Opening Dates

All year round

What makes this great accommodation for School groups?

Kench Hill Centre is a former ILEA study centre now operated by Kench Hill Charity on behalf of London Borough of Hackney. It is run by experienced staff and offers high quality facilities and activities for excellent value.

Property Description

Kench Hill is an elegant, but homely, grade II-listed Georgian manor house set in tranquil gardens, surrounded by beautiful Kentish farmland in close proximity to the coast.

Disabled facilities:

Wheelchair accommodation available for up to 3 people, all communal areas are fully accessible.

Catering:

A range of flexible options are available, from self-catered to a fully catered home-cooked 'Healthy Schools' standard service using local and home-grown produce.

Kitchen:

Newly refurbished, fully equipped catering kitchen, dishwashing area with tea and coffee-making facilities.

Dining Room:

Seats up to 40.

Bedrooms:

7 shared bunk-rooms (2-8 beds) plus 4 single staff bedrooms over 2 floors, enabling boys and girls to be separated.

Linen:

Bedlinens are provided.

Bathrooms:

2 separate boys/girls washrooms (3 x WC's and 3 x showers on each floor) plus separate staff bathrooms/WC's. Newly fitted WC's on ground floor and wheelchair accessible shower.

Sitting room:

Large comfortable lounge with piano and video/DVD. Small lounge for visiting staff with TV, small fridge.

Meeting room:

'The Barn' workshop/classroom seats up to 40.

Games room:

Games hut adjacent to main building with table tennis, table football.

Projector etc:

Slide projector, OHP, flipchart, projector screens. TV in lounge has digital interface for use with video/camera/laptop etc.

TV and Music Facilities:

Wide screen in large lounge, music system in lounges and 'The Barn'.

Internet:

Internet access via network points in lounges, for connection to laptops etc. Limited wireless access.

Heating:

Oil-fired central heating in main building, additional heaters in staff bedrooms. 'The Barn' has electric storage heating.

Outdoor Facilities:

2 acres of gardens with large ponds, football field, rope trail. Swings, floodlit hard court games area. New kitchen garden with polytunnel, raised growing beds. Picnic benches, chickens, orchard.

Swimming Pool:

No (public leisure pool 1.5 miles away).

Parking:

Yes, for up to 10 cars. Accessible by coaches.

Activities available on and off site:

Orienteering, shelter-building, cookery, gardening, nature study, environmental art, investigative science, history.
Trips to beach (Camber Sands), castles (eg Bodiam), Rare Breeds Centre, local villages, woodlands, museums etc. Local walks.