Knowler Farm

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Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch
Pitching field
Pitches field
Far side of the site

  • Peaceful and scenic surroundings close to woodlands and beaches
  • Great village shop, pub and takeaway food within five minutes' walk
  • 20 minutes from Canterbury and the beach at Hythe
Come to Kent for scenic and peaceful surrounds for strolling and family days… and might you like a woodland walk or a beach day too? Have the lot at small and serene Knowler Farm, along with a setting right in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty but a nifty 20-minute drive from Canterbury. This is a firmly rural spot, in an area popular with walkers and cyclists, and within easy reach of Kent highlights like Howletts Wild Animal Park and Leeds Castle. The beach at Hythe is 20 minutes' drive away on the south coast and Whitstable is within 40 minutes on the north. (And if you're escaping from London for the weekend, you can zip down here in under two hours: hail the train from St Pancras and get a bus to the farm from outside the Rose and Crown in Canterbury.) The site is on the edge of the quiet village of Stelling Minnis, where there's a great village shop, a post office and a pub. Several good takeaways are within walking distance, and the neighbouring villages have various pubs and eateries, including a pub within walking distance which serves food on some evenings. Davison's Mill, 10 minutes' walk away, dishes up cream teas on summer Sundays and bank holidays (highly recommended), and the site itself has a small café serving up drinks and cakes.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 55
Tent pitches 55
Motorhome pitches 55
Open now
Opens 18 April
Please note
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • Bookings must not consist of more than 3 different households.

Languages spoken

English

British Sign Language (BSL)

Open from Fri, 18 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

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96% would recommend this site to a friend

94% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Nice peaceful location, the owner came round in the morning and…

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Nice peaceful location, the owner came round in the morning and evenings to check everything was OK, and gave useful advice about places to visit and the park and ride service into Canterbury . Could pitch where you liked and plenty of space.

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From the manager: Thank you for visiting our site, we are pleased you enjoyed the area. Hope we see you again.
All the best
The Giffords

Great facilities, welcoming, coffee and breakfast available on site. Pub and shop…

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great facilities, welcoming, coffee and breakfast available on site. Pub and shop v short walk, nice area to explore.. And happy to accommodate motorbikes

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are very happy to accomodate mosts modes of transport, feet, bikes, motorebikes, horse drawn carriages, cars, motor homes, caravans, we've even had a hellicopter and a hot air balloon landing here!!
Glad you had some good weather though.
Come again when you're on you're way to Europe perhaps, for your next father and sons bike trip.
Kind Regards
The Giffords

A wonderful, relaxing and friendly place we couldn’t wish for more!

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Tom F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Everything about this location was wonderful and the host was fantastic, great conversation extremely friendly and nice and relaxed.

Disliked There was nothing not to like!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your kind words an review. We are so pleased you had a good stay with us..
Hope we see you again
Knowler Crew

Did the job

Overall 5/10

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5
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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Friendly welcome
1 toilet
2 showers
Pub close by
Owner willing to offer locations to visit
Also a coffee shop

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From the manager: OK thanks :)

Location was great for meeting up with friends. Received a lovely welcome…

Overall 8/10

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Diane C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Location was great for meeting up with friends. Received a lovely welcome and was able to chose whereabouts we settled in the camping field. No shortage of space for our camper van and awning. Had much welcome shade! Sheenagh and Wayne who run the site are very friendly and helpful. They were happy for us to leave later than stated so our awning dried off before packing. It is a rustic site with some lovely flowers. Toilets were kept very clean.

Good location for dog walks from site.

It would be great if the toilets had hot water for handwashing and if the shower was warmer … although with the heat wave cool showers were fine.

Many thanks for your friendliness and a lovely stay.

Disliked I think £3 a night per dog is a lot as nothing is provided for dogs, although obviously we knew this before we booked.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review. The hot water is something we are working on for the washing up area but as yet we havent managed a viable solution. We can up and down the temps in the showers as required., you only need to ask Wayne, thats what he's here for. During the recent very hot spell he turned the heat down by popular request. The sun strength alters the solar too. Never be afraid to ask we are always on hand to sort out anything but unless we know at the time we can't sort it. The charge for the dogs is a pretty standard as I understand but we will certainly look at the comparrisons and alter it if neccesary. Thank you for all your comments. Glad you found it clean and friendly and we never want you to rush off after you've just spent the weekend unwinding and relaxing :)

Sehr zu empfehlen

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Ruhige Lage, alles sauber, freundlicher Betreiber

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From the manager: you for your kind 10/10
all the best
Sheenagh and Wayne

friendly staff, good location & facilities, I definitely recommend.

