Badgells Wood Camping

Badgells Wood Camping Badgells Wood is an off-grid camping experience in unspoilt ancient woodland...bring your children and let them run wild!
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Campfires, dog-friendly and secluded pitches under the trees. We're rustic but with just enough creature comforts like hot running water, showers and a shop for those essentials. If you need more entertainment than playing in the woods, there's bushcraft courses and walks to local pubs or the farm shop for locally reared meat.

☔️ Are you one of those hardy campers who positively embraces the opportunity to camp out in the rain? 🌧️🌈 If not, fear ...
02/06/2026

☔️ Are you one of those hardy campers who positively embraces the opportunity to camp out in the rain? 🌧️🌈

If not, fear not….summer is set to return next week! ☀️

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22/05/2026

🌳 This is what half-term looks like at Badgells Wood.

No screens. No schedules. Just kids doing what kids do best - climbing, exploring and losing themselves in the woods for a few blissful hours.

There's something about ancient woodland that brings out the best in little ones. And in the grown-ups watching them. 🌿

We still have availability for half-term this week - and with the sunshine set to continue, it might just be the best few days you spend together all year.

Book via the link in bio. 🏕️

🌞 Just one bell tent left, a Bank Holiday weekend and a heat wave incoming 🙏🏻If you've been waiting for the perfect excu...
20/05/2026

🌞 Just one bell tent left, a Bank Holiday weekend and a heat wave incoming 🙏🏻

If you've been waiting for the perfect excuse to escape to the woods, this is probably it - ancient woodland, a campfire, and wall-to-wall sunshine - and where better to be in a heat wave than under the trees.

If you miss out on this weekend, the good news is the sunshine looks set to stick around - and we still have some availability for half-term next week 🏕️ Possibly the best week to get the kids into the woods all year!

Book via the link in bio before someone else beats you to it! 🏕️☀️

15/05/2026

🥾 It's National Walking Month - and you're in the right place.

Staying at Badgells Wood puts you right on the doorstep of some of Kent's finest walking country. Ancient woodland, chalk downland, sweeping North Downs views - and more footpaths than you could shake a walking pole at!

From the campsite you can reach:
🪨 Coldrum Stones - a neolithic burial chamber older than Stonehenge, 30 minutes along the Pilgrims Way
🌸 Birling Estate - wildflowers, big views and genuine stillness
🥾 The North Downs Way, Weald Way & Pilgrims Way - all on our doorstep
🏺 Nature's Goods at The Nuttery - pottery, farm shop and café within walking distance

Pop into reception for a map and we'll point you in the right direction 🗺️

Full details at badgellswoodcamping.co.uk/nearby 🌳

The woods have always been good for the mind 🌳🌳🌳This week is , and research backs up what many of us already feel insti...
15/05/2026

The woods have always been good for the mind 🌳🌳🌳

This week is , and research backs up what many of us already feel instinctively. Studies show that spending time in nature lowers cortisol - the body's primary stress hormone - boosts serotonin and helps reset our sleep patterns. Research suggests that sessions of 20 to 90 minutes in natural green spaces are among the most effective ways to support mental wellbeing in adults (although we'd obviously advocate for more!). Stepping away from screens, artificial light and the constant demands of daily life triggers our body's natural relaxation response - something that's increasingly hard to find anywhere else.

Ancient woodland does this particularly well. There's something about the scale of it, the stillness, the sounds - that quietly puts things back in proportion.

We're welcoming back our weekly outdoor yoga and sound bathing sessions into the woods for the 2026 season - a chance for you to lean into that feeling a little more intentionally 🧘🎶 See our website for more details and to book your spot on the mat.

If you've been wondering whether a few nights under the trees might help - it very likely will 🏕️

🏕️ Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend. A few pitches left. Just saying.If you've been umming and ahhing, this is your nudge. W...
12/05/2026

🏕️ Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend. A few pitches left. Just saying.

If you've been umming and ahhing, this is your nudge. We still have a few pitches available over the Whitsun bank holiday - including some of our newest bell tent pitches, complete with their own kitchen areas!

We're celebrating the first anniversary of the Kent Woods & Downs National Nature Reserve by adding a couple of extras to the mix for this weekend: campers can join us for an outdoor cinema on Saturday evening 🎬 and a guided wildlife wander on Sunday morning 🦉 - both free to campers, both a little bit magic.

Ancient woodland. Bell tents. Films under the stars. Wildlife at dawn. No Wi-Fi required.

Book your spot via the link in our bio - but don't sit on it too long 🏕️🌿

Kent Downs National Landscape

🌿 It's National Hedgerow Week — and we think hedgerows deserve a moment.They're not just boundaries. They're dormouse hi...
08/05/2026

🌿 It's National Hedgerow Week — and we think hedgerows deserve a moment.

They're not just boundaries. They're dormouse highways, bat corridors, nesting sites for yellowhammer and lesser whitethroat, and larders full of hawthorn blossom and dog rose. The UK has lost an estimated 118,000 miles of hedgerow since 1950 - and yet every metre that remains is quietly working overtime for wildlife.

Here on the North Kent Downs, protecting and connecting this landscape - from ancient woodland to chalk grassland to coast - is what we're working towards together. At Birling Estate, we've been working with volunteers to restore 1.5km of hedgerows. There's still plenty to do.

This week, stop by a hedgerow. Listen to it. It has a lot going on. 🌱

🙌🏻 This is it. We're open!The sun is out, the bluebells are putting on a show, and the woods are ready for their first c...
01/05/2026

🙌🏻 This is it. We're open!

The sun is out, the bluebells are putting on a show, and the woods are ready for their first campers of 2026.

If you've been waiting for a sign to escape the group chat, ignore the washing up, and sit around a fire under the trees - this is it.

Who's joining us for opening weekend?🔥🌿

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Before most of us had even opened our eyes this morning, the Hartley MorrisMen were already at the Coldrum Stones - danc...
01/05/2026

Before most of us had even opened our eyes this morning, the Hartley MorrisMen were already at the Coldrum Stones - dancing at dawn to sing up the sun, just as they do every 1st May at this ancient 4,000-year-old site on our doorstep.

There's something quietly wonderful about that. The oldest Morris side in West Kent, at one of the oldest monuments in the country, keeping a tradition alive as the sun comes up over the North Downs.

Happy May Day 🌿🕺

🦌 Looks like we’ve got a cheeky early camper on our hands! This little guy was caught setting up his own camp bright and...
28/04/2026

🦌 Looks like we’ve got a cheeky early camper on our hands! This little guy was caught setting up his own camp bright and early this morning on Foxes Way - someone needs to tell him we don’t officially open for campers until this weekend! 😄🏕️


Address

Whitehorse Road
Meopham
DA13OUF

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 9:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+447528609324

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