Kent Life

There’s so much new to do at Kent’s premier heritage farm attraction in 2010. There’s 28 acres of fun which gives you and your family the opportunity to paint a pot, take a ride on the junior electric quad bikes, or take in the piglet football. Couple this with the indoor play barn, the outdoor play area with loads of hands-on experiences and the animal cuddle corner, and Kent Life offers you and all your family fun that you’ll remember!

Tucked away on the outskirts of Maidstone just off junction six of the M20, Kent Life has offered family fun for over 20 years, with a farmyard of animals including sheep, cows, pigs, horses, rabbits, goats, ducks, chickens and lambs, a picnic area, gardens, an aviary, numerous historic buildings and a nature trail amongst other things, all occupying this hidden gem. There’s so much to do at Kent Life with year round events and activities adding even greater family experiences!

Old favourites like boat trips, tractor rides, dressing up and stilt walking are combined with fantastic new elements including a bespoke outdoor Adventure Play area complete with Oast house climbing tower & ‘cowl’, an indoor Play Barn for all-weather appeal, a hands-on Cuddle Corner where visitors can meet the friendly farm animals, some donkey rides, piglet racing (and piglet football), a ferret enclosure and much more!

Events & activities entertain visitors all year round especially during holidays and weekends, such as seasonal bottle feeding the lambs and sheep shearing demonstrations, ferret and piglet racing.

The historical essence of the site remains, with a range of period-dressed historic buildings from around the region that have been saved and rebuilt piece-by-piece on site. Kent Life is also one of the few places in Britain where hops are grown, harvested, dried and packed in the magnificent Oast house by hand, using only traditional techniques, a process that is celebrated every September at the popular Beer and Hop Festival.

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There are many opportunities for group and/or private hire from business meetings and functions to weddings and children's birthday parties, with a myriad of additional tours, workshops and demonstrations, tailored to suit, including stained glass, pottery, blacksmithing, bee keeping, gardening, and Victorian and War time themed activities.