The Blazing Donkey in Sandwich

Your Own Holiday Village by the Sea

The Extraordinary Elsewhere Resort

Long on quirk, The Blazing Donkey brings a bucket load of fun- we’re your own un-corporate holiday village by the sea.

It’s your own complex- made up of a whopping all year round 24 hour licensed marquee for music and drinks, bedrooms in the main house and barn, the stables bedrooms complex, shepherds huts and all-year-around safari tents.

There’s a restaurant, outdoors pizza huts, 3 amazing bars, an outdoor grill and lots of al fresco dining, best in class conference AV with super-fast Starlink WiFi… and your own hot tub- amongst much, much more.

We sleep 50 as standard and then with all of our bell tents and festival gear we drop in, we can accommodate in excess of 200 people from April to November. All just a stones throw from Sandwich, Deal and Margate….

Or if you’d prefer your own bedrooms, then our Land Rovers take you back to additional en-suite bedrooms, less than 5 minutes away.

We’re excited to introduce you to The Blazing Donkey, where ice creams come as standard :)

The Fun and Creative Retreat

The Blazing Donkey is tucked away quietly in the Kent countryside and only a short distance from the ancient port town of Sandwich. We’re a wonderful and creative team hideaway that’s got to be seen to be believed…. and don’t just take our word for it, please see lots more client testimonials

“Darren and his team organised our agency day out and overnight for 70 or so staff at The Blazing Donkey. It was a big undertaking for us as it was a big group of people to co-ordinate, entertain, feed and accommodate but we were so well looked after that we had very little to co-ordinate ourselves.

The evening BBQ, even though we were such a big group, was great and there were lots of delicious and varied options. The main highlight was Darren and his staff’s energy, fun and friendly nature, how they welcomed us and engaged really well with the team.

We came for a bit of teambuilding, to engage and have fun and we went away thoroughly refreshed after a great couple of days away.

The entire team was blown away, and I’ve already heard from colleagues saying it was one of the best team events we’ve ever had. It truly exceeded all expectations!”

For working groups we have the main House which has conference space for 40 people and lots of soft furnishings. We can set this area up theatre style or relaxed and informal.

And for bigger groups, we have the permanent marque with all of the conference infrastructure, housing groups of up to 200.

We run all of our activities here - from ‘Spaced Out’ to ‘Master Chef: Sandwich’, along with ‘The Funfair’ - our seaside games, meets circus Elsewhere extravaganza at The Blazing Donkey. For more information on activities please click here.

In the evening, we can go on until you need. And we’ve got a big dance floor in the marquee.

We are licensed 24 hours - so if you want to go until the early hours, that’s no problem at all.

And it’s the full Elsewhere experience - we’re there from your first meeting or phone call to the last drink - so you’re in safe hands all the way.

A little blog post on our strapline and why we think “Life’s too short for ordinary”.