Kings Oak Farm

View prices & book 9.1 38 reviews
Visitor image of the field, and the farmhouse with minibar in the back
Visitor image of the field, and the farmhouse with minibar in the back
Views from the pitches
Visitor image of a touring pitch
Pitching field
Surrounded by nature
Stunning sunrises
Meet the animals
Relaxing on site
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Views from the pitches
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Pitching field

  • Quiet pitches on an 80-acre Kent working farm
  • A 10-minute drive from Leeds Castle; vineyard 15 minutes away
  • Off-grid site with beef, lamb, pork and eggs all for sale
Off-grid, surrounded by gorgeously green views over Kent countryside and in a quiet setting… folk seeking a properly restful rural time have hit on a royally fine spot at Kings Oak Farm. This is a splendidly spacious site, part of a working farm that extends out over 80 acres with huge, flat grass pitches accessed via coded gates and surrounded by yet more farmland. Folk travelling here have access to facilities including a toilet and shower block (with separate loos and showers elsewhere), fresh water points and a chemical waste disposal point (for cassettes only – not suitable as a motorhome drop point). Friendly, well-behaved dogs are welcome, but they'll need to be kept on a lead at all times; there’s also the chance to book a farm tour and get to know some of the resident animals while you’re on site. The creatures in question are the rare-breed cattle and sheep that graze in the surrounding fields; home-reared beef and lamb, plus local pork sausages, bacon and eggs can all be bought on site. Sounds like just the thing for a barbecue? Fine plan – gas-powered grills are permitted as long as they’re kept off the ground (subject to weather conditions). Any other bits you need to finish your meal can be picked up at shops in Sutton Valence or Headcorn, both within a 10-minute drive (you might also like to consider sticking around for pub dinners or a cuppa in the cafés of either village too).

Site type

Caravan sites 4
Motorhome sites 4
Tent sites 4
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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 3 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • This is a quiet campground/park: no music is allowed.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Please note this site doesn't have Wi-Fi.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.1

Overall rating from 38 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 6
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

89% would recommend this site to a friend

87% would stay here again

What customers say

Brilliant spot, peaceful countryside, friendly staff (especially Guy!) and good pitches. Enjoy the quiet, farm animals & views. Facilities are fine, but one shower/toilet can be busy. Great for a relaxing break, lots want to return.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 4
Arrival date (latest first)

Lovely, quiet farm. The pitches were a great size. The toilet and…

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10 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered grass site (adults only)

Liked Lovely, quiet farm. The pitches were a great size. The toilet and shower block were really clean. It felt very secure having a coded gate to get in and out.

Disliked Nothing. I wish we’d stayed longer. We’ll definitely be back.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: correct review!
I am glad you took my advise
on arrival
look forward to to seeing you again
Norman

Excellent site with clean facilities and friendly staff.

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10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Colin B.

Powered grass caravan site (family)

Liked Very peaceful farm. Woke up with the Highland cows and chickens each morning which was lovely. Brand new clean showers and toilets. Very helpful family that lived on the farm to solve any questions you have. Love the fact that all their animals are rare breeds and the conservation project they have going on. Would definitely stay here again.

Disliked Be aware that some of the lanes leading to the site are quite narrow but not a major issue.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We will be back!!

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Rebecca S.

Powered grass caravan site (family)

Liked Friendly welcome and banter, nice and quiet with peaceful views of the cows. Lots of space and clean facilities.

Disliked Leaving!! Could have stayed longer

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your kind comments and rating.
appreciated
Norman

Friendly Guy , big pitches no problem with facilities.

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10 out of 10
Location
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Louise B.

Powered grass site (adults only)

Liked Lovely site , big pitches we was meet by Guy , easy, friendly check in, looking to come back soon very peaceful and chilled. Shower and toilets all good , one shower but did not find that a problem at all.

Disliked Nothing to dislike as we want to come back soon and visit the other site

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks,
New toilets, showers and kitchen should be open in summer 2025
Norman

Wow, what a little gem of a find. We arrived Sunday 18/05/25…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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GILLIAN C.

Powered grass site (adults only)

Liked Wow, what a little gem of a find. We arrived Sunday 18/05/25 was greeted by Guy who was just excellent, funny,friendly & extremely helpful.
The views of the country side & the peace & quiet is just what to expect from this farm. Our pitch was overlooking the cows and in the distance were sheep & the highland cows.
On going works converting a barn into showers/ toilets/kitchen which I can only imagine it will be stunning when completed.
We enjoyed our stay so much that we are returning to it's sister site Round Oak on July.
Again a big shout out to Guy, keep up your good work.

Disliked Nothing to dislike!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your comments and rating.
People liking Guy are beginning to irritate me!
I am trying so hard to be liked as well!
Norman

Facilities basic & clean. Lovely setting & a lovely peaceful weekend.

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Customer service
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Wifi
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Sam R.

Powered grass site (adults only)

Liked Peaceful site surrounded by countryside. Site manager Guy very friendly and funny. Lovely to see the cows with their calves who were also very friendly!! Pitches large and fairly flat. Will be back!!

Disliked Nothing to dislike.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Guy, friendly and funny!
When ever I see him he is miserable and always moaning!
Are you sure it was not me you met.
I have just returned from a people skills coarse!
Joking apart, thanks for your kind words
Norman

We had such a great weekend staying at King's Oak. Perfect, quiet…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Angela T.

