Clifftop Camping

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Visitor image of the cliffside pitches
Site with views
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Visitor image of the secluded flexible pitches

  • Off-grid farm site outside Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey
  • Views over the Thames Estuary and a 10-minute drive from beaches
  • Meet the farm animals on site and buy free-range eggs for breakfast
Cooking up a few fresh free-range eggs for a cracking Kent coastal breakfast? What a way to start the day. That terrific view out over the Thames Estuary isn’t the only option as breakfast backdrop for guests at Clifftop Camping though. Pitches at this scenic Isle of Sheppey farm site are sorted on a pick-your-own basis, so you’re welcome to meander around the meadow, woodland and pond areas too before selecting a spot in which to settle. And those eggs? Well, they’re from the hens that reside on this working farm. You can buy their offerings while you’re staying here, and meet their pals too: the current roster includes sheep, goats, horses, ponies, ducks and rheas. This is an off-grid site so you’ll need to step away from the gadgets – but sea views trump screen time anyway, eh?. It’s also pretty stripped-back on the facilities front, but there is one compost toilet and one tented chemical toilet, and you can access water in the farmyard. For eats and supplies, a couple of pubs and shops are a mile away in Eastchurch; bigger supermarkets, restaurants and the like are 10 minutes’ drive away in Sheerness. Ins and outs should be fairly easy here, as you’re only around a 20-minute drive from the M2 and an hour or so from London. If you’d rather roam on public transport, there’s a bus connection to Eastchurch from Sheerness station.

Campground type

RV sites 10
Tent sites 15
Camper sites 10
Open now
Opens May 2
Please note
  • This park has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, May 2 to

Reviews

96%

would recommend this campground to a friend

93%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Great…

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Great

Recommend to friends Visit again

I'll definitely be back!

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: My first time to Clifftop Camping and was warmly welcomed by Catherine (Thank You) and my first time as solo female camper.
I loved the simplicity of the location, just a compost toilet and tap to really get back to nature. The location was the perfect place for me to get away from it all for a night and just enjoy being outdoors. The views are lovely, as was both sunrise and sunset during my stay. I'll definitely be back

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Wonderful cliff top back to nature site.

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
Rebecca S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: We absolutely loved this natural cliff top and woodland site. Perfect for a motorhome to get away from it all as there are as expected no facilities except for a water tap and a compost loo. What more do you need off grid! Spacious pitch in a lovely meadow. Super helpful owner, thank you Catherine for going the extra mile for us. Delightful morning walk round site waking up to birds and spotting rabbits and dragon flies followed by a sea swim.

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Stunning camping location. Facilties are a compost toilet and a tap.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Simon J. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Peace and quiet, views! Facilties are a compost toilet and a tap. Everything you need!

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Such an beautiful location…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Laura S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Such an beautiful location

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Location with great views out to sea , lovely host, peace and…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 7
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 5
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Martin J. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Location with great views out to sea , lovely host, peace and tranquility

Disliked: Pricing is £20 per person (not pitch). This worked out to be excellent value for me travelling alone, but not sure how a family of 4 would get on with the pricing?

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Excellent views, clean and tidy surroundings. They don't bombard you with a…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 3
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 5
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 9
Wifi 1
Peter K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Excellent views, clean and tidy surroundings. They don't bombard you with a load of rules and regs, they just let you get on with it and trust you to behave responsibly.

Disliked: Expensive, given there are no facilities beyond a single water tap and hole-in-the-ground loo

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Its an untidy camp site, on the estuary, expensive for a family of 4.

Overall 4/10
Location 4
Value for money 1
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 1
Cleanliness 1
Wifi 1
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Ability to pick your own space

Disliked: Lack of facilities, first impression/entrance was off putting, cost was way too high, presentation poor.

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From the manager: This is Hayley's review which she is entitled too.

I would never normally reply but this was a ridiculous one!

In reality she booked an off-grid campsite with her family. She knew the price and lack of facilities before arriving in her motorhome with all its facilities (the whole point of them). She then had the opportunity to cancel if she realised she had made a mistake.

Her lovely shiny white motorhome is not our usual guest, more like a Caravan and Camping club type that needs mowed perfection.

Nature loves untidy! Shame this was unappreciated on this occasion.

