Badgers Hill Farm Tea Room in Ashford

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.

Great place, well worth visiting.

Lovely place to spend an afternoon. Great food, service, dog friendly. Animals to see and beautiful garden plants.

A really good cafe and restaurant. The car park can be very muddy after wet weather and there isn't a baby changing room. Overall, it's worth a visit. My grandson loved the animals and the play area and I loved the plants and gifts too!

Fab garden centre with a farm and cafe! Lovely food stop for lunch

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 😁

Kids loved the animals, adults loved the food (all day breakfast!)

Drive way still very muddy. Otherwise great place for full breakfast 😋

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😊

Our lunch was tasty, but it was only served a half hour after ordering, and only after we had prompted a member of staff. Folks who came after us were served before us. There was no apology for the delay.

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.

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.

We visited there for lunch to celebrate a birthday. It was amazing and exceded our expectations. The food was excellent and set in comfortable surroundings. The staff in the cafe were so friendly and welcoming, we were made to feel totally at home. The garden centre, while not really my thing, was beautifully designed and laid out, leading up to a peaceful walk along side several animal enclosures. The animals are obviously very happy and well cared for. Altogether a lovely experience and one which we will definitely recommend and return to soon. Thanks to everyone who we met there and please don't change a thing.

Went to howletts.. This is up the road from there.. Lots to see.

Always enjoy walking around, a lot of modifications taking place as we speak (Sept 2024) so the garden center will certainly be more than double in size soon. Food is worth a try, we enjoy it every time we come

Lovely places to visit,amazing selection of plants at reasonable prices. Staff lovely. Had breakfast there , it wasn't particularly busy, lots of staff but still waited over half an hour for it. It was ok.

Had an excellent breakfast and coffee here this week with friends. Great service and food. Super garden centre to wander around. Always lovely to see the animals as well.

I had the best ploughman's for lunch...I'm really fussy and this was perfect couldn't complain about none of it...lovely place kids love it....and nice cider too

Food is amazing. Only been twice both times very busy. Ham is home made and lovely. Service is quick even when they are busy and despite being rushed o ff their feet the staff were friendly, very efficient and lovely. The chips are made made from scratch, not frozen, and the best. The hens walking about I loved.

Lovely place to visit, great fresh home made cakes, staff friendly

Always love a visit here, a great place with great staff

A great place to visit if you're buying plants, shrubs and trees for the garden. Knowledgeable, friendly staff and additional facilities including cafe and animal enclosures to interest kids and adults alike.

Food was lovely better than pub grub x

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.

Great food and drinks in the cafe. Lovely farm animals but disappointed that the Maras and Rheas have gone The kids had a great time in the new play park and we all had a good time

Delightful place, great food and coffee. Staff always excellent.

It is a very nice and welcoming place, surrounded by nature. The staff is friendly and very cheerful, the food is good, there is a fair value for money.

Garden centre with farmyard animals (Goats, pigs 🐖, donkeys 🫏, Shetland ponies and horses 🐎)

What a super place for families. Chickens free ranging round the plant nursery and outdoor eating areas. Interesting plants and containers for sale. Picnic tables in a mown paddock with adjacent individual picnic huts- to confound the eternal drizzle of this summer- and a super outdoor play area for littlies. Pretty outdoor eating area by cafe as well as snug sofas inside for chillier days or sun avoidance. My Americano had body and flavour to it and was hot but not blisteringly so. My husband's standard hot chocolate was perfect too. We were early in the day and the staff were friendly and pleasant. What a gem of a place!

Amazing staff so friendly. Atmosphere is great good amount of things to do and cafe prices very reasonable for freshly made goods.

Fantastic little place lovely food nice garden centre to walk round and a great cuppa loved the chickens wondering around.

Very nice scones and a good cup of tea, it was wet so the indoor section of the cafe was very busy and chaotic. The car parking is ok but quite bumpy.

Wonderful place, animals to pet,play park, great food locally sourced. The garden is the best independent that I have been to. Great quality plants well looked after. Website doesn't do it justice, photos need updating. All staff very friendly and experts in thier field.

I haven't been here for ages but I am so glad I did! The food and drinks were amazing. Very friendly and helpful staff.

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. 👍

Good food and good range of plants

First time here for breakfast. Loved it, wholesome food, and delicious 😋

A great family place to visit. Thanks Jo

Tin toilets need some attention. Ladies has 2 ,one was blocked ..no soap or paper . Needs to be better,as an eating establishment and more hygienic for all concerned 😟

Lovely clean cafe with friendly service. We had the 3 cheese ploughman's which was huge!

Excellent place for Children and adults.. garden centre is very reasonably priced.