Overall 10/10

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Benjamin N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Super friendly staff, quiet and pretty location, clean facilities and warm water. Tasty food from the kiosk. Fair price.

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From the manager: Thank you so much, great review and thank you for the recommendation, Hope to see you again.
Knowler Crew

Minimalistischer Platz in schöner Umgebung

Overall 9/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Sehr idyllisch gelegen - fußläufig Einkaufsmöglichkeit, Pub, Café.
Nah zu Dover Ferry oder Folkestone (30min)
Einfach ( 2 Toiletten, 1 Dusche) aber sauber und freundlich.

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From the manager: Glad you liked the site and had an enjoyable stay

Friendly and very helpful staff, very clean site and highly recommended the…

Overall 10/10

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JAMIE C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Friendly and very helpful staff, very clean site and highly recommended the pizza from be free on the farm (cooked fresh on site) will definitely be visiting again

Disliked Having to leave

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From the manager: Aaaww thank you, what more could we wish for from a customer review Glad you'll be back.
all the best
Wayne and Sheenagh

The setting and being in nature.…

Overall 9/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked The setting and being in nature.

Disliked Someone in a caravan who thought it was OK to run a noisy generator!!!!!!

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From the manager: Hey I'm so sorry about that, we dont actually allow generators on our site, not sure how that one slipped passed us. We are known for our peace and quiet so that is definitly a no no. Glad you liked the surroundings thouh Hope you'll get back here sometime soon. Thanks for your review.


Features

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 pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table 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

Adults only Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Forest Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Knowler Farm

Stelling Minnis

Canterbury

Kent

England

CT4 6AD

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.17888°N
1.06315°E

Route directions

As you turn into the track from the road there is a gate on the right into a grassy meadow with a Knowler Farm Campsite sign on it. If you have booked a pitch on the the Buttercup field this is your entrance; let yourself into the field and you'll be directed you to your pitch.

Nearest transport

Coach
9.3 km Swan Lane
9.4 km Swan Lane
9.6 km New Dover Road Park and Ride Terminal
Rail
9.3 km Chartham Rail Station
9.4 km Wye Rail Station
9.5 km Westenhanger Rail Station
Ferry
9.9 km Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal
18.9 km Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal
19.4 km Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
Airport
26.6 km Lydd London Ashford Airport
27.8 km 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

Nature spotters will find species aplenty around the 124-acre common and the countryside surroundings of local village Stelling Minnis, an ancient pastureland still used for grazing in more modern times. Several ponds on the minnis are home to toads and newts; around the grassland and woodland, look out for voles and badgers, weasels and shrews, woodpeckers, nightingales and barn and long-eared owls. Culture seekers can see shows at the Gulbenkien or Marlowe theatres, both just outside Canterbury, or head into the city to roam around its ancient sites including Canterbury Cathedral. If you're up for hearing the story of how Chaucer developed and wrote his famed tales, the Canterbury Tales tour runs throughout the year daily from St Margaret's Street. For history of a different era, Hawthorne Trench, Elham (10 minutes' drive) is a reconstruction of the Great War trenches of the Somme region that's worth a visit on open days. Those off to the nearest beach at Hythe should hop on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway to chuff along almost 14 miles to Dungeness, via the Kent coastal spots of Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Sandgate 12.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Hythe 12.8 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Folkestone 14 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Dymchurch 17.8 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
St Mary'S Bay (Kent) 19.5 km Sea GoodN/AGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Canterbury Tales 11.1 km

St Augustine's Abbey 11.1 km

Canterbury Heritage Museum 11.2 km

Canterbury Roman Museum 11.2 km

Canterbury Cathedral 11.2 km

National Trust

The White Cliffs of Dover 19.9 km

South Foreland Lighthouse 21.9 km

Smallhythe Place 29.9 km

Lamb House 34.4 km

Stoneacre 34.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

BROOME PARK 7.8 km

OLANTIGH TOWERS 8 km

Wye - Crundale - Eggarton Manor - Crundale Downs 8.8 km

GODMERSHAM PARK 9.5 km

CHILHAM CASTLE 9.8 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Knowler Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Knowler Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Knowler Farm? Nature spotters will find species aplenty around the 124-acre common and the countryside surroundings of local village Stelling Minnis, an ancient pastureland still used for grazing in more modern times. Several ponds … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Knowler Farm?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Knowler Farm? From R550,18 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.