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From the time I made the booking to the 5.30 am departure after a might at the site, I can say this is the most customer friendly service I have come across,
The guys who met us on arrival has big smiles to welcome us to hand campsite
Pitch was good size. Clean facilities and prompt efficient service.
It was too cold to use the pool!
Location is easy to find and when we go back will use more if the facilities.
We have just returned from another trip to Thriftwood. The staff are extremely helpful, particularly Mark, as we left booking rather late but they still managed to fit us in. The campsite is exceptionally clean and the showers are new and immaculate. We will definitely be back. Please note that if you have a tent or an awning the ground is very hard and best to have strong pegs, we used the ones that can be drilled in. A trip to Eagle Heights is a great day out for the whole family and excellent value for money.
Visited for first time over bank holiday weekend, which was sunny for a change. Three 'vans, 6 adults, 2 older children. Great site, not our normal type of thing ie pool, clubhouse etc. But it was lovely.
Huge hard standing serviced pitches, with some grass pitches, tents with elec, or without, and some statics. Nice dog walk in woods. Spotlessly clean, well laid out, you didn't notice it was such a big place. Staff very helpful, and not officious.
There was free entertainment if you wanted it in the bar, but it wasn't blaring out. Bar needs proper beer though, and maybe some food? We ate out one night at the local, the Black Lion, which was fab. A bit gastro pub, but full of locals, and not expensive.
Our friends bought a newer 'van from Thriftwood and swapped all their stuff from one to the other. The other friends could not tow off the site when they left as their tow-hitch broke, but the staff were excellent, and tried to help them. In the end they left their 'van for one night (no charge) until it could be fixed.
We visited Thriftwood on the weekend of 10 May for two nights. There were 20 of us in total, 10 young children and ten adults.
We found the pitch extremely difficult to level the caravan on and the pitch was tight to get onto. Fortunately, we made use of our motor mover.
The children all enjoyed playing together. There is a small play park and the site was quiet so the children could safely ride their bikes around the road.
We had an incident one of the days when two of the boys in our party, aged seven and four, were playing together in the park. Three children started beating them with sticks and they dragged the smaller one into the woods through the nettles. The eldest ran to us for help. Luckily we were not too far away and could run to the rescue. This naturally left us with the feeling that the children were unable to have any freedom away from us.
That aside, the showers were clean, the staff were friendly and there was a lovely walk through the woods on site. Very pretty with the bluebells in full bloom.
We didn't use the pool but there were people in it who said it was very warm.
Just 15 minutes from Ashford and 25 minutes from fabulous beaches, you'll be ideally placed for exploring the Garden of England. The park is divided into a family area, that is close to the play parks, the sports field and the games room, and a peaceful adult-only area in The Meadows, that is ideal for couples. A range of grass and hardstanding pitches, fully serviced or non electric, catering for all sized of tents and caravans.
On both areas you will enjoy five-star, centrally-heated showers, and private cubicles with toilet, hand basin, dryers etc. Laundry and campers kitchens, a large childrens playground, sports field, games room and television lounge. The park has CCTV and WiFi is available for a small fee. A dog walking area is provided on site. Find out more here
We booked this site as our first camping trip, so we don't have any other sites to compare it with.
On the whole it is a lovely site, with good customer service, superb facilities and very scenic and pleasant place to be.
I read some of the other reviews and they weren't joking about it being hard ground. A definite must to take hard ground pegs and a good quality mallet. I think it is mostly flint, so we completely destroyed our cheap Asda mallet and headed down to the camp shop in Maidstone the next day to buy a better one.
If I had to pick at problems with the site, the only thing I would suggest is that there is only one toilet and shower block which was about 5 minute walk away from our tent. We requested to be by the child's play ground, they put us up there no problem. Luckily we had a Potty and a Chemical Waste very close by. However there were plenty of toilets and showers so never had to wait and always had hot showers.
Just to mention, the new Shower blocks are incredible. Very hot showers, fresh and new facilities. Could maybe do with a temperature control as were a little hot for the kids.
The play area was great, totally fenced in with one gate access. Being so close to the play area we could relax and watch them from out tent, however if you're further away there are benches in there that you can sit at and talk to other parents whilst your children play.
There were speed bumps all around the park which is good to keep traffic speed down (not that I saw anyone go over 5mph), but they were not clearly marked, so we all tripped over them at some point. Both our children have grazed legs from going flying over them, in fact I think all the children we saw were victim to them at some point.
Being local, we took two cars up there, there was no quibble and ample parking (although subject to an extra charge, but this is quite normal looking at other sites).
There was a bit of a disappointment on the last day when one of our children was being bombarded with tree bark by three very well dressed boys within the playing area. When my wife when up to ask them to stop it, they were extremely rude to her. Being a teacher she has heard language like it before, but not from such small children. We also heard from a neighbour who had a child in tears as the same boys had told him he was not allowed to play on the playground. This being said, they were only at the playground for about 15 minutes then were gone again, so didn't affect any of us too much.
