Hop Farm Camping and Touring Park Reviews

Very clean

Very clean facilities. Lovely walks nearby the site but unfortunately we didn't have the right footwear. Very reasonably priced pub in walking distance where we had dinner :)

Site's response

Thank you for choosing to stay with us, especially out of season. We look forward to your next visit, hopefully the weather will be better for you to enjoy the country and river walks.

Weekend camping with family

Lovely campsite with huge space for kids to explore. Toilets and washrooms clean. Very helpful reception staff.

Site's response

Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for leaving a review. We hope to see you again.

Disappointing

Disappointing visit, we loved it here previously. There were broken toilet soap holders with no other facility, broken toilet seats and little or no soap in toilet block. I did inform the site personnel but it wasn't rectified immediately and only partly sorted the cleanliness problem the following day.

Site's response

I am sorry for your disappointing visit this time. Unfortunately, there was some vandalism caused to the facilities, including the soap dispensers being pulled off the wall and the soap spread everywhere. We were unaware that the cleaning company we used failed to send a cleaner until notified by guests staying here. We did our best to clean with limited resources and managed to get a new cleaning company to start the following day.

Lots of space to choose from

Great visit, warm welcome and so much choice of where to pitch. Lots of space and super with a dog too.

Site's response

Thank you for choosing to stay here and your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon.

Great stay and will be returning

It has everything you need. We stayed when the boot fair was on the next day, so that was an extra something to do!

Site's response

Thank you for choosing to stay with us and that you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Amazingly peaceful

We were one of the 2 tents there since it was early spring so we had a whole field to ourselves and room to really relax. The toilets and showers were very clean, and even had free hair dryers! Cannot recommend this site enough!!

Site's response

Thank you for choosing to stay with us and your lovely comments. We hope to see you again soon.

Lovely campsite - definitely recommend!

One night stay to trial our self made camper-car. Lovely campsite, thank you! Friendly check in, good facilities, including clean toilet blocks, showers, washing up facilities and plenty of bins. Staying at the end of April meant it wasn't busy and we had so much space to ourselves. We also luckily chose the best weekend (weather wise) so far! Also, café/restaurant, lobster shack, and the pub were super close! Can't wait to come back and stay for longer.

Site's response

Thank you for choosing to stay with us and your lovely comments. See you again soon.

Great campsite

Great facilities with the farm next door

Site's response

Thank you for visiting, I am glad you enjoyed your stay.

Lovely open fields, but can be used for so much more

The location isn't ideal for us as there was no supermarket near by without a bit of a drive. It would benefit from an on site shop. I think the park could benefit with some wooden play parks, as the fields are so big and it feels like a free-for-all, no structure in place. We ended up walking for two hours, past the River Medway and it was beautiful, but there is nothing else to do unless we drove out. We had already visited Hop Farm, which we thought was over priced and had hardly any animals. We were very disappointed. The toilets were cleaned regularly, it's just a shame that other people can't clean up after themselves. The toilet roll does not help as it's one sheet at a time, so a lot of little bits were failing onto the floor and it just made it look a mess. I, and maybe others, just picked them up and chucked them down the toilet, so when I left the cubicle it was always clean. I mean, overall, we all had fun and made good memories, but I think I do prefer my comforts and a bit more entertainment.

Short break

Great location and plenty of room.

Site's response

Thank you for staying, see you again soon.

So close to good, but not quite there

There's a few things that stop me recommending this park. There's really not much that can be changed about some of them. The road noise is awful. Peaceful location in the site, but the road was loud at night. The washing up sinks are back breakingly low for most people. I am not tall at 5ft 9in and my back was aching after 5 minutes. The showers are hot or cold. No in-between. Usually they're just hot, but they were broken one day meaning I had a freezing shower. There's very little to do for kids on the actual site, there is stuff in the Hop Farm Play Park, but that's another business all together. So yeah, I think 3 stars represents a fair review.

Site's response

The road noise is annoying at times. We will look at raising some of the washing-up sinks for next season. We do not have an onsite play park, but we do not advertise as having one, the emphasis being on enjoying family time. Do bring your own board games if you have these at home. For any issues whilst staying please call us on the contact number printed on the front of your check-in cards for us to resolve. Thank you for visiting and hope you will come again.

