Cottington Lakes

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View over the main site pitches
View over the main site pitches
Lakes
Aerial view over the caravan pitches
Hardstanding and grass pitches with electric hook-ups
Main site with electric hook-ups
Drone shot of the café, washrooms, parking and check-in point
Aerial view of site
Aerial shot of the main site
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Lakes
Aerial view over the caravan pitches
Hardstanding and grass pitches with electric hook-ups

  • Peaceful pitches 10 minutes’ drive from Deal, in the Kent countryside
  • Sandwich 10 minutes’ drive; Howletts Wild Animal Park 25 minutes
  • On-site café; fishing (additional fee); designated footpaths
Set in the Kent countryside, Cottington Lakes is a peaceful spot that should suit anglers, nature lovers and families. The pitches are a couple of minutes’ walk from the on-site fishing lakes (available for an additional fee with a valid fishing permit), making it easy to head out for an early-morning cast. It’s important to note that access to the lakes themselves is strictly limited to those with a valid fishing permit. However, all guests are welcome to soak in the surrounding scenery on the designated footpaths that run around the outside of the lakes. When you’re ready for a bite to eat or a hot drink, the Cottington Lakes Café is also just a short walk away, serving hot meals, light snacks and refreshments (seasonal opening hours apply). Whether you're after lazy afternoons in nature or quiet evenings under the stars, this is a lovely place to slow down and appreciate the outdoors. The spacious grass pitches are supported by clean and simple on-site facilities designed to be practical rather than luxurious, including a small toilet and shower block. This consists of two women's toilets, one men's toilet with two urinals and a separate accessible toilet. There is one shower in the women’s area and one in the men’s, along with sinks inside the bathrooms and an additional wash basin outside. There’s a small shop on site covering everyday essentials, and the site is also close to historic Deal and the medieval Cinque Port of Sandwich (both around 10 minutes’ drive) if you need bigger shops or fancy eating out in pubs and restaurants.

Campground type

Camper sites 25
RV sites 20
Tent sites 20
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Facilities/activities including fishing are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • The restaurant is open between 01/02 and 12/30.
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • The café is subject to seasonal opening hours as follows: 1 October – 31 March: open Friday/Saturday/Sunday 8am-4pm (closed Monday to Thursday). 1 April – 30 September: open daily 8am-4pm.

Languages spoken

English

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Campsite types & availability

Accommodation

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Reviews

8.6

Overall rating from 123 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

88% would recommend this campground to a friend

85% would stay here again

What customers say

This tranquil campground near fishing lakes earns praise for clean facilities, roomy sites, and great value. Staff are consistently helpful. Convenient to Deal and Dover ferry. Some guests found facilities basic and noted occasional pump noise. Lake access is for anglers only.

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Beautiful area, with very friendly people.…

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Steven D.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Beautiful area, with very friendly people. All the services worked well.

Disliked I booked a "North field electric hardstanding and grass pitch", but that just meant mud. The road is hardstanding, but not the pitch.

Not the campground's fault, but mobile services are poor.

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Stayed there last week, beautiful place,…

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Gillian H.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Stayed there last week, beautiful place, would be lovely in the summer. Hardstanding pitches are not hardstanding, very muddy which wasn’t their fault but if they had been hardstanding, it wouldn’t have been that bad. Staff were absolutely brilliant, very friendly and helpful.

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a lovely motorhome site we will return

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Maureen P.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Friendly welcoming informative easy to find campsite.
Hook up fresh water and grey water waste disposal. If you like fishing you will love this campsite surrounded by huge fishing lakes beautiful surroundings.

Disliked Phone signal not great

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Good site would visit again

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Vincent C.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Location , facilities we’re clean and staff friendly. Easy walk to Deal and local pub. Very secure.

Disliked Hoped for hard standing, as mudddy with our dog but then it was December

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Peaceful site with clean bathrooms.

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Deborah H.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Clean bathrooms. Peaceful

Disliked Arrived on a sunday and told by man in cafe someone would be with us shortly but waited ages so parked ourselves. Sloping pitch. No phone signal. Not being able to walk or look at lakes that were behind gates/ fences and being told not to go beyond gates. If you go for fishing i guess it would be a good site other than that not much to it. Lots of potholes and pitches not very good, supposed to be hard standing but very muddy. Booked for 3 nights but as no phone signal or Internet wanted to leave after 1 night. Asked for refund and was told they would ask the management who would call us but never did. Ended up staying 2 nights but left after that and not staying the 3rd night.

