Battlekart Sittingbourne

Battlekart Sittingbourne occupies Unit 1 Hooks Hole Farm on Chestnut Street in Borden (ME9 8DA), Kent, 65 km east of London and 15 km west of Faversham. The indoor electric venue of the European BattleKart chain combines ceiling projection and onboard sensors to deliver interactive games on a real track, in a hall kept in semi-darkness to enhance immersion.

Six game modes are available: BattleRace (combat racing with virtual weapons), BattleSnake (fruit collection), BattleColor (rhythm-based tile painting), BattleFoot (virtual football), BattleVirus (cooperative defence), and BattlePool (team billiards). Minimum height 1.45 m (4ft 9″), no minimum age. Electric karts carry onboard sensors for real-time interaction. The automatic anti-collision system takes control if needed, with seat belts required and helmets not. Sessions last 15 minutes (including boarding and disembarking) for groups of 2-12 drivers. Prices £15.95 to £19.95 per person depending on time slot. Free parking on gravel and marked bays. Contact +44 1795 713158.

Sittingbourne sits in the Kent Garden of England. The Kent Downs AONB stretches behind it towards Canterbury Cathedral UNESCO 1988 (the tomb of Thomas Becket, slain 1170, archbishopric of the Church of England) 35 km east. Leeds Castle 1119 on its lake (residence of Edward I and Henry VIII) lies 20 km south. Whitstable oyster town 18 km north-east and Faversham Tudor 15 km east. The Channel coast and Dover White Cliffs reach 60 km south-east. London Victoria runs 1 hour from Sittingbourne station.