Yamp Camp Deer Park

From £30 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.5 12 reviews
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The deer park café and garden area (added by manager 21 may 2021)
Spacious pitches (added by manager 22 mar 2023)
Space to spread out (added by manager 21 may 2021)

  • Peaceful, family-friendly site in the woods of an ancient deer park
  • A 10-minute drive to Royal Tunbridge Wells; 20 minutes to Hever Castle
  • Café and food shop on site; fishing and clay pigeon shooting close by
Walk this way and you’ll be following in the footsteps of many before you… Yamp Camp Deer Park is surrounded by the woodlands of Eridge Park, the family estate of the Marquess of Abergavenny. Reputedly it’s the oldest enclosed deer park in all of England, and earned itself a mention in the Domesday Book. Fast-forward several centuries from that time and you’ll see that this family-friendly Kent site is now all set up for 21st-century life, with facilities including a reception area with shop and a café, plus separate male and female showers and toilets and accessible facilities. It’s a peaceful tents-only setup in the grass pitching areas, and it’s all kept nice and safe by having ample parking away from the pitches (but close enough to mean you don’t have to trot far with your kit). As you’d expect from a site within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, there are some gorgeous views from here to form a spectacular backdrop to your stay in an ancient deer park. It all makes an excellent setting for days of rural walks and outdoor pursuits like trout fishing and clay pigeon shooting or attending events at Eridge Park (festivals, sports events and country fairs among them). Elsewhere nearby there are some great circular walks from Royal Tunbridge Wells and Mayfield, watersports at Bewl Water and heritage galore at places like Hever Castle and Penshurst Place. Need a drink after all that activity? There are some great pubs in the local villages Eridge and Frant (both less than 10 minutes’ drive).

Site type

Tent sites 100
Opens 3 May
Please note
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the campground/park are unlit.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 3 May to

Reviews

9.5

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Beautiful, peaceful surroundings, with visits from deer in the evenings. Spacious pitches…

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
Kath R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Beautiful, peaceful surroundings, with visits from deer in the evenings. Spacious pitches in easy reach of the facilities. The shower and loo block has been upgraded this year providing lovely hot showers. Plenty of local attractions to visit - I enjoyed Penshurst Place this time - and the Deer Park Cafe was open all weekend. I had a fantastic breakfast on the Sunday morning. I loved my camp!

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Lovely quiet campsite with great facilities

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

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked: The space! The pitches were a good size and well spaced from each other. The showers were hot and kept clean. A really peaceful spot with good walks to local pubs

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My favourite campsite so far

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

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked: I stayed at multiple campsites in my bikepacking trip, and this was easily the best one, by a country mile. The facilities were very good, and the site itself was peaceful, relaxing and well set out. It’s a beautiful spot. The fact there was a cafe on site for a morning coffee, was an added bonus. Great value for money, I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Disliked: Nothing

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Friendly greeting, well presented site with clean amenities.…

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
David R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Friendly greeting, well presented site with clean amenities.

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Would absolutely come again, I loved it there.

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
Kath R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Great Robbins Shaw unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Welcoming owners, clean facilities, lovely cafe and shop on site, easy to park and unpack, lovely big pitches, calm and peaceful atmosphere, and I saw lots of deer roaming about!

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Very nice place…

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

Great Robbins Shaw unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Very nice place

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Lovely site

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

Great Robbins Shaw unpowered grass tent site

Liked: The peaceful surroundings and the deer. Staff friendly and the onsite cafe a treat! Butterflies everywhere. Loved the mown pathways and long grass.

Disliked: The secludedness of toilets and sinks

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Big pitches, quiet and a nice cafe!…

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

Great Robbins Shaw unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Big pitches, quiet and a nice cafe!

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Big pitches with plenty of space between, well marked out and mowed.…

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

Great Robbins Shaw unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Big pitches with plenty of space between, well marked out and mowed. Water point close to each pitch. Serene surroundings. Onsite shop with necessary items. Onsite restaurant with great food including cakes! Clean toilet and shower facilties. Friendly and helpful staff.

