We were thrilled to receive free tickets to Kent Life to experience their Christmas offering this year, in exchange for a review, so read on for more information! Please note that we’re passionate about providing honest reviews for families.
We’re spoiled in Kent and the surrounding areas for some fantastic Christmas Grottos and festive events, one of which is at Kent Life Heritage Farm in Maidstone. We’ve been to Kent Life a couple of times before and always loved it, but this was our first festive visit.
At any time of year, the farm is stooped in history, originally the Museum of Kent it was a working heritage farm celebrating everything Kentish. It features a ‘Vintage Village’, gardens and a host of livestock throughout.
During their festive extravaganza you can find all sorts of Christmas activities throughout the farm.
From putting together your own reindeer food bag (essential for fuelling Santa’s reindeer), building a teddy bear, attending an awesome live show and not forgetting the brilliant Gingerbread decorating.
You can also take a leisurely trip on the ‘Jingle Express’ around the farm and then finish off by visiting the Candy Cane Cottage Sweet Shop for a wonderful selection of amazing candy canes!
The big event though is of course getting to meet the big man himself… The grotto looked stunning inside and our 5 year old was in awe and in full Christmas excitement mode!
Santa was fantastic with both our youngest son and our reluctant 13 year old, who it was decided would try and enjoy himself for the sake of said 5 year old.
We’ve experienced lots of Santa’s over the years (even though there’s obviously only one!) and I’m pleased to say he was on good form. The visit included a trip to the elves workshop for a free gift and there were lots of really great options available.
We finished off with a visit to Dotty’s tea room for a hot drink and a snack. Festive food and drink (including mulled wine and mince pies) was also 
available at the ‘Snow Inn’, but this was pretty busy when we visited. We typically attended on a day when the weather was horrible (even the elves were wearing rain covers!) and I think most visitors were taking a brief break from the cold and the rain.
Kent life is great regardless of the weather though.
The Christmas experience is running until the 24th November and if you haven’t visited Santa yet or are looking for Christmassy day out in the coming weeks, do pay them a visit