Overall for the whole weekend, we were completely happy with the site, everyone was lovely and friendly. In fact by the end of the weekend, we felt we knew everybody's name and who their children were and felt part of a big happy family. The facilities were excellent and definitely worth a visit.
Oh and if you're visiting in early May, take plenty of warm clothes and blankets for the evening. The site is positioned at the top of the North Downs, so can get very hot during the day and very cold at night. The first night went from almost 20deg to freezing over night.
The site itself is surrounded by woodland with mature trees dotted within the site, which offers a nice bit of shade and makes it very picturesque. There are also dog walks and fields nearby to take your dogs.
We didn't use the pool, but it was open in early May and apparently heated too. So maybe take a dip next time.
My husband and I have just stayed at Thriftwood Holiday Park for one night during a very cold weekend in February! When we arrived, the park was covered in snow and it was freezing, but we received a very warm welcome from the owner of the park who gave me directions to the local Supermarket and information on local restaurants etc.
Thriftwood is a lovely, small family run park with great facilities. During our stay we used the bar, which was warm and comfortable and very friendly!
The shower/toilet block is the best I've ever been in on a camp site. Spotlessly clean and warm with lots of lovely hot water and very modern, stylish amenities. The games room is very well equipped and the pool area (although closed for winter) looked very tidy and would be very appealing in better weather! The laundry room is well equipped, although we didn't use the washers or dryers during our stay.
There are lots of areas around the park for woodland walks, we will definitely be back for another stay - hopefully very soon and in better weather!
This is my first review of any holiday park but I thought I'd have to get round to having something to say about this one, I had a two week stay over Christmas and new year, the weather was a bit cold but I can't blame anyone for that. The park is in a lovely peaceful area which is back onto a large woodland suitable for long walks.
Everything is spick and span, no litter and the park homes all look smart and tidy, there is a shop at the front to get supplies, clean showers and toilets, a park with climbing frame and swings for the kids and a heated swimming pool (although it was closed in the winter).
The bar was family friendly, served a selection of meals and had wonderful entertainment, during my stay there was a singer, karaoke, bingo, quiz nights plus children's games and treasure hunts. I had the most amazing new years eve I can ever remember. What made my stay most enjoyable was the fact that it was a family run park, the whole family were so kind and were a pleasure to talk to, they all really cared about the park and would always do anything possible to help.
Since my first visit I have now booked another stay over Easter, both me and my daughter are really looking forward to our holiday.
Visited lots of site in Kent but this one has to be by far the best we have been to. The nice club house on site. Very good all round facilities. Kids love the games room. Already booked for another 2 visits. Swimming pool looks very nice although it was closed during our visit.
The new shower block is as good as most luxury hotels that we have visited. The child's play area is also very handy for smaller children
Me and my family have stayed here a few times now we just love it. My kids love the arcade and outdoor pool and a small club house on the park with all-round entertainment for the family. The site owners are the friendliest we have come across were nothing is to much trouble already booked again for Halloween and the new shower facilities is like a top class spa highly recommended
Thank you to every one at thriftwood see you all soon.
Just 15 minutes from Ashford and 25 minutes from fabulous beaches, you'll be ideally placed for exploring the Garden of England. The park is divided into a family area, that is close to the play parks, the sports field and the games room, and a peaceful adult-only area in The Meadows, that is ideal for couples. A range of grass and hardstanding pitches, fully serviced or non electric, catering for all sized of tents and caravans.
On both areas you will enjoy five-star, centrally-heated showers, and private cubicles with toilet, hand basin, dryers etc. Laundry and campers kitchens, a large childrens playground, sports field, games room and television lounge. The park has CCTV and WiFi is available for a small fee. A dog walking area is provided on site. Find out more here
Superb caravan/camping park surrounded by lovely woodlands. The helpful, friendly owners have maintained this park to first class standards with modern clean toilet facilities, great size heated swimming pool, family shower rooms, children's games room, play park and so much more.
The clubhouse is great fun with plenty of entertainment from live singers, bingo and race nights to name but a few. Great family nights out. The surrounding woodlands are great for adventure or for walking the pets and gives a secluded/private feel to the park. Good value for money too. The on site shop supplies most things but the shops are local.
The staff are there if you need any help but do not pester you. Great site, been twice now and we all had a lovely holiday.
I used the UKCampsite.co.uk late availability search to find Thriftwood holiday park, we were properly late deciding to get away for the bank holiday weekend and thus finding somewhere had become a little taxing. I called on Thursday evening and spoke with a polite gentleman who took our booking, the website is well laid out and the price structure is clear.
Electric/non electric is the same price and due to the last minute nature of our booking I was not surprised to find our tent fell in the non electric area.
We had booked as 2 families sharing one tent with a pup tent but the size of the unit according to the site rules dictated that we book 2 spaces, I was glad that we did although it pushed the cost up it gave us a great deal more room than we would have had. One 7. 2 x 3. 4 M tent, our 3 x 3 day tent and a pup tent were edge to edge on our pitch, don’t get me wrong we could have fit it on one pitch length ways but the width of the pitches was quite restricted.
