The Laurels Holiday Park

View prices & book 9.1 138 reviews
Aerial view across to Padstow / Rock / Camel Estuary
Aerial view across to padstow / rock / camel estuary
Electric grass and gravel pitches
Aerial view of the site
Bell tent hire
Large gravel pitch
Electric grass pitch
Electric gravel pitch
Bell tent
1/84
Electric grass and gravel pitches
Aerial view of the site
Bell tent hire

  • Family-friendly pitches surrounded by greenery
  • Next to a bus stop with connections to Padstow and Wadebridge
  • Playground and ball games space; hot showers and wetsuit/drying area
Small but nicely formed, the pitches at The Laurels Holiday Park are interspersed with a mixture of hedges and shrubs to give guests a bit of extra privacy. The site is also next to a bus stop with connections to Padstow and Wadebridge. The essential facilities at this Cornwall site, two miles from Wadebridge, are impeccably maintained: there’s free hot water in the washing-up area and showers, plus hairdryers, a washing machine and freezing for ice packs. There’s even a special area for washing and drying wetsuits – it gets regular use given the excellent surfing and watersports nearby… Barbecues and campfires are a fab idea in a place like this, and the folk on site have made such things simple: there are firepits available to hire (only a limited number though, so booking's essential) and there's a stock of logs, kindling, firelighters and flo gas on sale too. Pint-sized visitors can mess about on the boat in the playground, which is well-equipped with climbing frames, swings and a large trampoline, plus a space for ball games. The site is also Fido-friendly, with a small enclosed area to dogs to do their business off lead.

Site type

Tent pitches 23
Rent a tent 1
Motorhome pitches 26
Touring caravan pitches 43
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • A cable measuring at least 20 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Units longer than 7.5 metres are not allowed.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Bookings can only be accepted from families or couples where the named hirer is over 21 and is part of the holiday party. Campfires must be in a self-contained firepit raised off the ground and a safe distance away from tents, caravans and awnings.

Languages spoken

English

AA 4 pennants

No availability here for your search criteria

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

9.1

Overall rating from 138 Pitchup.com customers

  • 59%
    10
  • 11%
    9
  • 21%
    8
  • 1%
    7
  • 3%
    6
  • 0%
    5
  • 0%
    4
  • 0%
    3
  • 0%
    2
  • 0%
    1
Location
 9
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 9
Facilities / Activities
 9
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 8
Peaceful

95% would recommend this site to a friend

93% would stay here again

What customers say

This well-maintained campsite is praised for its cleanliness, privacy, and excellent facilities, including spotless toilets and showers. Its convenient location offers easy access to local attractions and public transport. While most guests have a positive experience, some mention road noise due to the proximity of a main road. Addressed issues include improvements to water points.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 14
Arrival date (latest first)

Lovely small site, well located for Padstow.

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 8
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 5
Jackie W.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch (large)

Liked Nice site, well located and clean. Friendly and helpful staff.
Facilities clean.

Disliked Personally didn’t like the showers as not heated and nowhere to put anything apart from hooks on doors.
Water temp temperamental and shower head height could not be adjusted.
Road noise an issue as were the crows.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your comments. We are glad that you found the site nice and clean and all staff friendly and helpful.
Sorry you had an issue with the water temperature - this is news to us as we have had no reports of any issues. You should have mentioned when you were here and we could have investigated for you.
The road noise should be expected as we are located on a main road. The crows have been a surprise to us all this year they have never previously nested in the 10 years we have been here. We are waiting for all the fledglings to fly the nest and hoping the parents will follow if not we will look at other options.
Best Wishes :)

Excellent site. Clean facilities and park for the kids.

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Anonymous

Bell tent (no pets)

Liked Excellent site. Modern and clean facilities. Park for the kids. Helpful staff.

Disliked There is nothing to dislike!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks so much! We are really glad you and the family enjoyed your stay. We do hope you will return....
Best Wishes :)

Great site with private flat positions.…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 6
Smith L.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Great site with private flat positions. Clean services and great position for transport links. The site is well maintained and would definitely recommend.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much! It is great to read that you enjoyed your stay with us.
We do hope you will return.
Best Wishes

Lovely site- would stay again

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 8
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Anonymous

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Clean, quiet, hot showers, enclosed dog area, play park and close to amenities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We will be back to this beautiful site.