Powered grass site (adults only)

Liked We had such a great weekend staying at King's Oak. Perfect, quiet countryside pitch near to the cows. We visited the sister farm and the bar area is lovely, we even got up close to some orphan lambs, calves and more cows. The meat from their shop was delicious in the BBQ. Would definitely stay again. Thanks to Guy and Martin for being so helpful and giving us some giggles!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for coming to see my lovely rare breed farms.
See you again soon.
Norman

Friendly staff, good welcome invitation and a secure site.

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4 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 6
Accommodation
 4
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
 4
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Powered gravel and concrete caravan site (adults only)

Liked The views are lovely and the sound of the animals in the distance are soothing.

Disliked The one small shower and toilet unit is inadequate when there are campers Motorhomes vans and tents on site. Too many people for one toilet.
We chose this site as it advertises being a rare breeds farm with a shop, bar hard standing for Motorhomes. It isn’t. Its sister site 4 miles up the road is. I was looking forward to seeing highland cows… but at £80 per person for a farm tour to pet the animals that is way out of budget. We asked to buy the bacon sausage and eggs they advertise but only the sausages were available. We ordered some and they never arrived. We drove to the next farm up the road and bought some. Disappointing site it advertises too much and delivers too little. If they sold it as a basic site it would be ok, except for the one toilet on site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: What an insult and you did not have the guts to put a name to your comments.
Your comments have made me so angry.....look at our overall ratings.
Your comments are totally rubbish and your rating very unfair.
Again I must remind all we are a CL which means have limited facilities but really your dislike comments unfair.
My staff really work hard to please visitors and take it very personally when we get comments like this especially when you can't even put a name against you comments.
Why did you not say anything when you were on site, at least we could have tried to do something about it.
Glad to see you won't be visiting us again.
You would not be welcome!
Norman Coles
Owner

Beautiful site with lovely views, nice and secure, enjoyed our times chatting…

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Vanda H.

Powered grass site (adults only)

Liked Beautiful site with lovely views, nice and secure, enjoyed our times chatting to Guy the site manager who was so knowledgeable about the area and had a good sense of humour.

Disliked Only dislike was it was very busy at times.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind comments
About the farm and Guy and your rating
Only think I will say, yes it was busy because it was a bonk holiday weekend!!!!!!!!!

Fabulous CL

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Donna H.

Non Electric unpowered grass site

Liked Loved everything about this site. The tranquility, the area, the views the facilities. We enjoyed our stay immensely and will definitely return.

Disliked Nothing at all

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks
look forward to seeing you soon
norman

Features

Portable toilet

Dogs 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping

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 Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 sites)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at site Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Level campground, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Kings Oak Farm

Crumps Lane

Ulcombe

Maidstone

Kent

England

ME17 1EU

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.19742°N
0.64826°E

Route directions

From Ulcombe, drive for a mile or so then, at the junction with oak trees and a postbox, turn left into Crump's Lane. The site is on your right. Please call the site 30 minutes before arriving, using the number in your booking confirmation.

Nearest transport

Coach
12 km King Street
12 km King Street
16.7 km Park Street
Rail
3.8 km Headcorn Rail Station
5.5 km Harrietsham Rail Station
5.9 km Lenham Rail Station
Ferry
33.8 km Gravesend Pier
34.4 km Tilbury Ferry Terminal
34.8 km Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal
Airport
33.6 km Lydd London Ashford Airport
41.5 km London Southend Airport
45.5 km Biggin Hill 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

Castles and gardens first, as Kent is of course famed throughout the land for both: spectacular Leeds Castle is three miles from the farm; Sissinghurst Castle Garden (one of the best known in England) 11 miles away, and 14th-century Penshurst Place is within 25 miles near Tonbridge. Bedgebury National Pinetum is about 35 minutes' drive away. Vineyards? Find English wine six miles away at Staplehurst, and slightly further afield at Biddenden (eight miles) and Tenterden (13 miles). Kent has over 50 vineyards and a similar soil to the Champagne region of France, so whatever flavour of vino you favour, you'll likely find a bottle to uncork around here. Options within a 45-minute drive include the maritime museum of Chatham Historic Dockyard, the cathedral city of Canterbury, and the Kent & East Sussex Railway, from Tenterden to Bodiam Castle 10 and a half miles away. Prefer to stick closer to him? Perhaps play a round at the golf course next door to the farm. If you do like to be beside the seaside, sands and waters are at Swale, Sheerness, Dymchurch and Whitstable, all around 30-40 minutes' drive away; do stop off at the last to sample some famed Whitstable oysters (if you're around in summer, the Whitstable Oyster Festival is held over a weekend every July).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Minster Leas 28.4 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Sheerness 28.4 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Leysdown 29.5 km Sea N/AExcellentGoodExcellent
West Beach, Whitstable 30.7 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Dymchurch 31 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Leeds Castle 5.9 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 10.2 km

Kent & East Sussex Railway 14.4 km

Ashford Designer Outlet 16.8 km

Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest 19.8 km

National Trust

Stoneacre 7.8 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 11.2 km

Sprivers Garden 17.6 km

Smallhythe Place 17.9 km

Scotney Castle 20.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

CHILSTON PARK 5.2 km

LEEDS CASTLE 5.9 km

Hollingbourne 7.6 km

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA PLACE 8 km

LINTON PARK 9.4 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 Kings Oak Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Kings Oak Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Kings Oak Farm? Castles and gardens first, as Kent is of course famed throughout the land for both: spectacular Leeds Castle is three miles from the farm; Sissinghurst Castle Garden (one of the best known … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Kings Oak Farm?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  10 a.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Kings Oak Farm? From $79.20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.