Children's Holiday Camps - Site name - University of Kent

Our children's holiday camps are based at The Sports Pavilion on the University of Kent Canterbury campus. See the Canterbury campus map and directions for reaching The Pavilion.

Camp address:

The Pavilion, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7SR

Our multi-sports and activity camps take place across our three artificial pitches and our four court indoor tennis centre.

Unfortunately, we do not currently accept childcare vouchers. 

Booking your child onto a full week of EasterZone or SummerZone will automatically apply a discount. For example, a single day of EasterZone 2026 is £40, but booking the full four-day camp is £130, saving you £30. 

Early Bird discount codes are available which give you an additional 15% off your booking. Separate discount codes are available for EasterZone and SummerZone.

The EasterZone 2026 holiday camp Early Bird discount code has now expired.

The SummerZone 2026 holiday camp Early Bird discount code is valid until 30 June 2026. Use code SZ26EARLYBIRD15 at the online checkout.

University of Kent staff members can claim a 15% discount code on bookings for all holiday camps. Email SportsDevelopment@kent.ac.uk and our holiday camp team will email you the discount code. 

We are not OFSTED registered but we pride ourselves on being a camp of a high professional standard. Safeguarding and our children’s wellbeing is our number one priority.  

Yes. During each day of camp there will be two small breaks and a lunch break for children to eat should they wish. Please provide your children with a packed lunch.

We are a nut free camp, so please do not pack any nuts or nut products.  

We have an amazing four court Indoor Tennis Centre which provides enough space for us to continue camp indoors out of the rain or heat.

We offer a wide range of sports and activities, including: minigolf, Street Dance, football, cricket, tennis and many others. Once the camp timetable is finalised, this will be available to view on our website.

Example Holiday Camp timetable:

A major benefit of our multi-sports camp is that children get to try a wide range of activities and sports across the week. If a certain sport isn’t their favourite, then they only do said sport once or twice over the entire week. Our experienced coaches are able to cater sessions for all abilities and interests and the sessions are focused around fun/social games and activities as opposed to in depth technical/tactical sessions.  

If you wish to change any or all the days you have booked with us, you must notify us immediately. We cannot guarantee a space for the date you wish to move to. If a space has been made available for you and you do not show up, you may still be charged for this service. This will be at the discretion of Kent Sport.

Kent Sport EasterZone and SummerZone camps operate a tiered refund policy; -

• You have the right to a full refund if you decide to cancel within 48 hours of completing your booking.
• If you cancel your booking more than 31 days before the start of camp, we will offer a 75% refund.
• If you cancel your booking between 7 and 31 days before the start of camp, we will offer a 50% refund.
• If you cancel your booking within 7 days of the start of the camp, then no refunds will be offered. Kent Sport will, however, offer a credit for an alternative day or future camp.

Children under the age of 16 can now create a Pay to Play account to use sports facilities at Kent Sport outside of our Holiday Camps. This Pay to Play account can only be created with parent or guardian consent at the Sports Centre or The Pavilion receptions. All under 16's must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout their booking. Under 16s will pay £4.50 per booking. 

For any questions not listed above, please contact our Sports Development team via email SportsDevelopment@kent.ac.uk or by calling 01227 824 549.

Personal data, including health data, supplied by you the parent/guardian on this application form will be used for the purposes of the sports camp. The information supplied by you will be accessed by the camp leader (email SportsDevelopment@kent.ac.uk), health and safety lead and authorised sports camp staff coaches where deemed appropriate. Without this data and your consent, as collected in the application form, Kent Sport are unable to accept any persons onto our sports camp due to Health and Safety. 

Your data will also be used to inform you of future Kent Sport promotions and activities, if you have agreed to this on the application form. You can request access to the information held by emailing DataProtection@kent.ac.uk 

Kent Sport treats all information gathered with the strictest respect and confidentiality. Information provided to us will only be used for the purposes intended and not disclosed to any third parties unless required to do so by law. All personal information is processed under Data Protection Law. 

Further information regarding Data Protection at Kent can be found on our website (www.kent.ac.uk/infocompliance). 

• Our holiday camps are governed by the Kent Sport Safeguarding Policy, Equal Opportunities Policy and the Participants Behaviour Policy (please contact SportsDevelopment@kent.ac.uk if you require a copy). View Kent Sport policies on our website.
• Refunds will only be issued on the basis of illness or injury and this must be communicated to the team in advance of attendance. On the day cancellation will be taken on a case-by-case basis. 
• Late pickups must be booked in advance.
• Participants are expected to wear appropriate sports clothing, trainers and also have with them suitable rain coats in case of inclement weather. 
• All bookings will receive email confirmation.

If you would like to hear about 2027 children's holiday camps at the University of Kent, you can sign up to our holiday camp mailing list to be the first to know when booking is open.