Great place lovely food. Carpark needs some attention and maybe the should be closed gate between play area and carpark. The kids had a great time for 4hrs

Had a great breakfast on the verandah with the chickens which was great. Fantastic service from the Asst. Manager on the tills to the ladies serving. The garden centre was good also, huge selection of plants at good prices compared to the big boys. Keep it local.. Will definitely return.

Lovely little place, it is a little all over the place at the moment but lots under construction, so that is likely why. We ate there. The food was OK, but I think a little overpriced for what seemed to be a pretty generic burger. The chips were good though, I have to say, and the gardens where you ate were nice so I would certainly go back. However if I each again I'll try something different. One thing that was odd was the waiting staff carried the condiments with them, so when I opened the mayonnaise it was like running water, maybe not a good idea on a hot day.

Lovely place we came across when driving to Chilham Castle..well worth a visit.

Great staff great prices great garden centre

Lovely food on our most recent visit. Really enjoyable breakfast. Visited over the Bank Holiday, really busy and a bit of a wait but still well worth it.

Food adequate. First class coffee

Always enjoy having brunch here. Great food, good portion size, quick service and can have a nice walk round the garden centre etc afterwards. Plenty of parking.

Nice place to take kids and have a cappuccino and cake.

A really great treasure trove of a nursery. Masses of plants & coffee shop on site

Crazy busy and a long wait for food, but it's worth the wait. Had jacket potato with Coronation chicken, had a lovely side salad too. Loads of chickens strutting about and a lovely kiddies play area.

This is a cute little garden centre with free roaming chickens! There is a cafe restaurant, which is reasonably priced (and also sells chicken feed) there is a climbing frame play area with swings and slides and you can walk over to visit the other animals as well including sheep, pigs, goats, donkeys and ponies. My daughter and I loved this place and had a fun time looking at the animals and eating cakes in the cafe. Highly recommend for taking little ones out for an hour or so.

Lovely place and staff who are always nice and food has always been good only warning is if been raining the carpark is mud due to no gravel

Excellent restaurant. Staff very friendly. Good food & reasonably priced. Great place take young children see animals & play area.

Went for lunch food was great, nice walk around the animals and garden centre after but the car park is awful lots of potholes and very muddy

Lovely cafe, serves big portions and a great place to take the family.

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 🍄🌻

I’ve visited Badgers Hill three times since Easter now after moving to Chartham and have fallen in love with the place! The food is amazing and you can tell it’s all homemade and locally sourced. The only grumble I have is I wish the portion sizes were bigger but that’s only because I’m greedy! Great place to bring your family to.

Great breakfast and delightful staff. Perfect start to the day 👌

Nice people, fairly cheap plants and great food and drink. Highly recommended 👌

Animals were lovely, coffee and cake was lovely! Shame the car park and entrance road are bad!

The new owners have created a magical space with loads of wonderful plants and friendly & knowledgeable staff. Fantastic food and amazing kids playground .

Absolutely amazing afternoon tea for mothers day, everyone loved it. Will definitely be back again. The animals were fab and the garden center was lovely 😍

Badger's Hill is my absolute favourite place to visit. The food in the cafe is delicious, the staff are always polite and friendly, I adore the pigs, chickens, sheep, donkeys and more, and there's a lovely new play structure with lots of space for children to run around and play. The garden centre is very nice too with plants and garden ornaments.

Food was very good. Service was great and all staff polite and friendly. Car park needs attention but it's winter and very wet. Will be back

Please can you sort out the car park …

A lovely little farm and tearoom/ restaurant. It made my day to see the pigs who are extremely affectionate! Staff are very friendly in the restaurant too and the food is very good value.

The car park is terrible. Full of holes and resembling a ploughed field. People are even parking on the grass verge outside the premises, so that will get ruined now. Avoid during wet weather!

A better car park would be better

It is a lovely place. Good tea room, nice food, great plants but and it's a big but, the car park was horrendous! It's like a 4x4 track, big lumps and mud, lots of mud! My 80 year old dad got his car stuck! In the dry I would be worried about taking the bottom of the car out, in the wet you cant drive. I wont be going back!!

Food was nice and well priced. Car park is a mess though. More like a quagmire to be honest

Went for the afternoon tea on Valentine's day, and it was superb. The food was homemade and delicious. The staff were excellent in their attention to us. Would recommend to all.

Lovely walk... if it's been raining then you will need good boots!

Told they did a good breakfast, so took a drive out to ßee for ourselves. We'll worth it - lovely breakfast, clean establishment, friendly staff who clear and clean the tables as soon as they are vacated. Would highly recommend this place. Downside - lots of rain, so car park a little muddy.

Good location but the car park resembles a scene from WW1 trench warfare, it's not their fault but due to the fact that it's unmade the ruts and puddles make it pretty frightening for wheelchair users, or in my case power trolley users! Good team behind the counter, very helpful offering teas and coffee as well as light snacks and breakfasts! Seating inside and out, chickens wander around your feet pecking at crumbs from the tables! Great place to bring children although now more of a garden centre than what used to be a petting zoo! Loo's are in a portacabin!

