More about Connetts Farm (the location)

Connetts Farm is a 115 acre (47 Hectare) working farm, and is situated in a coastal position giving cliff top views over the Thames Estuary. There are horses on the farm with hay and cereal crops being grown. There is also a small area of young woodland. Each year, some areas of the farm are left to grow wild for the benefit of wildlife. For visits to London (50 miles), Canterbury (30 miles), Rochester (20 Miles) & Maidstone (20 miles), there are good road links to the motorway system with a new bridge linking us to the mainland. There is also a mainline railway from Sittingbourne (10 miles) to the centre of London with a connecting line from Sheerness. The nearest town is Sheerness (6 miles) where there is a selection of shops & good supermarkets, an indoor swimming pool and sports complex. There is a beach at Sheerness, & a Naturist beach at Shellness (5 miles). For bird watching, you may wish to visit the R.S.P.B. reserve at nearby Elmley where many species of birds may be seen, both common and rare. Among those found on the reserve are populations of Harriers, Golden Plover, Short-Eared Owls, Avocet, Egret, Heron, Green Plover and at dawn and dusk spectacular amounts of wildfowl.