Relaxing and quiet

We came here for a second time and this time we camped just beside the river. Amazing views, fishing just few steps away, and we were able to use our boat to go up and down the river. Greatly enjoyed peace and quiet. Bio toilets are nearby, but the clean toilets and showers are a short distance to drive, we did go with a car so didn't feel any big issue with it. Overall the location was perfect for our family, loved it!

Site's response

Thank you for your review and we're happy you enjoyed your stay. See you again next year.

Extremely spacious

The size of a festival location, you have full choice over where you want to pitch up, there are a number of fields available to choose from. You can have a lie-in as your neighbours are about 30 metres away. The showers and toilets were good, could have done with a bit more maintenance and more frequent cleaning. The sinks for washing-up are far too low, they're ideal for children, which is great as they should be given more responsibility to help washing up, but for adults, it's really bad to be bending down so far and hurts the back. There should be a number of sinks higher up as well. Having to enter a code to enter the washing facilities seems redundant, it's already a pretty secure camping site and you need both hands free to enter the code and open the door, which can be inconvenient.

Site's response

Thank you for your review. The showers and toilets are cleaned thoroughly 3 times per day approximately 6am noon and 6pm. I agree a couple of sinks should be higher I will pass this on to management and ask if this is possible to do. We have direct access to the river with many public footpaths and before the coded locks were fitted the toilets were being used by the general public, this measure has been put in place to keep them for guests use only. The codes have been in place for several months and no-one has commented before that 2 hands are needed to open, I will continue to monitor this.

Changed

Changed our stay to an electric hook up which was no problem for the receptionist. Very nice lady and very helpful.

Great campsite with loads of space

We had a brilliant weekend here. There is so much space and a massive bonus for us was the picnic table at a lot of the pitches! It would be great if they sold firewood and one thing that made no sense was not having hooks inside the shower cubicles. That is such a simple thing which would save wet clothes, towels etc. But overall this was a great site - recommended!

Pleasant suprise!

I booked this to take away my very little children for a night. Went to the Hop Farm first (tip: check in at campsite first and get 1/2 price into farm - wish I'd known), and actually I wasn't expecting much from the campsite, but I was pleasantly surprised. There was only one shower block area but we didn't even visit it because where we set up, there were very clean portaloos, a picnic bench, and a fresh water tap right next door. We had no need to go over to the busier area. These facilities are spread all around the various fields, so no long trek in the middle of the night is necessary. Only half an hours drive from Pooh Bridge and the '100 Acre Wood' which was where we went the next day. You get to have a campfire too which is a must when camping with kids! Overall, a good site and cheaper than many others nearby. Thanks!

Peace & quiet, I think not

Had an EHU pitch. A large group of people set up 5 or 6 large tents and proceeded to play loud music about 15m away. They also unloaded boxes of booze, obviously ready to party. We like to party ourselves but looked like it was going to be a big bash with BBQ's etc. We were 200 miles away from home so decided to leave at 3.30pm and move closer to home.

Site's response

I am sorry that you felt you had to leave without either coming back to see me in the office which is just a couple of minutes walk from the pitch you had, or calling on the 24 hour mobile which was given when you checked in. I would have moved you to a different pitch. We have a 10pm quiet policy therefore NO music can be played after this time, however if loud music is being played at 3:30pm and causing a disturbance, I would have asked for it to be turned down.

Lots of space!

Lots of space to feel private, good shelter with tree line. Good washing up facility (although sinks are really low and hurt my back). Showers are as expected, though toilets could use more frequent cleaning and few more cubicles. It might be overcrowded if there had been more people the weekend we stayed there.

Good campsite

We stayed two nights with two other families. If you don't have an electric pitch, the camping fields are huge. We camped in our own corner and apart from trips to the toilet/shower block, I wouldn't have known anyone else was around. Great being next to the river if you've got a paddle board or kayak, as you can launch from the site. Small shop where you can grab a drink/ice cream but not foodstuff like milk etc. We didn't explore enough though - as we were leaving we saw the cafe, the adventure playground… etc!

Will definitely come again!

I came here with my son and we were really happy. Great location on the woods and river and right next to the farm, which is great for kids for a few hours. Very spacious campsite. Clean and great amenities - we will definitely be coming back! Thank you for the great time!

Site's response

Sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you for choosing to stay with us and your positive review. We look forward to your next visit.