The site owners took us to our pitch after we paid a £10 deposit for the shower room key and gate pass. A great idea, the site was extremely secure with a drop down barrier and retracting bollards in the ground.
The pitch was a little sloping and quite worn due to no doubt extensive use, but it was clean and well kept. The ground was hard and at the extreme end of stony, I have never tried to pitch on stonier ground but we managed with thread pegs breaking only one and delta’s that take some beating in my opinion.
As for the rest of the site the heated pool was a boon we all made use of it, the shop was overpriced and was missing some essentials, the club house/bar/restaurant was nice and clean although the tables are packed in quite tight its one of the better ones I’ve been in, the amusements are all £1 and 10p which my kids were disappointed with as they had 2p’s to spend. The hard standing pitches looked great, very well kept, level and well spaced. The toilets were fine but show their age against the fantastic showers that look like they are from a show home, top notch!
There was some but not much noise from the M20 and A 20, it may be on a flight path but again it was not that intrusive there was very little local noise and with Brands Hatch just down the road I expected more, may be it was a quiet weekend.
There is a big wooded area and a play area for the kids that we didn’t venture to and locally a couple of pubs but again we went further afield so I cannot comment on them.
In general I would give the site 8. 5 out of 10, the facilities were very good but we would have been a bit cramped on one pitch, I have been to better campsites for the money but it ranks in the top ones for me. I would definitely return.
We stayed at Thriftwood as we wanted somewhere not to far to meet friends on site and this was perfect. Really nice people and a very friendly welcome, the owner took us to our pitch and we had a lovely place as under a tree and in view of the kids park for our 8 year old son.
We were very lucky as we had lovely weather for the whole weekend and were able to use the outdoor pool which was lovely and warm and perfect for sun bathing. Kids all had there bikes with them and honestly I felt like I was back in the south of France, many nationalities and all very friendly, and amazing how kids all just play regardless of language barriers. This was the superbike weekend at brands hatch so was busy, but, not over cramped.
The ladies toilets and showers block has set my limits on all sites now as I have never found or yet too find such lovely blocks, a lot of thought and care has been put into this and well worth it too.
Will be going back too, Men checked out the bar area and that got thumbs up from them, kids like the games area and had fun trying to win sweets from the machines. Nice woodland walk which our dogs, thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend highly to others.
Thriftwood is a great site. This is the 5th time we have been here in the last 3 years as it is conveniently located very close to home and is perfect for a long weekend getaway.
The toilets and shower block have been refurbished and are really nice now and are a massive improvement.
My daughters really like the site because it has a small arcade, nice little clubhouse and an outdoor pool.
Security is excellent. The ground is exceptionally hard so take plenty of good quality rock pegs although if you forget they sell them in the small shop.
All in all an excellent site where your children can go off on their own with no worries.
Just tried to book a 4 night stay in late July/early August and have been told its going to cost me £46 per tent per night !
This is more than double what we usually pay and whilst I understand that its peak season, the site, nice as it is, is now way overpriced. Not sure if the price hike has anything to do with the Olympics, but we wont be going back at those rates I'm afraid.
This was our first camping trip as a family. We arrived to find very helpful chaps in reception. They decided to move us from our original pitch because there were a lot of groups in, and thought as a family, we may feel left out. The chap took me round in his buggy to the other area and found a nice pitch under the trees. He checked if we were happy before going on his way.
As previously mentioned, the ground here is solid and bent all our pegs. I went to reception and bought some rock pegs which soon solved that problem.
Whilst we pitched the tent, our two children went to play. My little girl enjoyed the play area and my son went round the site on his bike.
They had a outdoor pool but we didn't use it. It certainly looked warm though, nobody was seen shivering in there!
We didn't use the clubhouse as our two children tend to tire easily so they were in bed early but it looked like a clean and friendly place, from what I saw. There was a small games room, more geared up to the older children though.
There's a few essentials available to buy from reception, eg milk etc but we used the Asda in Swanley, which was about 15 minutes drive away.
We were due to be here for four nights but the weather was simply awful so we only managed two. Therefore, we didn't get to go on the woodland walks or really do much else. As this was our first time camping and we are not experienced yet, it was rather difficult trying to find something for the children to do in the appalling weather. There is only a certain amount of snap we can play!
Despite the weather, which is no fault of the camp-site, we had a good time, the site is clean, washrooms are being refurbished right now, the flowers around the site were pretty and I am not aware of hearing any noise at night.
The one time there was some noise is when some children started playing football near our tent about 8pm. However, the chap who runs the park moved the children onto a different place so the ball didn''t keep hitting our tent and car after that.
Overall, a nicely run site with friendly and helpful staff. I would go again. Oh, and just to add, when I told the, we were leaving two days early, they said they would give me a discount on our next stay with them, which was very kind as it was our choice to leave!
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
No Laundry 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
Evening Entertainment 
Fishing <5 miles 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
Outdoor Pool On Site 
Horse Riding <1 mile 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <1 mile 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
Boat Launch / Mooring <10 miles 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
From the time I made the booking to the 5.30 am departure after a might at the site, I can say this is the most customer friendly service I have come across, 
