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Leeds Castle

(Kent)

Near Maidstone

Enjoy 250m long zip wires with great views of the beautiful countryside and North Downs.

You won’t leave our tree top adventure at Leeds Castle disappointed. With zip wires 20 metres above the forest floor and 250 metres in length, every Gorilla will enjoy a piece of the outdoor adventure here.

Enjoy one of Kent’s best days out with breathtaking views of the beautiful area surrounding Leeds Castle, and a course that will get the hairs on the back of neck bristling.

Just a couple of minutes from the motorway, Leeds Castle, “the loveliest castle in the world“, is enough of a reason to visit. With peacocks roaming and sheep wandering, you really will feel like you’ve got away from it all!

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Get out and about this season

Simply  'check availability' for exact details of Leeds Castle's opening hours.

Times will vary on daylight hours…some adventures even open at 08:00 in the summer for those early birds!

Below is a snapshot of when our forest doors open…

We're open from February to November, but we close our forest doors during December and January (...it gets a little chilly and we like to maintain our adventures so they're all ready to go in 2012).

Weekends in February and March

Plus we're open throughout February half term - that's the 13th - 17th February.

23trd March – 30th October daily.

Closed Tuesday (during term time).

Weekends only throughout November.

If you have booked Go Ape between 8:30am and 9:30am please wait at the main entrance & a member of staff will let you in as gates do not open until 10am.

Course stats

Check out these crazy stats for Leeds Castle!

  • Number of sections 5
  • Longest Zip Wire 250 metres
  • Longest Crossing 25 metres
  • Total Length 775 metres
  • Number of Crossings 38
  • Highest Point 12 metres

The team at Leeds Castle

The Address

Go Ape! Leeds Castle
Maidstone
Kent
ME17

Get directions

By car

Follow the brown signs to Leeds Castle from J8 of the M20. There are several entrances to the castle grounds. Go Ape customers should come in through the main gates on Penfold Hill on the B2163 rather than using the Broomfield Entrance. Just come through the main entrance, park in the gardens and you'll see us.

Please follow these directions and not the postcode to Leeds Castle as this will take you to the wrong entrance.

If you have booked Go Ape between 8:30am and 9:30am please wait at the main entrance & a member of staff will let you in as gates do not open until 10am.

Due to the rural nature of our locations, postcodes are not always accurate when using satellite navigation. Please always check the route it has given you before setting off, and cross reference with a map.

By train

Hollingborne station (...about a 25 minute walk). Exit the station on to Eyhorne street and continue to the A20 Ashford Road. Go left at the first roundabout and right at the second and follow the brown signs to the main entrance on Penfold Hill. Walk through the car park to the top right where the black cabin is.
Bearsted station. At the station catch the shuttle bus to Leeds castle. We advise that you check times of the shuttle and/or pre-book to ensure you arrive on time.

By bus

A service operates from London Victoria Coach Station, stopping at various pickup points in South London, before arriving. Visit National Express for more information.

Staying Over

Need a place to crash?
Our friends below (excuse the pun) come highly recommended from the tree-tops...

The Dog and Bear

Palace Farm

Local Area

Some nearby places which may be of interest:

While you're here why don't you make a day of it.

There's obviously Leeds Castle itself.

If you have booked Go Ape between 8:30am and 9:30am please wait at the main entrance & a member of staff will let you in as gates do not open until 10am.

With 500 acres of parkland why not take a stroll and appreciate the beautiful scenery?

 
Rated 5 Bananas Daniel 22 February 2012
The Zip lines were the stand out point of the experience, but i swinging ropes into the cargo nets came a close second and may have edge the zip lines out if there were a few more.
Rated 4 Bananas Andrew 21 February 2012
Liked the long zip lines and the Tarzan swings. Bit worried about the extent to which the harness made my package bulge out though. Great, professional staff - friendly but also helpful.
Rated 4 Bananas Jacqueline 21 February 2012
i think you could do discount for big group bookings.
Rated 4 Bananas Carol 21 February 2012
Very good day. The limiting factor with children is the need for adults over 18 years to supervise the younger children. Of course I understand the need for this and realise that an adult can only safely look after 2 children, but it is costly paying for adults to take the children around. A difficult dilemma. I would have perhaps brought more children along if I didn't have to pay for another adult to come along to supervise.
Rated 5 Bananas Maxine 21 February 2012
i took my 2 sons aged 13 and 16 this was there first time and they absolutely loved it. it was awkward for me with my 13 year old as he kept wanting to move further on than 1 crossing but when he got used to the idea it was ok, this urged me to get along. last time i went we were in a lrger group and was last leaving and the hanging around on the platforms was annoying but this time we went first and was much better.
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GORILLAS
18 years +
 £30
BABOONS
10 - 17 years
Over 1.4m £20
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