Canterbury Camping and Caravanning Club Campsite Reviews Summary

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Convenient for the town and bus services from just outside the gate to visit Sandwich, Whitstable and other lovely places in Kent by connecting at Canterbury Bus Station."
• "Location is one mile walk to city centre just far enough to be in the country side."
• "Very handy bus stop very close to site entrance with a great service to Canterbury."
• "Bus stop for Sandwich (25 mins) and into Canterbury (7 mins) very close to site."
• "A popular site within a bus ride to the town centre and a 5 minute walk from the bus stop."
• "Very nicely placed for the town centre with a bus stop right outside the site going into Canterbury."
• "Canterbury centre is a short walk from the site."

Cons:

• "The approach by car is a bit tricky."
• "The walk back up hill isn't for the faint hearted."
• "This weekend was very wet so very dark and dangerously slippery walking back in the dark."
• "The walk into Cantebury is 25 minutes or there are buses outside the site frequently."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Very welcoming, helpful wardens."
• "This year all staff extremely helpful and friendly, even when very busy always someone on hand to help."
• "Friendly staff when we checked in and showed our pitch."
• "Staff were very friendly, helpful and informative."
• "Staff were enjoying their job, very happy to help with any little question."
• "Staff are always helpful and friendly."
• "Friendly and helpful staff."

Cons:

• "But being forced to pay club fees as as a foreigner is obnoxious. This makes camping more expensive than going to a B&B with en suite Bathroom."
• "Sadly due to those rude staff members I wouldn't bother returning, and to be fair there are plenty of other sites to use."
• "Upon arrival a staff member came furious asking if we knew what the time was, since they usually don’t pitch people after 20:00..."
• "Then was taken to pitch with a very miserable man who obviously is not happy with his job!"
• "Only negative point was a couple of the staff members were very rude and abrupt."
• "But unfortunately the Welcome you get when you arrive is far from your Moto !! The friendly site!"
• "We arrived hour and a half early... we were immediately met with a very abrupt member of staff who after explaining our predicament still refused to let us plug in."

Facilities & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Well ran, immaculately clean and relaxed campsite."
• "Toilets block was the cleanest we’ve ever come across, and the family shower room a real bonus."
• "They were spotless & kept very clean."
• "It’s a very pretty well run site with spotless toilet blocks and nice level pitches."
• "Parcelled, tidy and very clean. Among the very best I’ve seen."
• "Clean and modern ablution blocks."
• "Sparkling clean modern facilities."

Cons:

• "On the information guide you get they show reception has a shop but does not exist."
• "Unfortunately only one toilet block was open, wifi was poor."
• "The toilet and shower blocks are from 1950s are really to need to be knocked down and replaced."
• "But the water was not very hot in the showers."
• "Toilet bloke and showers was Cold most of the day only seemed to turn heating on when they thought was needed and water tepid warm."
• "The site is OK but the staff are .... not as friendly as other places and it's not kept as clean as it needs to be."
• "The site shop was closed, for even the sale of milk I know its times of covid 19, but surely you could sell the essentials."

Value & Cost

Pros:

• "Secure Area to park up vehicle if you arrive early or leave it in on departure date after 12 noon when you leave."
• "Showers are hot and hairdryer available."
• "Laundry facilities available with 2 washing machines and 2 dryers, £3.50 for a wash and £1 for 20 mins on the tumble dryer but coins only. Would be excellent if they had a tap and pay."

Cons:

• "We decided not to stay, as intended to book 4 nights, but at £154 for a grass pitch with no electric we felt this was too expensive."
• "It's not so much that I hated the site, but I am very unhappy at paying full price when the facilities were restricted."
• "I travelled 3 hours to be told it wasn't their policy to allow me to stay in my vehicle as it wasn't 'a proper camper'."
• "Only one criticism why have two pizza vans on different days. Fish and chips would have been nice."

Site & Environment

Pros:

• "Very quiet campsite at night. Recommended."
• "Area we stayed in, grass with hook up, on a bit of a slope so needs vehicle levellers. But area is very quiet and peaceful."
• "Camping is so quiet in the evening you can hear the wind moving leaves on the trees."
• "Lovely big site with generous size pitches."
• "Nice size play equipment for kids and safe woodland area for them to explore."
• "Very peaceful place. Great for visiting the coast of Deal, Whitstable & Herne Bay."
• "The site itself has a lovely little nature reserve where you can walk your dog."

Cons:

• "Pleasant site, but the pitch was so inclined that the wedges were not enough to level our motorhome."
• "Site is a bit uneven and you will need ramps."
• "The worst was we had 2 nights out of a 2 night stay, with NO sleep, the 23.00 quite period till 7.30 was non existent..."
• "However this is a double edged sword as despite being a fairly large site it gets very busy."
• "Nice site but don't get a pitch near the bins if you don't want waking before the birds!"