The Hop Farm
The Hop Farm offers a unique corporate venue right in the heart of the Kent countryside.
With 500 acres of land, the event ideas for The Hop Farm are only limited by imagination. There are plenty of flat event fields, but The Hop Farm also offers woodland area, river frontage, touring facilities and an off road driving course plus a toilet and shower block.
With a large banked arena, The Hop Farm is ideal for spectator sports such as tank driving, hovercraft and all types of motorised activities, alongside its natural persuasion towards country pursuits such as clay pigeon shooting and gun dogs. Onsite car parking for more than 1000 cars.
For weddings, complete ceremony and reception or reception only packages are available. Whatever your taste or budget, The Hop Farm is the perfect wedding venue. Civil partnerships, civil ceremonies, renewal of vows and services from all denominations are welcome at The Hop Farm. Why travel from a church to the reception venue when you can hold your ceremony on site as well? Your Kentish wedding is the most important day of your life and we will ensure that it is memorable and that your guests and the bridal party are looked after. As an added extra, we can offer a ride in our Shire horse drawn carriage to transport the bride and groom to the door of the venue.
We have a wide selection of converted Oast houses and lots of outdoor space for a marquee which can be tailored to suit the bridal party’s requirements. In summer, an outdoor wedding in the Garden Gazebo will be a very memorable and beautiful experience. We also have a large barn area suitable for large wedding receptions and multiple connecting rooms can be hired to enable a separate dining area, informal drinks area and a dance floor. We provide a comprehensive selection of catering and can offer a wide range of menus to suit every budget and dietary requirements.
If you are planning a meeting, product launch, exhibition, seminar, staff training day or other corporate event and need a suitable venue, then come and look at what The Hop Farm has to offer. We have exquisite, historic facilities for corporate hospitality, company dinner dances and family fun days.
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Get my Free Venue ShortlistThe Hop Farm is also popular for team building days and outdoor activities. Our corporate events team will be happy to put together a suitable itinerary for you. A team building day helps your team to work together better, builds confidence and helps build trust using a number of popular activities.
Our converted Oast Houses, Barn and Marquee provide space for every type and size of corporate event from a handful of delegates to a few hundred delegates. Full audio visual set up can be organised for conferences and meetings.
For your catering requirements, we can provide everything from light refreshments to full three course lunches.
We work with a pool of highly trained facilitators to deliver dynamic team development and management training courses. The facilitation and activities we provide can help your company move forward.
Room Information
The Hop Farm has 5 rooms. The largest, The Land, holds up to 500 guests seated.
- Whites Banqueting Suite30-150 seated250 standing
- The Roundels10-30 seated40 standing
- The Dray200-350 seated450 standing
- The Land500 acres seated
- Marquee300 seated300 standing
Travel Information
Beltring (about 16 min walk)
Getting to The Hop Farm by public transport
In Tonbridge, Kent, The Hop Farm is about 16 minutes' walk from Beltring (train). Walking times are estimates.
Getting to The Hop Farm by car
For sat nav, use the postcode TN12 6PY.
Getting to The Hop Farm by air
The nearest major airports are Gatwick (about 25 miles away) and London City (about 26 miles away). Distances are in a straight line, so the road journey will be longer.
The Hop Farm for corporate days, weddings and open-air events in Kent
Set in the Kent countryside, The Hop Farm covers 500 acres of flat event fields, woodland and river frontage, with an off road driving course, touring facilities and a toilet and shower block.
Arena days and country pursuits
A large banked arena suits spectator sports such as tank driving and hovercraft, and clay pigeon shooting and gun dogs sit naturally with the setting.
A marquee, a gazebo and the Dray
The Dray seats 200 to 350 and takes 450 standing, and a marquee holds 300. In summer the Garden Gazebo hosts outdoor weddings, so warm-weather parties in open fields have room beside the marquee.
Whites Banqueting Suite and the Oast houses
Whites Banqueting Suite seats 30 to 150 and takes 250 standing, while the Roundels take 10 to 30. Converted Oast houses and a large barn add connecting rooms, so a separate dining area, informal drinks area and dance floor sit side by side, well placed for dinner dances and award evenings. Catering covers a wide range of menus to suit every budget and dietary requirement.
Meetings, launches and seminars
Meetings, product launches, exhibitions, seminars and staff training days all find a home, along with corporate hospitality and family fun days in historic facilities. They also work for networking with countryside views and room for the whole group.
A Shire horse carriage for weddings
Ceremony and reception or reception-only packages are available, and a Shire horse drawn carriage can take the bride and groom to the door. Onsite car parking covers more than 1000 cars.
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