The Hop Farm

A aimé Nothing

N'a pas aimé I booked two nights at this campsite, but sadly left early after the first night due to several issues that made the experience disappointing.

Upon arrival, we were handed a list of rules with no friendly introduction or orientation—just formalities.

We were disheartened to find litter on pitch from prior guests. The facilities were poorly maintained: toilet blocks were full, reeked of urine, and strewn with used toilet roll. The general upkeep felt neglected and unsanitary.

The site was overrun with large, loud family groups and drinking, kids rode bikes around the pitch, one even simultaneously picked his nose and bottom. Children drunk from our water tap. Come evening, the campsite turned into a “battle of the speakers” that raged well into the early hours, making it impossible to relax or sleep.

We tried to visit the nearby pub, The Brewers Fare, hoping for a better atmosphere—but it also felt run-down and in need of attention.

Unfortunately, the experience fell short of expectations. Between the dirty facilities, noisy groups, and lack of welcome, we cut our stay short. Based on our visit, I’d recommend considering alternative campsites unless improvements are made.

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A aimé Excellent Very Peaceful , Toilets , Showers All Good !
Electric & Water Stand pipe on every pitch .

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A aimé There are a number of very large open area grass fields to choose from, therefore there is plenty of space to pitch up.

N'a pas aimé There is only one toilet block area, the facilities are little tired and in need of some maintenance, some toilet doors don't have any locks on them and there was a missing sink tap.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thank you for choosing to stay with us over the busiest weekend of the year and for taking the time to leave a review.
Unfortunately we did have some breakages in the toilet/shower blocks, maintenance tried to fix as soon as possible during working hours.
We look forward to your next visit.

A aimé Toilets were clean, showers were ok floors slightly dirty but just wear crocs

N'a pas aimé Electric pitch was pretty small and very close to the people staying in the pitch next door,group's of people shouting and singing untill 1am, very busy site not much space on a pitch for a family of 6

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Réponse du gestionnaire : I am sorry you did not enjoy your 1 night stay, I did upgrade you to a larger pitch due to the size of your family.
Perhaps you will visit again outside an extremely busy Bank Holiday to enjoy the country and river walks and bring some indoor and outdoor games for you and the family to enjoy together.

A aimé We had a great time camping at the hop farm. It was our first time as a family. Kids loved it. We had aplenty of space for our tent and for the kids to run around and play. The facilities were good, clean and easy to access. It was all family friendly. We really enjoyed being able to use our fire pit as some camp sites don't allow this.

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A aimé Location was good right next to the river

N'a pas aimé We checked in on arrival and after that, I didn’t see any staff at all. There was a security guard sometimes next to the toilet but that’s it. There was no controlling noise or rules of any kind throughout our stay. We were given a sheet on entry which stated the rules but clearly none were followed. Two of our three night stay had loud music and shout singing until 4am. The toilet/shower block was always disgusting as there was probably enough space for one fields worth of people but there are five very large fields that should really have a shower block each.

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A aimé Love it there

N'a pas aimé Nothing

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thank you for taking the time to write a review. glad to hear you love staying here.
looking forward to seeing you again.

A aimé The facilities were very clean and tidy. Space was really good. Staff were friendly and there was a river to swim in, kayaking and a nice woodland walk

N'a pas aimé False advertising. There was no farm open, no play park

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thank you for choosing to stay here and for taking the time to leave a review.

When you book on Pitch-up it says that The nearby visitor attraction/children rides are closed and the Hop Farm official website no longer mentions the family park and farm and there are no longer any photos of it on their page, however some non-official sites still have photos up taken from people who have previously been to the family park which the Hop Farm are unable to take down.

We look forward to welcoming you again.

A aimé Location and the walk along the river

N'a pas aimé Even though rules restricting large groups Very Large groups were allowed so very noisy site even into the early hours of the morning.
Very large site nowhere near enough facilities, they were very dirty with locks missing on some cubicles. Booked a 3 night stay left after 2.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : I am sorry you did not enjoy your stay, the majority of guests who stayed commented on how much they enjoyed themselves a few even booked to stay longer.
As it was August Bank Holiday we did have up to 3 pitches of family/friends together, we asked them to turn off music and to be respectful when we did our 10pm site checks, unfortunately as the electric pitches are so close together general talking and laughter can be heard. There was a loud music event taking place in East Peckham on the Saturday until 130am which must have been unlicenced and could be heard on a few fields including the one you were on, however this was beyond our control.
We do provide toilets and showers within the stipulations set out by the campsite regulations, we had them cleaned continuously from 7am until 7pm on the Saturday and Sunday, with a notice in reception and verbally telling people when they checked in that between 7pm and 7am there would be no cleaning and to clean up after themselves. A couple of locks were broken and either repaired or replaced as soon as we were made aware of.

A aimé Very beautiful views around the site, very clean toilets, fishing shop was 1 minute away from the farm. Beo toilets were at every field which was very handy as you didn't need to travel to the main toilets if camping far away,

N'a pas aimé The roads were very bumpy due to uneven ground so needed to be extra careful

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thank you for choosing to stay with us especially over the busiest weekend of the year and for taking the time to leave a review .
The bumpy roads do help to keep to the 5MPH limit on site, sadly not everyone adheres to this policy.
We look forward to your next visit.