Badgells Wood Camping
Gravesend
Camping pitches
📍 White Horse Road, Gravesend, DA13 0UF
🚆 Nearest station: · 2.8 mi
- Only campsite in ancient woodland and a National Nature Reserve
- Just an hour from London
- Pre-erected bell tents with real beds and fire-pits
- Activities include axe-throwing, archery, bushcraft, yoga and foraging
- Hot showers and composting loos despite off-grid camping
Badgells Wood is a woodland campsite near Gravesend, Kent, set within ancient woodland and a National Nature Reserve on the Birling Estate, just an hour from London. You can choose secluded camping pitches, pre-erected bell tents with real beds and fire-pits, or campervan pitches among the trees, with hot showers and composting loos providing creature comforts amid the off-grid setting. The site offers activities from axe-throwing and archery to yoga and foraging, plus coffees, pastries, pizzas and wines. Nearby you'll find Hemsley Conservation Centre, St Andrews Lakes Watersports and the Kent Firefighting Museum, while Snodland station lies a short distance away for onward travel.
How far to…
- Hemsley Conservation Centre
- 2.1 miles away
- St Andrews Lakes Watersports
- 2.9 miles away
- Kent Firefighting Museum
- 4.3 miles away
- Station
- 2.8 miles away
Practical details
- Families
- Kid-free camping area available for adults
- Parking
- Campervan pitches just off the access road
Accommodation on site
- Camping pitches
- Bell tents
- Campervan pitches
Details taken from the operator's own website on 7 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Spa
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Picnic Area
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ Parking
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