Kent farmstay accommodation, Faversham
| country: | England |
| location: | Faversham, Kent |
| price: | From £16 - £22 per person per night, children (under 16 yrs) from £12 per night. Price includes continental breakfast |
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description
Relaxing and flexible hostel style B&B on a family farm in a rural village with pub in North Kent Downs Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Ideal for cycling, walking and for those with a love of the countryside. Walk through the heart of the Downland with it's beautiful wooded valleys and mixture of farmland concealing many old and interesting villages. We are in a central location for you to explore Canterbury, Rochester, Chatham, Leeds Castle and the many other historic towns, villages and castles in Kent. Explore old country houses, ancient churches or relax in a quiet village pub or watch a local cricket team on the green at weekends.
Ideal for cycling, walking and for those with a love of the countryside. Walk through the heart of the Downland with it's beautiful wooded valleys and mixture of farmland concealing many old and interesting villages. We are in a central location for you to explore Canterbury, Rochester, Chatham, Leeds Castle and the many other historic towns, villages and castles in Kent. Explore old country houses, ancient churches or relax in a quiet village pub or watch a local cricket team on the green at weekends.
travellers' tales
I thought that our hosts were environmentally aware, and therefore minimized the impact our stay had on the environment. (more)
rooms, food and facilities
The accommodation is in old converted farm buildings on our working arable and fruit farm in the Kent Downs, the rooms are arranged around a landscaped courtyard giving privacy and good security. Six fully heated en-suite rooms sleep up to 30 guests, one 2 person, one 4 person, two 5 person, one 6 person and one for 8 persons. A fully fitted self-catering kitchen and a comfortable lounge are included in the facilitiesOther facilities include outside barbecue area, drying room, car parking and secure cycle storage.
There are numerous footpaths, woods, open access areas and villages in the area to explore. There is plenty of wonderful wildlife nearby. We are close to North Kent Marshes, RSPB and Kent Wildlife Trust sites, just a short car drive to RSPB Elmley Marshes, Stodmarsh and Blean Ancient Woodland reserves.
Nearby historic towns include Faversham, Whitstable, Canterbury, Dover, Rochester and Maidstone and there area pay and play golf course at Leeds Castle (9 holes) and Boughton Nr. Faversham (18 holes).
Walking & cycling accommodation: A comprehensive range of maps and walks are available for you to follow, and cycle routes for you to explore. We also provide cycle hire for our guests.
how to find us
By train: The nearest stations are Lenham (London to Ashford Kent line), or Sittingbourne, Teynham or Faversham (London to Dover line). Lenham is 5 miles and Teynham is 4 miles. Taxis available at Sittingbourne and Faversham stations.
By road: From the M25 take the M20 until junction 8. From exit slip on motorway take the third exit from roundabout signed to A20 and Ashford. You have to go round three more roundabouts in a half mile, the first keep to the left and straight over at the next two, (the latter being to Leeds Castle). Keep on A20 towards Ashford, you pass through village of Harrietsham, and then another one and a half miles at Lenham take the road signposted to Doddington on the left. From Dover take the A2 towards Canterbury but continue towards Sittingbourne. After M2 junction continue through Faversham to the roundabout, continue straight over towards Sittingbourne, drive over the hill and then down other side and turn left at bottom, signed Newnham. Drive on this road for five miles (8Km) through Newnham and into the village of Doddington.
how this holiday makes a difference
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We are committed to providing excellent quality hostel accommodation whilst minimising the environmental impact of our activities. A symbol of this commitment is our membership of the Green Tourism Business Scheme. This scheme provides accreditation and encouragement for tourism businesses to reduce the environmental impact of their activities. By encouraging sustainable practices it ensures the continued enjoyment of the environment of England for future generations.
 We encourage all of our guests to recycle glass, metal and paper to make it easy we have small recycling bins in the kitchen. We have used mostly low energy lighting, thermostatic radiators, where possible exceeded the insulation requirements, and recently installed solar water heating and a "clean burn" log burning stove to burn waste wood from the farm, and we are already saving far more than £1,000 per year in fuel bills. Our fencing is made from locally coppiced chestnut and when it needs replacing the old fence can be burned on the wood burner to help heat the hostel. The planters around the patio are redundant potato bulk bins and are 30 years old they too can be burned at the end of their life. We are researching wind generation, ground source heat pumps, biodiesel and wood chips for heating the hostel. It may soon be possible to heat the hostel with vegetable oils produced either on the farm or locally; by 2008 we aim to be carbon neutral without having to plant a forest. The accommodation is in old converted farm buildings on our working arable and fruit farm in the Kent Downs. When we converted the buildingd we saved and re-used much of the original building materials. This is a working farm growing wheat, strawberries, Christmas trees, pumpkins and other vegetables for local sale, we have our own fully free range chickens and when we can find them enjoy some wonderful eggs with bright orange yolks, all of these are available to our guests in season. |
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