Disliked: Only one toilet and shower per sex (plus disabled) on such a large site meant that earlgt morning there were queues. More units would alleviate this cross-legged frustration!

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your comment and feedback. We have added two extra toilets to prevent there from being a wait. Thank you for your custom.

Good, friendly site.

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

Great Robbins Shaw unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Lovely setting Roomy pitches Friendly team Great cafe

Disliked: So few toilets, around 80 people with a number of children meant queuing for the three toilets on occasion. They were also showers so the mornings got busy. When a 5 year old needs to go she needs to go.

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From the manager: Thank you so much Souab for your comment and feedback. Following your comments, we have added two extra toilets to prevent a wait from happening. Thank you for your custom.

Features

No 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

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

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

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

Large (51-200 sites)

Location

Yamp Camp Deer Park

Sham Farm Road

Eridge

Tunbridge Wells

Kent

England

TN3 9JB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.08383°N
0.22521°W

Nearest transport

Coach
6.1 km War Memorial
6.2 km Royal Victoria Place
8.4 km Victoria Hall
Rail
1.8 km Eridge Rail Station
4.9 km Crowborough Rail Station
5.4 km Frant Rail Station
Ferry
34.8 km Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal
41.5 km Gravesend Pier
42 km Tilbury Ferry Terminal
Airport
28.3 km London Gatwick Airport
28.4 km London Gatwick Airport South Terminal
29.6 km London Gatwick Airport North Terminal

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

The place where you’ll be staying isn’t the only historic estate around, of course, so it’s a fine plan to set out and see a few more while you’re here. The ruins of Scotney Castle (20 minutes’ drive) and the rather more lavish Hever Castle (25 minutes) are both certainly worth a trip – the water maze at the latter is a particularly fun feature at the latter (don’t forget to pack a towel though…) Elsewhere, you could also take a wander around the 14th-century mansion and formal gardens at Penshurst Place (20 minutes) or take a stroll through the historic streets of Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 minutes). If you’d rather keep your focus on outdoor activities, head to Chalybeate Trout Fishery (five minutes’ walk), Meadowhead Sporting Clay Shooting School (15 minutes’ walk) or Bewl Water (20 minutes’ drive for watersports days. Mayfield (10 minutes) is a good place to set out for circular walks, and there are some fabulous trails at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest (25 minutes), which also has a Go Ape course for daredevils who’d like to get up into the treetops.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Norman`S Bay 31.2 km Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Pevensey Bay 31.7 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Bexhill 32.4 km Sea N/A N/A N/A Good
St Leonards 34.6 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Seaford 35.9 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Groombridge Place and The Enchanted Forest 4.5 km

Penshurst Place and Gardens 10.5 km

Scotney Castle 12.8 km

Hever Castle and Gardens 13.9 km

Batemans 15 km

National Trust

Scotney Castle 12.8 km

Sprivers Garden 14.5 km

Bateman's 15.1 km

Standen 17 km

Sheffield Park Garden 17.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

ERIDGE PARK 1.8 km

BROADWATER WARREN (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 18/05/2006) 2.7 km

FRANT COURT 3.2 km

PENNS IN THE ROCKS 4 km

GROOMBRIDGE PLACE 4.3 km

Local events

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

    Lewes, England 25.6 km

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

    Polegate, England 25.6 km

  • Mighty Hoopla (Saturday, 1 June 2024 – Saturday, 1 June 2024)

    London, England 46.4 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.

Want to know more about camping in Kent?

  • Does Yamp Camp Deer Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Yamp Camp Deer Park dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Yamp Camp Deer Park? The place where you’ll be staying isn’t the only historic estate around, of course, so it’s a fine plan to set out and see a few more while you’re here. The ruins … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Yamp Camp Deer Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Yamp Camp Deer Park? From $62.94 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.