I am so sad that her 16 and 12 year old children found it 1/10 for child friendliness with a 6 acre wood, 40 acres of cliff to roam and fossil hunt, a beach, 45 acres of field to play games in but their concern was no WiFi on a farm!

Not sure what I was supposed to do about her 2/10 for her motorhome and facilities of which I have no control over!

Thank you for the 10/10 for customer service though!

For you Hayley, please realise that giving a campsite a really low score could be detrimental to a small business. Please consider that in the future when you are writing the review on your way home. Perhaps you could use that time more wisely to research where you want to visit next!

Luckily this review stands out like a sore thumb and hopefully future customers will take a pinch of salt with this review. I know our many, many repeat customers do.

P.s Sadly for future customers, to avoid this future ilk staying I have removed the touring pitches and children.

If you are 'our' sort of campervanners and/or don't mind paying per person for your kid/s please just book the number of people in the tent pitches!!! You are more than welcome! 🤗 Call me if you have any questions, Catherine

Beautiful place , amazing views. Peace and quiet Another favourite place on…

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
Marita D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful place , amazing views.
Peace and quiet
Another favourite place on my list

Recommend to friends Visit again

yes it is perfect everythink…

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: yes it is perfect everythink

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

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 Car parking by site/unit 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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowed

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Clifftop Camping

Spiders Castle Farm

Plough Road

Eastchurch

Kent

England

ME12 4JL

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.41543°N
0.85633°W

Route directions

Clifftop Camping is part of Connetts Farm. When you arrive in Eastchurch, turn left into Warden Road, then bear left at the bottom of the hill. You will pass some houses on your left and after a distance of approximately 300 metres you will see Connetts Farm on the right, down a farm road lined with tall poplar trees.

Nearest transport

Bus
10.4 mi Travel Centre
11.3 mi Westcliff Plough
11.4 mi Westcliff Plough
Rail
4.6 mi Sheerness-on-Sea Rail Station
4.6 mi Queenborough Rail Station
5.1 mi Swale Rail Station
Ferry
14.5 mi Burnham on Crouch Ferry Landing
14.6 mi Wallasea Island Ferry Landing
21.2 mi Gravesend Pier
Airport
12.5 mi London Southend Airport
22.2 mi Kent International 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

If you’ve picked a place called Clifftop Camping it’s highly likely you’ll be after a bit of coast action. The quickest way to get it is to clamber down the cliffs (easier than it might sound; no abseiling needed) for a quiet little beach with some fab sea fishing to be done. Other options nearby include Minster Leas beach (10 minutes’ drive) and Shellness beach (20 minutes), where there's also a naturist area for folk seeking a skinny dip. Active types are well sorted for things to keep them busy too: saddle up at the stables five minutes away, tee off at Sheerness Golf Club (10 minutes’ drive) or breeze over to Barton's Point Coastal Park (10 minutes) for a nature trail, adventure playground and watersports. For a nod to travels of the past, it’s off to Eastchurch Aviation Museum (five minutes) or a narrow-gauge ride on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway (20 minutes). Doddington Place Gardens are just over half an hour away if you’re more interested in gentle wanderings.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Minster Leas 2.5 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Leysdown 3 mi Sea N/AExcellentGoodExcellent
Sheerness 4.6 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
West Beach, Whitstable 7.9 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Shoeburyness 8.2 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Whitstable Museum and Art Gallery 8.3 mi

West Gate Towers Museum 13.3 mi

Canterbury Heritage Museum 13.4 mi

Canterbury Tales 13.5 mi

Canterbury Roman Museum 13.5 mi

National Trust

Stoneacre 16.6 mi

Cobham Wood and Mausoleum 19.3 mi

Owletts 19.8 mi

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 24.5 mi

Old Soar Manor 25.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

ELMLEY MARSHES (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 08/07/1998) 3.3 mi

MOUNT EPHRAIM 9.1 mi

DODDINGTON PLACE 9.6 mi

BELMONT PARK 9.9 mi

LEES COURT 10.4 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Clifftop Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Clifftop Camping dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Clifftop Camping? If you’ve picked a place called Clifftop Camping it’s highly likely you’ll be after a bit of coast action. The quickest way to get it is to clamber down the cliffs (easier … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Clifftop Camping?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Clifftop Camping? From $53.93 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.