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PALACE FARM HOSTEL & CAMPSITE DODDINGTON, NEAR FAVERSHAM, KENT Bed and Breakfast accommodation, hostel style, quiet camping for tents only. Phone:- 01795 886200 Email:- info@palacefarm.com |
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| At Palace Farm we are committed to providing excellent quality hostel accommodation whilst minimising the environmental impact of our activities. A symbol of this commitment is our membership of the Green Tourism Business Scheme. This scheme provides accreditation and encouragement for tourism businesses to reduce the environmental impact of their activities. By encouraging sustainable practices it ensures the continued enjoyment of the environment of England for future generations. |  |
"We encourage all of our guests to recycle glass, metal and paper to make it easy we have small recycling bins in the kitchen.
 | "We have used mostly low energy lighting, thermostatic radiators, where possible exceeded the insulation requirements, and recently installed solar water heating and a "clean burn" log burning stove to burn waste wood from the farm, and we are already saving far more than £1,000 per year in fuel bills. |
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| Our fencing is made from locally coppiced chestnut and when it needs replacing the old fence can be burned on the wood burner to help heat the hostel. The planters around the patio are redundant potato bulk bins and are 30 years old" they too can be burned at the end of their life | ||
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have saved and re-used much of the original building materials, We are researching wind generation, ground source heat pumps, biodiesel and wood chips for heating the hostel, see http://www.dti.gov.uk/renewables/renew_1.htm | We
have a sewage treatment plant; this saves one lorry load of waste for every 65
guests we accommodate. | |
It may soon be possible to heat the hostel with vegetable oils produced either on the farm or locally; by 2009 we aim to be carbon neutral without having to plant a forest.
Palace
Farm is a working farm growing Wheat, Plums, Christmas Trees, Pumpkins
and other vegetables for local sale, we have our own fully free range chickens
and when we can find them enjoy some wonderful eggs with bright orange yolks,
all of these are available to our guests in season.
.jpg) | In past years the farm had been meticulously manicured, weed killers were used liberally between trees and under hedgerows. In orchards closely mown grass separated bare earth strips in which only the fruit trees were allowed to grow. Following a visit that we requested from a Conservation Consultant we reverted to leaving the weeds under hedges unsprayed this has greatly increased the stock of natural insect predators, we seldom use sprays for pest control now. |
Palace Farm Hostel, Doddington, Nr Faversham, Kent,England, UK. +44 (0) 1795 886200