Bearsted Club Campsite
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This site was immaculate and a great credit to the site staff. Bearsted CC couldn't be easier to access, it being just half a mile from junc 8 of the M20 and the entrance being accessed from the A20. I only stayed the one night, as I wanted to meet up with an old work colleague who lives in Bearsted village.
Bearsted is a 20 minute walk (not pleasant at first as you walk along the busy road) but my friend took me through a very attractive woodland area and into the beautiful village. Where there are great places to eat and relax. As well as Leeds Castle you can also reach the north Kent coast easily and visit Whitstable, Faversham, Rochester etc. For lots though, I guess this would be a resting point before hitting the channel crossing.
Bit of traffic hum but for me a very peaceful getaway.
4th stay
What can I say? The site, facilities, location and most of all Roz and Terry the wardens are great. After our fourth (or fifth) stay we're almost locals. It's very handy as one of sons lives in Maidstone so a good way to his family and be able to visit the many attractions in Kent.
rapwakefield
Reviewed on 05/08/2015 18:23
great site
Really easy to get to,lovely well kept site very nice staff. ideal locations for a base point. m20 stack operation didn't really affect them either highly recommend will be going again
Our weekend stay
Very nice park, lovely large pitches.
Staff very helpful, really very clean and tidy toilet block. We had a full serviced pitch and everything was very well placed and easy to use.
Perfect stay.
Truly cosmopolitan
This site welcomes visitors from all over Europe; on a recent visit we met people from Germany and Holland as well as local and other UK visitors. It is a good clean site, well tended and set out with no pitch any great distance from the facilities.
The wardens work hard keeping the site and toilet blocks looking perfect.
There are a couple of minor drawbacks: the TV signal is not brilliant (but this can be rectified by using a long aerial cable to connect to the point on the power post); the motorway is about half a mile away (as the crow flies) and you can occasionally hear the muted sound of traffic. There is a play area for children (5 yrs plus - not little ones) and a dog walking area. We find it a perfect place for relaxing and visiting the area.
Disappointed
I have recently said on the Bersted site and whilst I have no problem with the site I found the wardens rather brusque and unhelpful. They claimed to be under duress due to Operation Stack, which didn't make sense as the Site Full sign was up. We arrived when there were around 18 unoccupied spots and were told we couldn't choose as 'plots are allocated here' I can understand this where large RV's or the disabled are concerned. However we did not wish to be sited under trees and next to the play area. It took 4 requests, and 3 days, before we were permitted to move. The TV signal is dire and the bollard system was no better but we were unable to use our satellite system due to the trees. We felt the site is too small for the number of vans.
Good site
My wife and I stayed here as a stopover for three nights whilst visiting friends in Sittingbourne. We found the site very well kept by the busy and friendly wardens. We found the TV signal very weak using our own Ariel, but soon rectified this by plugging into the site system.
The only criticism is the toilet/shower block. Although extremely clean and well kept, it is not big enough when the site is at full capacity, as it was when we were there. We both had to queue and wait for toilet and shower cubicles to become available in early morning. Good site to use for exploring the Kent area.
Bearsted
I was not actually meant to be here,only getting caught up in operation stack,meant an overnight stop here.Wardens very helpful as they could see how stressed out I was when I arrived over an hour later than my planned arrival.Allocated a grass pitch furthest away from reception and extremely pleased with it.Allowing me to sit outside in peace and quite.You can hear a slight background hum from nearby M20 (when its flowing) but not intrusive.Near to Maidstone town centre and Kent attractions.Probably only thing it lacks is a off site walk.
The Garden of England - Almost!
As a Kentish Man, I head for Bearsted when visiting my home county and have always been delighted by the welcome given by the wardens and volunteers over the past 5 years. A word of warning - if you are travelling from the London direction and Operation Stack is in progress (as it has been six times over the past five weeks), leave the M20 at junction 7 and head for Maidstone and take the A20 coastbound. It might save your blood pressure!
A delightful site that is really cared for - as are its visitors, even though some do not appreciate it but then they shouldn't be there! Controversial? Maybe!
Convenient and Quiet
My last review lost in Cloud so another try. One of our favourite Club sites. Beautifully manicured pitches, fully serviced pitches, no messing with finding a pitch, sensibly allocated pre arrival. Good TV and Wifi signals. Very little road noise, just a little from Eurostar. There is much to do in the area too from coast to countryside. Friendly helpful wardens. Like the arrival policy at least one hour after departures. Should be national guideline.