Badgers Hill Farm & Cidery - Canterbury

Walker

Just the best garden centre we've ever visited! Lots to see, superb variety of plants and shrubs and the layout is very impressive. Including the prices. Has animals too. Very nice café, lots of seating, both inside and out.

Sara Montag

While staying in Canterbury for a long weekend, we decided to take a short afternoon trip to Chilham and stopped by Badger’s Hill Farm and Cidery, expecting a traditional farm experience. It turns out the name is a bit misleading—there isn’t an actual cidery here, and what you’ll find is more of a nursery than a working farm.

They do have a few animals on the property, such as goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys, and miniature ponies, but each is fenced separately. There’s no feeding allowed, and since the animals were busy eating when I visited, it wasn’t clear if interacting with them would be possible at other times. It felt a bit structured for what I envision a farm to be.

However, the grounds themselves are beautiful, featuring an impressive nursery filled with a variety of trees, flowers, and plants that add a serene and picturesque quality to the place. The highlight of the visit was the on-site restaurant, where I enjoyed a well-brewed coffee and some truly outstanding carrot cake—moist, flavorful, and just the right balance of sweetness.

It’s conveniently located, just a short walk from the train station or city centre, and easily accessible beginning on a pleasant walking path near St Mary’s. While it may not be the farm or cidery experience some might expect, it’s still a nice spot to explore if you’re looking for a peaceful afternoon surrounded by greenery.

Tracey Giles

A very cute and quintessential country cafe. The staff who, though were very busy, had time to be warm and friendly to us. We had soup, sandwiches, hot sausage rolls and coffees, that were all tasty. Yum! There are gifts to purchase and of course cider and plants. Definitely worth a visit in the gorgeous part of the UK😊

Sylvia Hook

What a lovely place to visit if you are looking for garden pots.What a selection of sizes and great prices! plants/ shrubs ,all in beautiful condition and very reasonable prices .Visited with grandchildren and there is an outdoor play area ,fenced in .Alongside there are goats ,chickens you can see everywhere .we stopped for a coffee in the very reasonably priced bar area and sat outside in one of the wooden pods .On site is a restaurant too .It was busy everywhere ,which is always a good sign .
The staff were happy ,friendly and the service was good
Would visit again 😁

Lynda Salvage

Beautiful place to visit. Loved the different sort of hen's etc just roaming around. The restaurant was great. Sat in one of there outdide huts to eat our breakfast 🥞 which was well worth the money.

steven johnson

On a perfect sunny day this place has lots to offer. You can freely look around the farm at the animals. There is a very well maintained children's play area. The choice of plants are of good variety. I visited for the first time today just intending to have a breakfast but ended up browsing around the whole area.
Anyway the breakfast was very nice and all the staff were very friendly. I had my breakfast outside knowing the chickens were roaming freely. I adore nature and this is a very nice setting. It truly deserves a 5 star rating. Thank you to all the staff for the friendly and well manored service. 👍

Georgina Perrin

Can't fault this garden centre, it has everything you could want for a good few hours out. Plants, animals and incredible food (including homemade chips!) not to forget how friendly the staff are and helpful too! Will definitely be returning for lunch again to try the sandwiches which look incredible 🍄🌻

The G Force

A great garden centre with cafe on site serving fabulous food. We enjoyed breakfast when we visited. A variety of animals on site that can be viewed.