Lucy's Barn

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Grassy camping area (added by manager 21 Feb 2023)
Sunset panoramas (added by visitor 07 aug 2022)
A wide and green site (added by manager 06 jul 2018)
Views (added by manager 12 apr 2022)

  • 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.

Site type

Tent pitches 50
Touring caravan pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 50
Rent a tent 1
Open now
Please note

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 10 May to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

75%

would recommend this site to a friend

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

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

Electric grass touring pitch

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Large amount of space, clean, tidy

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

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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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Nice site. Facilities were clean enough. Pitch was big and level.

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

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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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great little campsite.

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

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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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: good location but not good service

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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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

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.

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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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

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

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This is our second visit to lucy's barn. Didnt check the showers…

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: This is our second visit to lucy's barn. Didnt check the showers this time as only stayed 1 night. Last time the showers were cold and kept tripping but new mangement has taking ober so i hope they have sorted that. Was quiet until group booking showed up. Description said no camp fires but people was still doing it as host not there weekends. I found it a bit expensive for the 1 night this time but we had no choice as needed to get away for the night. Just wanted a peaceful evening for 1 night , so ended up going bed early.

Disliked: Host should have informed group booking was coming.

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It's ok as a stopover but not for longer period…

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: It's ok as a stopover but not for longer period

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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 Disabled facilities 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

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 Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 pitches) Pop-up campsite

Nearby leisure

Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Lucy's Barn

Ash Road

Stansted

Sevenoaks

Kent

England

TN15 7PL

Directions

Timezone

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

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 2020 2019 2018 2017
Leigh Bell Wharf 34 km Estuary Good N/A Poor N/A
Sheerness 34.9 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Southend Chalkwell 34.9 km Estuary N/A Good N/A Good
Southend Westcliff Bay 35.5 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Southend Three Shells 36.7 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Good

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

Local events

  • All Points East (Saturday 17 August 2024 – Saturday 17 August 2024)

    London, England 31.8 km

  • British Summer Time (Friday 5 July 2024 – Friday 5 July 2024)

    London, England 36.9 km

  • Hampton Court Palace Festival (Tuesday 11 June 2024 – Tuesday 11 June 2024)

    Hampton, England 44.1 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.

Want to know more about camping in Kent?

  • 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 touring
    Arrive:  9:30 a.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Lucy's Barn? From €27.23 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.