[1] A former country house estate with ancient landscaped parkland, grassland and woodland, Camer is situated in the Kent Downs National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Upon the death without issue of William Masters (1732–1761), the estate passed to his sister, Kate Masters (1727–1814), who in 1748 had married a cousin of the Smith baronets, William Smith (1720–1764).

[5] His great-nephew, William Smith-Masters, who played cricket for Kent CCC, inherited the family estate in 1875, and upon his death in 1937, Camer passed to his younger brother, the Revd John Smith-Masters FRHistS (1856–1940), then his elder surviving son, Captain Ernest Smith-Masters (1889–1963) late Royal Engineers.

His only son, Colonel George Smith-Masters (1916–1988) late Royal Army Service Corps, inherited Camer and in 1967 sold the parkland to the Strood Rural District Council for the £9,750.

Colonel Smith-Masters retained the manorial lordships,[6] and ownership of Camer House, a Grade II-listed mansion built in 1716,[7] which can be seen from the park.