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Beautiful & perfect in every way

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Jenny W.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Security of site is very safe & secure. Coded fate then a coded barrier.
Facilities are basic but there enough for what we wanted which was an overnight stay as we were travelling on a ferry the next morning which by the way, the site is super close to Dover ferry port. 15 minutes drive.
The town of Deal which is 5 minute drive is beautiful for food, shopping etc & was all decorated up for Xmas.
Staff at this site are super friendly & welcoming. Excellent value for money.

Disliked Nothing, it was ideal & perfect for what we wanted.

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Definitely recommend

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Jan K.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Quite night sleep.

Disliked When we arrive the neighbours kids was jumping and kicking in caravan but later on was quite. Washing up area could be bigger and have light to wash dishes in the dark

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The lakes,and the fields seem large…

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Anonymous

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked The lakes,and the fields seem large and open,with plenty of space .
Staff were very polite and helpful.
Very good cafe on site,and reasonably priced. Conveniently suited close to channel tunnel and dover if going abroad, good one night stop over.

Disliked Winter pitches seem to be on a semi hardstanding area of the car park,with very limited space. Very wet outside the van.Facilities on the site a little basic,and 1 male and 2 ladies toilets plus 1 shower in each seems a bit small for the size of the site. Some very deep puddles.

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Excellent, will stay again

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Grahame W.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Quiet and good for walks , very friendly staff

Disliked Nothing too dislike

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Great site

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Andrew S.

North field powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked Lovely peaceful site with nice clean facilities. Lovely cafe on site and all staff were extremely helpful.

Disliked Nothing

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Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Forest Hikers’ paradise Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transportation nearby

Type

Small (11-25 sites)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at site Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Site close to accessible bathrooms

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Cottington Lakes

Sandwich Road

Sholden

Deal

Kent

England

CT14 0AR

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.22804°N
1.37374°E

Nearest transport

Bus
1.4 mi South Street
2 mi Thompsons Bell
2 mi Thompsons Bell
Rail
1.1 mi Deal Rail Station
1.8 mi Walmer Rail Station
3.2 mi Sandwich Rail Station
Ferry
7.1 mi Ramsgate Ferry Terminal
7.3 mi Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
8.1 mi Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal
Airport
8.2 mi Kent International Airport
26.9 mi 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

For a day at the seaside, head to Deal (10 minutes’ drive), but be aware that there will be no castle building here, since the beach is a seemingly infinite expanse of pebbles. As the clock strikes the hour, turn your gaze to the Timeball Tower to see the ball drop, as it used to do back in the 19th century. Get lost among the medieval streets and alleyways of Sandwich (10 minutes), then head to the River Stour, the banks of which are often the site of lively festivals and re-enactments. From there, you can walk to the sandy beach at Sandwich Bay, via trails and dunes where you might spot stoats, partridges and warblers. Wingham Wildlife Park (15 minutes) has big cats (lions and tigers) as well as smaller animals like meerkats and penguins, plus a Dinosaur Zoo with replicas of prehistoric beasts. Howletts Wild Animal Park (25 minutes) also has an Animals of the Ice Age section, and it runs special encounters with lemurs, anteaters and baboons.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Deal Castle 1.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Sandwich Bay 3.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
St Margaret`S Bay 5.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Ramsgate Western Undercliffe 7 mi Sea ExcellentGoodExcellentExcellent
Ramsgate Sands 7.5 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Deal Castle 1.3 mi

Walmer Castle and Gardens 2.2 mi

South Foreland Lighthouse 6.1 mi

White Cliffs of Dover 6.8 mi

Dover Castle 7.3 mi

National Trust

South Foreland Lighthouse 6.1 mi

The White Cliffs of Dover 6.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

NORTHBOURNE COURT 1.2 mi

WALMER CASTLE 2.3 mi

Sandwich - White Cliff Country Trail - Sandwich 3.2 mi

THE SALUTATION 3.4 mi

WALDERSHARE PARK 5.3 mi

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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Cottington Lakes have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Cottington Lakes dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Cottington Lakes? For a day at the seaside, head to Deal (10 minutes’ drive), but be aware that there will be no castle building here, since the beach is a seemingly infinite expanse of … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Cottington Lakes?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Cottington Lakes? From $34.11 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.