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I am about to buy a motorhome and use it for short weekend breaks around the Westcountry. Can anyone tell me how quickly pitches with electric hook-up get booked up and do most sites (especially in summer) insist on week-long bookings?  I would only be generally looking to book for one or two nights.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

We often do weekends & short breaks. I would have thought sites would often have a few days available when they could not do a whole week because they have bookings expected.

Some sites can fill up early. I wanted 5 nights at seadown Charmouth in june last week - they couldn't fit us in til 28th

Welcome to UKCS Clearwater!

We too live in Cornwall and have a MH AND do weekend trips locally.  We do tend to book, even for weekends, but that's just because I'm organised (or boring some would say!). There are so many sites down here in our beautiful county that you'll always be able to find a pitch somewhere!!!

We hope you enjoy your MH as much as we do!

Kernow Camper

That's great. Thanks for all your replies!  

Kernow Camper - are there any particularly good sites near North Coast beaches that you'd recommend. Our favourite beaches are Holywell Bay, Lusty Glaze and Gwithian. Do you have any experience of staying near them? As I have two children, we wouldn't want to have to walk too far with all our stuff to go surfing!

Morning Clearwater

For Holywell Bay Trevornick is the closest site (easy walk to the bay). It has been years since we stayed there but if you check out the reviews on here they all seem to be good!

For Lusty Glaze, we would use Porth Beach Touring Park.  It's a lovely site (a bit expensive but nice so you get what you pay for) and it's literally just across the road from Porth Beach, and then Lusty Glaze is the next beach around the bay towards Newquay.

Not stayed near Gwithain, but friends have recommended Gwithian Farm - again search it on here and read the reviews.

Bude is fab for surfing BUT there are not that many sites within an easy walking distance of the beaches.  If you don't mind moving your camper off site Widemouth Bay has a large car park, right on the beach, and it's surfy heaven!

Bring on the summer eh?

Kernow Camper

Fantastic - thanks for all that great advice.

I can see I'm going to be using this site a lot if you're all as helpful as this.

It's nice to know there are lots of exciting places to try out within a few miles of home, before a I get brave enough to travel further afield.

Cheers

C

Hey Clearwater

We enjoy our Cornwall long weekends as much as our longer distance breaks!  That's the beauty of having it all on your doorstep!

Kernow Camper

Quote: Originally posted by Kernow Camper on 03/3/2010

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Bude is fab for surfing BUT there are not that many sites within an easy walking distance of the beaches.  If you don't mind moving your camper off site Widemouth Bay has a large car park, right on the beach, and it's surfy heaven!

Bring on the summer eh?

Kernow Camper

 

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The site we use most weekends  is Bude Holiday Park, it's only a short distance from Crocklet's beach and if you walk a short distance along the footpath you will come to the sea water pool and  Summerleaze beach. It's a great site  it's got a swimming pool and a club with kids entertainment.

Kim.

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Hi Clearwater

have you looked at Magic Cove site at Mawgan Porth, it is a very popular (so need to book), family owned site within easy walking distance from the beach and not far from Porth/Newquay.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=magic+cove&by=sitename

we stayed here Summer 2008, we also use the CC & C site at Tregurrian as it is not too far away from Watergate Bay

cheers

Jane