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We are going on a short break in a retro caravan (very excited!) to escape home renovations and have had lots of help from the lady who runs the hire company. Here's the link to her company, Aly is excellent so far, although haven't been in the caravan yet! We are going to Kent as we love Broadstairs. The Nethergong she mentions sounds AMAZING but there was no availability. Sounded idyllic and has a write up in cool camping so if you go there I will be jealous but let me know what it's like! Tempted to get into camping proper in order to go (think they only allow tents).


Aly at the Glampervan Hire Company:


http://www.love-glamping.co.uk/camper-hire-kent/#.UhpeJKa9LCS


Anyway, here are some campsites she recommended as not being too hectic/busy/lairy etc!!


"Below are all options I can come up with that are not massive touring parks. None are really like Nethergong, but they are all nice sites with different benefits, in terms of location and facilities.


http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/siteseekerlite/aspx/details.aspx?id=7050&returnPage=search.aspx%7cradius%3d20%7clocation%3dcanterbury%7clistViewPageSize%3d10%7csiteTypes%3d1%2c2%2c3%2c5 (Canterbury)

http://www.lovecamping.co.uk/campsites/south-east/kent/yew-tree-caravan-park (canterbury)

http://www.pitchup.com/campsites/England/South_East/Kent/Birchington/quex-caravan-park/ (Westgate on sea)

http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/siteseekerlite/aspx/details.aspx?id=179187 (Sandwich)

http://www.pitchup.com/campsites/England/South_East/Kent/Whitstable/seaview-holiday-park___/ (whitstable - maybe a bit bigger with lots of 'statics' but you mentioned she knew we liked the area).


She also mentioned Kingsdown campsite near Deal/Dover and on a shingle beach which sounded really great too but not our ideal area as have some friends we'd like to visit close to Whitstable.


I for one did not know such a plentiful world of campsites existed!!

We went to Forge Wood last weekend. Near Tunbridge Wells so just over an hour drive. It was very easy and we thought nice. I like that you can camp right in the woods and have your own campfire. They hire grills for ?5 so you can cook over the fire and they deliver wood to the campsite. There was a little cafe/bar onsite so even had a drink in the afternoon and fry up next morning. A couple of great pubs nearby too.


Loos and showers were a bit grim but we barely needed them as only there one night.

Just a smidge over your two-hour drive, we spent three nights camping this Bank Holiday at Swattesfield in North Suffolk.


http://www.coolcamping.co.uk/campsites/uk/england/east-anglia/suffolk/534-swattesfield


It was absolutely wonderful. Loads of space - other more seasoned campers remarked on how this campsite keeps numbers much lower than others - hot clean showers, wonderful woods to explore, a pub 20 minutes away, two cafes and a playground within walking distance and just oodles of space and loveliness.

Ha we just came back from Wo Wo too! It is brilliant for kids around 6+ and we had a fab time but I found the toilets and showers quite grotty and it was a bit hard to keep track of adventurous little ones. My sister raves about this place: http://www.chestnutmeadow.co.uk/ - they have a cafe on site and will bring takeaway food to your tent. She said its quite a small site so its easy to keep little kids within sight most of the time.

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