Bishopstone Fairy Glen (Herne Bay)

United Kingdom / England / Herne Bay
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Coordinates:   51°22'23"N   1°10'5"E

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  • For all of us who grew up in Beltinge / Bishopstone in the 60's & 70's this really is an iconic place. This is the site of the old Fairy Glen now long gone. If you have any old pictures of the Fairy Glen I would love to see them. Email me at ian.blanthorn@gmail.com Now in Sydney Australia.
  • I remember this with fondness....I had caravan here in the late 70's and remember the Glen. Would love to see some pictures.
  • I am from Romford in Essex and my family had a caravan in this park in the mid 1970 era. I remember this place with fondness. I would also like to see and old pictures.
  • Hi Cindy, good to see that you also have fond memories of the Fairy Glen, seems like a life time ago but my memories of the special people from this time will last forever.
  • I remember very clearly what the place was like, little bridges etc, was like a magical piece of land, very sad to hear its no longer there. We left UK in 1974 to come to New Zealand, sometimes I dream that I dreamt it. Glad to see by your comments here it wasn't just me.
  • I also have very fond memories of the Glen. As a child it seemed to be in the middle of nowhere, though was obviously not a great trek from the caravans we stayed in. Some of my earliest memories are of the place (about 1962-63). From the path above there was a retaining fence on which rested a long pipe or tube that you could put a coin in. This then slid or rolled down for the fairies, I think it ended up in one of their houses. You then made your wish. I spent an age there trying to spot a fairy I recall, encouraged by my nan who was a great believer in that kind of thing. You can see the woods that still remain approximately where the Glen was on google earth (at the end of Glenbervie Drive, Herne Bay). A great shame it has gone.
  • I have just added a couple of old postcards showing the Fairy Glen in all of it's glory...Enjoy!!
  • And the last photo from the mid 70's, Enjoy!!
  • I remember this too, used to walk with Nan from Reculver on the Cliff to Herne Bay, to get bread from The Mascot Bakery (still there, but the old lady is not alas she was about 70 then). Looking back the Fairy Glen kept us kids walking because after the Glen you was in Herne Bay. In them days remains of houses where on the cliffs and as I became a teenager they was gone
  • wow, my nan had a caravan on Kent's caravan site in the 60's and 70's and we used to walk past the Glen regularly as kids. I was beginning to think I'd imagined it. I also remember the Miramar pub. Great memories. Thanks for jogging them.
  • Malcolm, they were happy days back in the 60's / 70's - there is now no sign of where the Fairy Glen or indeed where the caravans stood...Do you remember the little shop at the top of the caravan site?
  • I do, my mum and dads caravan was just below it two vans away from the wooden bridge (i dont mean the fairy glen bridge) do you remember the owners 'bungalow' beside the shop? and the toilet and shower block? or am i going too far back!! Bert Westwood (who started in a burger van at the top van field) took over from the sweet old original owner whose name fails me, i know he moved to a bungalow a few doors from the mirimar, and i still pop up from London to the mascot bakery to buy their bread and sausage rolls
  • I remember the little shop had penny machines outside it was owned by a Mr Robinson who also had a daughter called Laurel
  • Im so glad i found this little snippett. We used to have caravan holidays nearby with all the family of my mothers side the Lawrences and i remember getting so excited about going to this magical kingdom called fairy glen. Oh it was many years ago! And i was beginning to think i had imagined it! Lol
  • I do remember it. I'm going to take a trip with my sister to see what's left of the 60s and 70s.Reculver Hillborough Beltinge, Not much, I shouldn't wonder! Hopefully Macaris ice cream parlour is still there in Herne Bay itself for a knickerbocker glory.
  • Sue, I have some pictures of the Fairy Glen, shame we can't post them on here.
  • Liz, like you I remember with fondness....I am in Australia now.
  • My family stayed at the caravan site in the late 50s, early 60s, for 13 years running always in a caravan called Brenda-Ann. I remember the site owner, Mr Robinson and the penny slot machines outside the little shop. I loved the walk through the glen to get to the wooden staircase that led to the beach and collecting shrimps and winkles in the rock pools, my mum cooked them and my dad and brother ate them. Happy, happy days.
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