We had such a lovely afternoon at badger hill farm for afternoon tea. The food was delicious, and the staff were so friendly and helpful.

Went for breakfast which was good & reasonably priced. The car parking is just on grass/dirt which gets very muddy after rain.

Excellent local cafe/ restaurant/ garden centre and farm, lots to offer very friendly staff plenty of selection and reasonable prices, Can't fault this place apart from the carpark was quite muddy when I visited, but guess this can be expected at the time of year

Great place to take children, love the cafe, animals and the garden centre. Some animal areas appear to have been closed but will have to see how they keep updating the place as seems a lot of changes are underway.

Since being taken on by new owners and renovated Badgers Hill is great. A really cosy and high quality cafe and a great garden centre. We have bought our Christmas tree there for the last two years, great quality and reasonably priced.

Delicious food, well priced, in a cosy setting with friendly staff. We had the best bacon bap for breakfast - it is how bacon should be imo. Staff were really lovely and left a happy birthday note for my boyfriend. We had a little walk around the garden centre and it has a lot to offer. There are some adorable hens running around and we saw some geese and ducks too. Worth a stop if you're in the area.

Muddy. This place is great but ...wow... the car park needs some wildebeest, antelopes and hippos to enjoy all the mud and.puddles..... really messes up your shoes or boots

Having just moved into the premises, the owners are making a grand job, definitely worth a visit, good advise ane lovely plants.

Badgers hill used to be great, but after meeting up with my friend we found it to be an awful experience. The car park is full of pot holes that have got worse over the years. I had no choice but to go through a gigantic one near the exit. It was full up with rain and my car got stuck in the middle of it. As I could not proceed I had to reverse. The only option was to go as far right as possible. As I did my passenger side w rubbed up against a tree stump that was not visible to me due to the heavy rain. I only knew what it was because my friend saw what happened. I won't be returning even in dry weather because those bad deep pot holes can ruin your tyres and worse.

This time, we had lunch. Excellent food. Jacket potato ++. Enormous, well presented, and delicious. Service good, so was coffee. Hopefully, when the planned renovations, etc, are completed, the toilets will be upgraded accordingly. Well worth a stop for lunch.

Really busy cafe (nice food) and garden centre. Animals for the kids to see. Picnic field with small play park too. However I would avoid on very wet days as the day I went the car park was an absolute mud bath and it was difficult to get to cafe and garden centre without walking through it.

Lovely little farm shop and garden centre with nice food,friendly staff who are also good with kids. Play area for the kids as well as a few animals. Make sure you take your wellies if it's been raining as the car park gets a bit muddy.

Fantastic food and decent play area for kids. Great garden centre with plenty of choice.

Such a friendly place, with lovely food

Lovely cafe with abundant outdoor space and a large kids play area

I love this little garden centre. Usually the food is very good, but on this visit I was disappointed. I had a gammon sandwich. The gammon was way too thick and dry and with doorstep bread it just wasn't very nice, but I would still go again, just not have the gammon sandwich 😄

Beautiful little spot friendly staff lovely food no cheap food and animals on site

Friendly and efficient nursery, great little cafe where dogs are welcome.

Excellent for food and for families great play area, animals and more

Beautiful place the food is always top notch lovely new play area

Sadly bought two azalea plants for over £300 in June this year and they were planted by an employee of the centre who recommended him to me. One is beautiful and one is clearly dying, both treated the same way. They tell me they had had the plants for over a year and they were fine when they left them and one of the plants has been shocked, maybe being replanted shocked one of the plants. They do not replace plants and offered me , as a gesture of goodwill £40! This is the only nursery in the area as far as I know who do not replace plants which die within the year! I lost a small tree from Canterbury Nursery at Herne after eighteen months, planted by my gardener and it was replaced without any query. BEWARE IF BUYING FROM THIS NURSERY, I DID NOT ACCEPT THE MONEY AND THEY DID NOT OFFER A PLANT IN ITS PLACE. ALSO BEWARE OF THE LADY MANAGER VERY VERY AGGRESSIVE AND UNHELPFUL, IN FACT DOWNRIGHT RUDE. THIS WITNESSED BY TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH ME. The ladies in the restaurant and the food are excellent but forget the nursery plants.

A small centre where u can buy plants, can't call it a garden centre as there's nothing else to buy. Lovely cafe, food lovely and fresh but u get the impression they are trying to be a restaurant which they aren't really. Tables too were really sticky and not wiped properly.

Had a great day,the kids loved it,would definitely recommend 😁

Fantastic little farm shop with fresh coffee and local ciders. Staff are super friendly and there are chickens roaming freely around which are great to watch. We didn’t visit the garden centre side but it was certainly busy which is a good sign!