20 min away from nirest sund beach. 10 min away from lidl 20 min away from Dover castle .

Disliked: Don't offer bbq or fire pit but you can brings yours !!!

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The owners are lovely and very welcoming, the toilets and shower area…

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

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The owners are lovely and very welcoming, the toilets and shower area are very clean, a lovely space to relax and enjoy

Disliked: We came as an extended family with five tents and the owners were very helpful in putting us all together, the children had plenty of room to play but unfortunately the other campers complained about the noise and was watching us the whole time which put a damper on our stay, so if you have young children I wouldn’t recommend this camp site, I would say it’s more for a quiet stay, we also got a complaint about the children helping with the washing up because we used more than one tap, so if you want a nice quiet stay this is the perfect place I won’t be going back

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant site with excellent facilities and friendly owners

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
Mark C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great pitches that gave you the option of sunshine or shade first thing in the morning, with plenty of space between them. Really excellent toilets, showers and sinks - the owners have put in lots of effort to create some great facilities, and they were kept spotlessly clean throughout our stay. No smelly composting toilets here, proper flushing ones! The owners let us arrive early to check in and were incredibly friendly and happy to share things to do in the area.

Disliked: Very little - the only slight issue we had was despite the campsite not allowing amplified music, the family opposite us had a speaker playing until very late at night, followed by a drunken 2am shouting match. With nobody from the campsite staff on site overnight there wasn't much we could do about this. But I suspect it's a very isolated incident and indeed the following night they were quiet - so perhaps someone had a word!

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I would highly recommend and would go again!

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
Kirsty R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Bell tent (deluxe, family)

Liked: The location was perfect, 20 mins from quite a few beaches, and other activities. Tents and facilities were amazing! Thank you Sara and Dave

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very pleasant 2-night stay

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
Igor S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Nice and quiet place, pitches reasonably sized, enough for a 7-meter long Berghaus Air 6 + a car. Nice and clean facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fabulous site with excellent glamping style facilities.

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

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Very lovely site. Really nice welcome. Very nice spotless facilities. A great easy off road, 20 min walk to country pub through apple orchards. Really great site with glamming vibes! Highly recommend.

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Features

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 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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise 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

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf 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

Location

Glamping in Kent

Turners Folly Field

Durlock Road

Ash

Canterbury

Kent

England

CT3 2HU

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.27367°N
1.26069°W

Nearest transport

Coach
11.2 km New Dover Road Park and Ride Terminal
11.5 km South Street
11.6 km The Square
Rail
5.6 km Adisham Rail Station
5.7 km Sandwich Rail Station
6.3 km Aylesham Rail Station
Ferry
12.3 km Ramsgate Ferry Terminal
17.1 km Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
17.8 km Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal
Airport
10.6 km Kent International Airport
42.2 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

Any takers for a zoo day? At Wingham Wildlife Park (five minutes’ drive), there are tiger experiences and penguin-feeding experiences for the brave sorts. Howletts Wild Animal Park (15 minutes) has over 390 creatures too: anteaters, African elephants and gorillas, to name but a few. There’s a few historic towns around, if you didn’t know… medieval Sandwich (10 minutes) and the former fishing and mining town of Deal (20 minutes) are a couple of favourite spots. Beach, pier, museum or theatre… there’s plenty for all sorts of days out in Deal. Canterbury (25 minutes) must, of course, get a mention. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is packed with historical sites, such as the cathedral dating from 597 AD, Roman walls, the simply gorgeous Westgate Gardens and the ruins of St. Augustine’s Abbey.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Sandwich Bay 8.3 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Deal Castle 11.4 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Ramsgate Western Undercliffe 11.7 km Sea Excellent Good Excellent Excellent
Minnis Bay, Birchington 12 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Ramsgate Sands 13.1 km Sea N/A Good Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Howletts Wild Animal Park 7.9 km

Deal Castle 11.5 km

St Augustine's Abbey 12 km

Canterbury Cathedral 12.3 km

Canterbury Roman Museum 12.5 km

National Trust

South Foreland Lighthouse 16.7 km

The White Cliffs of Dover 16.7 km

Smallhythe Place 47.2 km

Stoneacre 47.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

GOODNESTONE PARK 4 km

Sandwich - White Cliff Country Trail - Sandwich 5.7 km

THE SALUTATION 6 km

Grove Ferry - Stodmarsh - Wickhambreaux - Grove Ferry 6.6 km

NORTHBOURNE COURT 8.4 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Glamping in Kent have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Glamping in Kent dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Glamping in Kent? Any takers for a zoo day? At Wingham Wildlife Park (five minutes’ drive), there are tiger experiences and penguin-feeding experiences for the brave sorts. Howletts Wild Animal Park (15 minutes) has over … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Glamping in Kent?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Glamping in Kent? From €29.82 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.