Welsummer Camping

Wood and kindling for fires is sold on site.Our organic gardens and free range chickens provide fresh eggs and seasonal produce for sale in the small shop which also sells basics like milk, locally reared bacon and sometimes home made bread or something hot out of the oven on weekends. Hot coffee and tea also available.Showers and hot water is heated by a wood burning stove burning locally sourced wood.FACILITIES AT WELSUMMER. We are always working on improving washroom facilities at Welsummer.So last year we added an extra private basin to the new room as well as added a shower and toilet cubicle. We have weighed up the lefts and rights to see how to share out the advantages to all of you!! If you've been before please dont be suprised if we switch mens and womens on you!In addition we worked on getting a little more hot water pressure to the showers making bathtime a little more comfortable for all.B & B A ROOM IN THE COTTAGEIf you want to appreciate the campsite setting, sit around a campfire at night, but still have the luxury of a proper roof over your head, we also have 'a room in the cottage'. Set in the pretty English gardens of Chalk House the cottage offers a double room with private bathroom and breakfast included.While you're here at Welsummer, we really expect you to relax. Lounge around, drag out the airbeds, chill out with your friends, enjoy cooking on the campfire and generally take time out. When you need to get moving, we can point you in the right direction for a short wander round the footpaths or an invigorating hike across fields of rapeseed, past quaint little churches and ancient manor houses.Food is an important part of life at our place. We like to watch the smoke wisping from the campfires in the evening, the smell of sausages sizzling, but don't forget the pleasure of a fresh young salad with warm olive oil and parmesan cheese... or a grilled tomato with basil from our gardens. We sell locally raised sausages and bacon from our local butcher GB Lister.Kent is abound with fresh fruit. We grow redcurrants in the garden and the strawberries love the early kentish sunshine. In summer the blackberries adorn the hedgerows (ask me and I'll tell you where to find the great fat juicy ones!) and our native apple trees are laden with crisp red apples at the end of summer.DirectionsComing from the Motorway / North and West:From the M20 exit at junction 8, turn right at the first roundabout, left at the second and straight over the next two following signs to Lenham on the A20.After 1 mile take the second road on your right (Chegworth Road) signed to Kingswood, Ulcombe and Grafty Green there is also a brown campsite sign. (image 1.)Go 1.9 mi. to the crossroads where you see opposite 'Wents Service Station'. (image 2.) Turn left here onto Lenham Road towards Platts Heath and Lenham. (This time ignore the brown camping sign as this is not us!)Go another 1.1 mi past Greenhill Lane and the sign for Chalk House free range eggs. Welsummer is the next gate on your right before Elmstone Hole Lane and Platts Heath. (image 3.)There is a double wooden gate, a small sign marked welsummer and a picture of a chicken. (images 4 & 5.)If you use google or a satnav to ME17 1NQ, but please be aware that these often situate us a little further down on the opposite side of the road.When you have arrived please drive up the left hand driveway all the way to the very end field where you can park the car. Come and see us at the reception around the right of the brown hut and we will show you to your pitch. Coming from the East: On the motorway M20 leave at junction 8 and follow directions above.From the A20 - Go Past Lenham, into Harrietsham and just after the lights turn left onto Fairbourne Lane signed Fairbourne Heath. Drive right to the top where you are at a give way. Turn left here onto Lenham Road. About 2 minutes along, past Greenhill Lane and the sign for Chalk House free range eggs. Welsummer is the next gate on your right before Elmstone Hole Lane and Platts Heath. (image 3.)There is a double wooden gate, a small sign marked welsummer and a picture of a chicken. (images 4 & 5.)