Herons Park Campsite

Liked: Quiet site with very helpful wardens and well stocked shop on site. Good for dog walking and wildlife. Go kart site next door was not a problem and didn’t really notice noise. Good pub for food in Dungeness and well stocked hardware store in Lydd. Really enjoyed our stay and felt as though had a relaxing break to recharge. Will go again

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Liked: Calm and relaxing atmosphere, very clean facilities, shop with all essentials with reasonable prices and friendly staff, wildlife and nature, sunsets and sunrises!

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From the manager: Thank you for a wonderful review. Hopefully we will welcome you again.

Liked: Clean facilities
Lovely site
But most of all, Ally! An absolute star & really nice chap!

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From the manager: Thank you for a lovely review :)

Liked: Great clean facilities
Play park for the kids
Easy access to a number of beaches and activities

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From the manager: Thanks for a great review! Hopefully we will see you again soon :)

Liked: We had a lovely time staying here. Pitches are big, allocated and marked off so you know how much space is yours. We stayed near the park which was fab as my 6 year old was able to come and go as he pleased. It was a perfect space for the kids to go and play. Just up on the hill/bank could watch the go kart racing. Good facilities - toilets and showers accessible by key fob provided at check in. There's men's and women's separate plus a family room which was handy with the young ones. Family room had toilet baby change and shower. Communal area with fridge/freezer/washing up area. Handy little shop on site. Sold things like bread, condiments, toiletries, paracetamol, ice cream, sweets, kites and little toys. Was told on check in it was open 9-8 but was closed for long periods of time during our stay but wasn't a huge issue for us. An ice cream van also visited in the afternoons whilst we were there so that was nice for the kids. Can hire firepits, reasonably priced too. We stayed two nights and both mornings there was alot of gunshots so must be a shooting range nearby? This didn't bother us as we're early risers with the kids anyway but if your looking for a lie in this may bother you. Overall was a good stay for us and we would stay again!

Disliked: The showers were operated by a press button, giving roughly 10 seconds of water. I understand this is probably to help save on water however it makes washing your hair or showering with an infant a little more tricky.

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From the manager: Thank you for a great detailed review and feedback. We do have the MOD close by so this is what you would have heard. They have variable times when it comes to practicing. Hopefully we will welcome you again next season :)

Liked: We really liked the camp site has a nice park for the kids and large areas to play in away from cars and tents, which was nice.
Fishing Lake was a nice place to fish and walk the dogs.
Staff was helpfully polite and engaged with the kids, making their experience more enjoyable.

Disliked: I have no dislikes just a few more toilets and showers would be nice.

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From the manager: Thank you for a wonderful review and feedback. Hopefully we will welcome you back again in the future :)

Liked: Site was clean and tidy office staff were very helpful and polite check in was a breeze full explanation of facilities.

Disliked: Kart track next door was quite noisy

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Liked: Over all nice stay.next to watersports and karting. Bonus of having fridge and freezer on site. Make sure you will visit Rye,beautiful town. Beach 18 min drive.

Disliked: Only 2 showers and two toilets for ladies,same for man plus family room which I think definitely not enough.

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From the manager: Thanks for taking the time to review. We would love to be in a position to have more toilets and showers. One day we will be for sure but until then we have to make the most of what we have unfortunately.

Liked: Very welcoming on arrival. Good size grass pitch. Nice clean well kept facilities. Fences between EHU pitches. All amenities within close proximity to the pitch. Washing up area and communal fridge and freezer available. Pitch situated along hedgerow which gave a nice private feel.

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Liked: Electric hookup. Clean toilets. Good little shop. Ability to have a fire and hire fire pit £17

Disliked: This is just a grass field, which could be anywhere. There are no views of a lake. The lake it outside of the campsite.

The toilet and shower block are on a public road, outside of the camp site. I did not therefore like the kids going off to the toilet on their own, or using the facilities early or late in the day. It made me feel less safe than where the facilities are in the camp site.

Annoyingly, because of the above, you have to use a key to get to the toilet and they only give one key per family.

There are no pubs, cafes or restaurants within walking distance.

The sheep in the nearby field are incredibly loud and will wake you up early. So, you have the noise of the countryside but none of the scenery.

The play area was good for smaller children

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From the manager: Thanks for your review.

The whole of Herons Park is private property and yes you do have to cross the road to access the toilets/showers but its certainly not a public road. It's a private one that gives access to the caravans on site.

Interesting that you say its 'just a grass field' I'm not sure what you expect when going camping.... We have a play park, shop, washing up hut, floral displays. Bit of a strange remark I feel. The lakes are not on the camping field no, that would be dangerous and they are pretty big, one is nearly a mile long! One is located behind the bank which you cannot see form the field but you can walk round etc in the day. The other can be seen from some of the pitches and there are plenty of pictures online that show this with beautiful sunsets. There are also 2 more which I would describe as more ponds in the SSSI area which can also be enjoyed with a walk.

We do use a fob system on the toilets and showers as we found the Kart Track users will try and sneak in and use the showers so this is to prevent this. We also have a lot of fobs go missing so normally we would give out 2 per pitch but if there is only one adult we give out just the one. Not sure how this was an issue when you said above you didn't like to let your children go on their own anyway.

There is a café located at the Kart Circuit which would have been open during your stay. Many guests have walked to the pubs etc in town but they are a 35 minute walk and would understand anyone not wanting to do this walk. We do have plenty of local delivery companies though. I would always recommend doing your research prior to booking anywhere to see what's in the area and what is not.

We are out in the marshes and the 'scenery' is marsh land. Its unique and if you're expecting the cairngorms' you will not find it here. Many guests appreciate the unique beauty that the marsh has to offer. Visit Dungeness and you will probably not find another place like it. We are proud to be different and tick most guests boxes. Sorry we weren't for you. Hopefully you will find somewhere that suits you better next time :)