Bodiam boating station
Hastings
📍 Northiam, TN31 6FE
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.3 mi
Photo: David Anstiss (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Riverside camping with campfires and High Weald AONB views
- Onsite boat, kayak, canoe and SUP hire on the river
- Watch KESR steam trains pass by while toasting marshmallows
- Lime Wharf Café offers breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and bar
- River cruises to Bodiam Castle and sunset trips to Rye
Bodiam Boating Station is a riverside campsite near Hastings, East Sussex, set in the High Weald in this AONB. All pitches are grass and camp fires are encouraged, with onsite kayak, canoe, rowing and SUP hire, plus river cruises through the High Weald to Bodiam Castle. The Lime Wharf Café offers breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and a licensed cocktail bar, and in the evenings you can enjoy watching the KESR steam trains as they chug along in the distance while toasting marshmallows on the campfire. The White Hart Pub is 250m away, with KESR Northiam Station 400m from the site. Further afield, Great Dixter House and N.T. Bodiam Castle are within easy reach, along with the Rolvenden Layne Sound Museum nearby.
How far to…
- Station
- 400m
- Bodiam Castle
- 3.8 miles
- Great Dixter House
- 1.8 miles
- Pub
- 250m
- Shop
- 1.3 miles
- Rye station
- 6.5 miles
Practical details
- Check-in
- 2-7pm
- Check-out
- 12pm
- Minimum stay
- 2 nights at weekends; 3 during Bank Holiday weekends
- Pets
- Well-mannered dogs welcome on a lead
- Parking
- Parking space on pitch
Accommodation on site
- Touring pitches (electric and non-electric)
- Tents, trailer tents, campervans, caravans, motorh
Details taken from the operator's own website on 21 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Evening Entertainment
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Takeaway Food
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ Parking
- ✓ Laundrette
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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