I have read the reviews but am so undecided on where to stop.
We are visiting the Cornwall area (Newquay or Padstow or inbetween) in a couple of weeks and need to book somewhere to camp. Can anyone please recommend a good site that is good for a one-year-old, close to some good walks/beaches as we'd prefer to not use the car all the time. It needs to have good facilities but no clubs on site.
Many thanks for your help.
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It has very glowing reviews here on UK Campsites (see above) and it is well-placed for several beaches - Porthcothan and Treyarnon are an easy walk with Constantine, Boobies' Bay, Mother Ivy's Bay and Harlyn Bay a bit further afield. The South West Coast Path is half-a-mile away and it is ten minutes' drive from Padstow (where there is a Tesco). The site has a playpark for kiddies and dogs are allowed.
I've stayed at Carnevas myself and found it fully lives up to the glowing reviews.
Too far to walk to Padstow, but perfectly placed for the beach at Polzeath and Daymer and very close to the Rock to Padstow Ferry. We stayed last year and are going again shortly.
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Quote: ... was it rowdy as we're looking for something that is fairly quiet.... I presume a walk into Padstow would be too far from here?
It was not at all rowdy when I was there - very much a family site, in fact.
It is not really practical to walk to Padstow from Carnevas; it is four miles as the crow flies, about five miles by road (a fairly narrow and busy stretch of the B3276), and roughly ten miles along the coast path. But you can get the bus to Padstow from nearby Porthcothan.
we have jsut been to newperran just outside newquay it was really nice and they have a toddlers and kids play area, there is a pub onsite (but its nice and like a country pub not a rowdy one) their pitches are fab - really big and the facilities are nice - clean and lots of them
there are plenty of beaches around and lots to do for children in the area
if it helps we paid £77 for 3 nights (fri sat and sun)
Sunhaven Valley in Mawgan Porth is what you want camp shop no club its a short walk to the beach, plus private bathrooms with a bath and shower if you dont want to wash the baby in the onsite showers, free microwave and free freezer.Its a lovely site,
However you may be struggling to book a pitch as its very popular in which case we use Treloy near RAF St Mawgan which although it is a large park with a club seems to retain that small park feel. There are plenty of pitches away from the club so you arent disturbed, a nice shop, good laundry, campsite cafe and the level of cleanliness is great. While you might need a car if you want to drive to the beach the local bus stops at the gate so you need never get the car out if you so wish. We have stayed here 5 times and highly recommend it just ask for a pitch away from the club you will still be near the facilities as the club is set away from the main toliet and shower blocks. Never had any problems with the club or people leaving it and I usually hate sites with clubs.
I can recommend Treago Farm at Crantock, just west of Newquay. It's a short walk to Crantock village and then on to the beach. Polly Joke beach can also be reached on foot but is a bit further.
Just returned from Penrose in Goonhavern, 4 miles south of Newquay and 2 miles from Perranporth.
Great site, very quiet and a 5 minute walk to the nearest pub.
The other site to look at is Tollgate Farm, again quiet but closer to perranporth - you can walk to the beach (20 mins) and apparantly you can do this with the pushchair which I'm guessing you do through the Haven site next door. It too is a very good site though books up pretty quickly.