Rother Valley Caravan and Camping Park

From £23.40 For 1 night, 6 adults 9.6 101 reviews
The area for the bell tents looks stunning (added by manager 23 Aug 2022)
6-berth bell tent (added by manager 23 aug 2022)
Would love to stay in one of these bell tents with a group of friends (added by manager 23 aug 2022)
Secluded woodland alcoves (added by manager 20 jun 2018)

  • 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.

Site type

Tent sites 30
Caravan sites 17
Motorhome sites 17
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Rent a tent 3
Open all year
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Great set up, well kept clean 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
Alan S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

VIP powered gravel caravan site

Liked: Great set up, with very clean facilities. Hot shower, with radio playing, washer dryer ans washing up area with grey waste and chemical waste. Alan the owner was very welcoming and helpful and even lent us an electric hookup connecter as we had the wrong type. Definitely would stay again.

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Wet

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

VIP powered gravel caravan site

Liked: Wet

Disliked: Wet

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Great rural and quiet stopover

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

VIP powered gravel caravan site

Liked: Spacious level gravel pitch Lovely, new, spotless facilities

Disliked: Just a small point, the fresh water fill was on the grass field and because of the mud, it was difficult to access, maybe a longer hosepipe?

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Clean facilities, quiet and friendly owners.…

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

VIP powered gravel caravan site

Liked: Clean facilities, quiet and friendly owners.

Disliked: Poor road surface on approach to site. No warnings of this on arrival so our caravan bounced around quiet a bit!!

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Friendly welcome, clean showers and WC, large field for the kids to…

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

VIP powered gravel caravan site

Liked: Friendly welcome, clean showers and WC, large field for the kids to play

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Good site with good facilities, nice and quiet

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

Powered grass site

Liked: We like the shower facilities with radio playing, also washing up facilities had washing up liquid which is handy. Big open space, large pitches and kept well.

Disliked: Unfortunately there was dog mess around our pitch. Not the campsites fault but irresponsible owners

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Clean toilets and showers, friendly staff.…

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

Unpowered grass site

Liked: Clean toilets and showers, friendly staff.

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Cleanliness, good location to get to nice countryside and towns…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass site

Liked: Cleanliness, good location to get to nice countryside and towns

Disliked: Felt a bit like driving into building site..shame not pretty views of the countryside

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Everything. Exceptional.…

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

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

Liked: Everything. Exceptional.

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Goed sanitair, schoon…

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

Powered grass site

Liked: Goed sanitair, schoon

Disliked: Jammer dat we met meerdere caravans/campers opeengepakt stonden terwijl er veel plaatsen vrij waren.Geen privacy; je hoorde alles van de buren nu is dit natuurlijk inherent aan kamperen maar wij gaan altijd buiten hoogseizoen op vajantue om dit te vermijden. Wij hadden liever zelf een plekje gezocht.

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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 site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

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°W

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 2020 2019 2018 2017
Winchelsea 13.5 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Camber 15.3 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Hastings Pelham Beach 17.4 km Sea N/A N/A N/A Good
St Leonards 18.2 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Bexhill 21.6 km Sea N/A N/A N/A Good

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

Local events

  • Wick Street Festival (Thursday, 29 August 2024 – Thursday, 29 August 2024)

    Polegate, England 35.5 km

  • Glyndebourne Festival (Thursday, 16 May 2024 – Thursday, 16 May 2024)

    Lewes, England 41.3 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 siteCaravan siteMotorhome or campervan site
Unpowered grass site
  • 10% off 10% 7 night+
Tent siteMotorhome or campervan site
Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site (woodland)
  • 10% off 10% 7 night+
Tent siteCaravan siteMotorhome or campervan site
Powered grass site
  • 10% off 10% 7 night+
Tipi, yurt, wigwam, dome, bell tent
Bell tent
  • 10% off 10% 7 night+
Lodge, cabin, pod or hut
Camping pod (two person)
  • 10% off 10% 7 night+
Lodge, cabin, pod or hut
Camping pod (four person)
  • 10% off 10% 7 night+

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Want to know more about camping in East Sussex?

  • 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 $49.09 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.