Leybourne Lakes Country Park

Nice country park, good routes to fill your time and make the most of travelling there. Parking was easy enough (used auto park app not Ringo) and the cafe is worth a stop at the end for a hot drink somewhere clean!

Our first time visiting and we had a lovely time. Lovely large car park. The play area wasn't too far from the car park. Good range of play equipment in the play park for younger and older kids. Picnic benches inside the middle of the play park and benches. Just outside the play park were some wooden play animals. Haven't been on a proper walk yet but looking forward to a revisit.

Ran here whilst visiting family. It's 1.5 miles around the lake and the park run is held here weekly which is twice round. Fairly flat, trail but some uneven surfaces and tree routes.

Makes for great running and a nice walk.

The watersports cafe serves nice coffee.

Beautiful place. Lovely areas for walking your dogs. Some great changes since our last visit. New cafe area with toilet facilities. My only issue would be not enough outdoor seating. It's a great place for children, a lovely playground. Car parking is nice and easy, not expensive. Well worth a visit.

Stopped off on our way back from France to give our dogs a short walk and swim. Park isn’t huge but it’s Clean and well maintained. Small inlets for dogs to have a swim. Lovely cafe with fantastic views of the lake. Paid parking available. Will stop here again.

Absolutely loved it here, such a great place to visit. There is a lovely cafe which dogs are allowed inside. There's the water sports centre which looks cool. The main lake walk took us about 45 minutes and the path is pretty flat. Parking was convenient and you can use RingGo. There's also a play area. Looking forward to visiting again.

What a fabulous park to visit.
There is a nice cafeteria, public toilets, beautiful lakes and many birds and other animals.
We can hear the birds singing and just allowing us to enjoy and relax in this fantastic place.
Highly recommended!

Lovely walk with toilets and a place to get cake and coffee! Toddler friendly park !

I saw someone go to fishing, Very nice country side lakes to have a walk!

Visited this country park a few times and it's a really great place to visit. I have fed the ducks, cycled and walked around here on different visits. This particular visit was on 14.12.22 when it snowed! It looks even more beautiful than it usually does. It's a great place to come and get a bit of fresh air. Good for children too as there's a playground. Great place to walk dogs.

Would recommend visiting here!

My favourite place to come for a long walk and chill out
Lovely views too and so peaceful, lots to explore

Absolutely in love with this place!
Surprisingly, was passing by on the way to work every single day and didn't know about this awesome place until yesterday.

Good size pay & display parking with reasonable prices: up to 4 hours £1.40, which gives plenty of time to explore different trails and enjoy the surrounding beautiful lakes with swans and ducks and wildlife.
If you would like to stay longer there, over 4 hours is £4.
If you didn't come back before gates are shut, you have to wait until next morning when park will be open again (7:30 am) to retrieve your car. So, make sure, you are not late! At the moment it is open until 9:00 pm, but soon will change to 8:30 pm.

Season parking ticket £40 a year. Not bad I would say if you are local or living near by.

The area quite big, so your kids and dogs will love it!

Lots of benches everywhere and playground for kids, children's play area includes an
adventure trail, cargo net, monkey bars and a smaller play unit for the younger ones. There is also seating and picnic
benches in and near the play area too!
The play area is located near the Ocean Lake.

There is also the cafe, also near Ocean Lake .
Refreshments are available every weekend, bank holiday and school holiday's (weather permitting).
Serving freshly cooked hot or cold food, drinks and variety of snacks, ice creams, bird seed for the ducks andeven treats for the dogs!

But that is not all! We have found out that Leybourne Lakes offers a wide range of water sports too via Watersport Centre.
Activities include: stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, scuba diving, small paddle boats, open water swimming and wind surfing.
They also host Aquathons and Sprint Series triathlon events via Ocean Lake Tri Club.

If you like walking, there are every Tuesday and Thursday one hour healthy walks through variety different routes around the country park organised too!

Lots too consider I would say! :)

Pleased we have found this place, apparently , 230 acres still to discover(!) and definitely recommend it!

Great place to spend some time with your family,friends and dogs in the nature by the lakes. Kids always exited to see dosens of wild rabbits and squirrels close to them. Also ducks and swans. Plenty picnic areas. Playground for kids. All paths are clean and nice. Loads of parking space. £4 for parking for a whole day.

Came for a dog walk as wanted somewhere with no mud! Lovely lakes and really nice cafe. Gemma in the cafe was lovely, she couldn’t have been anymore friendly and welcoming. Great coffee too. Will definitely be back!

I’m only going to talk about the Parkrun as that was what I was there for. First off the parking was straightforward, there is also an overspill car park which was more or less empty. I don’t think you can pay there but it’s a short walk.

That brings me to cost, it’s quite reasonable but beware the machine will default to a longer stay if you’re only doing the Parkrun. There is an app option but not necessary. I paid £3 but was staying to the end.

The cafe and toilet facilities are right next to the start but expect to queue for a few minutes.

The run itself was well run by all the volunteers, plenty of marshals and barcode scanners. Nice view of the lakes as you run. It’s all flat, on paths and a big chunk is shaded for those hot mornings whenever they come back! This looks like a nice PB setter.

Some pics from the short walk rather than the run as my phone was being used for barcode scanning.

Stunning wildlife, beautiful open water with three interconnected lakes. Beautiful walks around them. Wildflowers wherever you glance.

Superb place for water sports, also!

Has some decent food from a little food truck, which can be pricey but decent quality.

Worth an afternoon out.

Parking is cheap lots of wildlife to see, the pictures of the dragon fly was from the car when we parked up.

Nice walks and play ground but could do with some shady areas for when it's hot.

Water sports to do/ hire

Burger bar it's expensive

Good place near Maidstone. Especially if you do not wish to drive far away from town centre. Not very suitable for people with child in a pram, would be great if there was a specially designed pathway. But apart from that it is a great place.

I never thought this place would be litterless. This is a beautiful place

Leybourne Lakes is a beautiful spot with lovely scenery. You can enjoy a great day out with family, friends, dog walking or if you just fancy going for a walk. There is toilet facilities and a takeaway van which does a variety of hot food.