Betteshanger Park
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Dover, Kent
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 8am
🌳 Outdoor3–55–88–1212–16School holiday activitiesBirthday parties🆓 Free entryMemberships available🛝 PlaygroundAdventure play🌲 WoodlandEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Barrier-less ANPR car park. Tariff: up to 1hr £2.50, 1-2hrs £3.50, 2-3hrs £4.50, 3+hrs £5.50. Blue Badge holders free with registration at reception. Pay at kiosks before leaving.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Betteshanger Park (Betteshanger Country Park) is a vibrant outdoor destination on the site of a former colliery near Deal, Kent. Open 7 days a week, the park offers something for the whole family all year round: cycling trails and mountain bike tracks, a play area for children aged 2-12, the Boonies outdoor obstacle course, archery, fossil hunting and orienteering. Visitors can also discover the local heritage at the on-site Mining Museum or follow the Collier's Way trail. The Lamp Room restaurant is open at weekends, bank holidays and throughout school holidays. Entry on foot or by bicycle is free; paid car parking operates via ANPR.
Park open all year round. Restaurant and cycle hire/bike tracks open 7 days a week throughout school holidays.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Waterproof jacket
- Sun cream
- Spare outfit
- Torch
- Travel sickness bands
- Hair bobbles
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