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Sarah E.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Wow what a beautiful site. It was so well laid out and well maintained. Facilities were spotless, showers lovely and hot, fantastic washing up area and the attention to detail was spot on.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Ahh thank you so much Sarah! We are really pleased you had a great stay - we would love to welcome you back!
Best Wishes :)

Good clear information about site Quiet…

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 7
Facilities / Activities
 6
Customer service
 No rating
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
 10
joslyn w.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Good clear information about site
Quiet and tidy/ clean
Good advice re torches

Disliked Not enough hooks and places to put personal things in toilets
No up to date info re pubs closing times

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very well maintained site with good…

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 8
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 No rating
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 No rating
Wifi
 10
Jane D.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Very well maintained site with good facilities.

Disliked The tone of the email telling us not to walk on the grass.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Jane,
We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay!
I'm afraid the "tone" of an email is all down to the reader and not the author. A huge amount of hard work goes into repairing our grass pitches so they are ready for the coming year, we have recently treated the pitches with a weedkiller and have fresh seed down which would not take if we have people constantly walking over it. It is just a polite notice and not intended to cause offence.
We do hope we can welcome you back and thank you for your review :)
Best Wishes

great site with easy bus access to Padstow

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 No rating
edward h.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Nice well laid out site with very good facilities

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Edward! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope we can welcome you back!
Best Wishes :)

Cleanliness…

Overall

3 out of 10
Location
 1
Value for money
 2
Facilities / Activities
 3
Customer service
 1
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 3
simon L.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Cleanliness

Disliked Nothing there, not even a reveptoon

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Simon,
I am not sure what you expected to be here other than what we list as providing? It seems you made a mistake in booking a site without researching what facilities it has.
Everything we list as providing was open and as you youself said very clean.
We don't say we have a reception (assuming that is what you meant to type) all our communication is done through whatsapp messages and face to face about the site whilst we are working - we are contactable and available to help 24/7 if needed.
Overall a very frustrating review and one that is not helpful to future guests.
Best Wishes

Lovely stay,clean grounds, would stay again

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Jess F.

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Spacious pitches. Nice quiet place, good toilets.

Disliked Pitch near road but didnt bother us.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Jess! We hope you will recommend to others.
Best Wishes :)

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Tents for hire Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Level site, no steep slopes Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

The Laurels Holiday Park

Padstow Road

Whitecross

Wadebridge

Cornwall

England

PL27 7JQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.50884°N
4.88188°W

Nearest transport

Coach
2 mi Lidl Superstore
2 mi Lidl Superstore
7.6 mi Car Park
Rail
6.6 mi Roche Rail Station
8 mi St Columb Road Rail Station
8.5 mi Bugle Rail Station
Ferry
3.2 mi Rock Padstow Ferry Landing
3.4 mi Padstow Ferry Landing
16 mi Fowey Custom House Quay Ferry Landing
Airport
6.9 mi Newquay St Mawgan Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

The Laurels is three miles from the riverside market town of Wadebridge (the bus stops right outside the site), where guests will find good eating and shopping. A little further up the road (six miles or so) is Padstow, which has TV chef Rick Stein’s famously fabulous seafood restaurants and cookery school as well as some fine surfing beaches. Boardmasters can also find ripping fun at Polzeath (20 minutes' drive), and the world-famous waves of Newquay are only 15 miles away. Fans of the Doc Martin TV series should visit the fishing village of Port Isaac (25 minutes) to see the doc’s cottage and many other pretty 'Portwenn' locations. This being Cornwall, there are oodles of interesting things to see and do – too many to list here, but to start you off: it’s only a 35-minute drive to the legendary Tintagel Castle, half an hour to the fascinating biospheres of the Eden Project, or 35 minutes to the fishing village of Boscastle. Guests could also make a day trip to Lands End (perhaps combined with a walk around the attractive harbour town of Penzance), to the National Maritime Museum and dockyards at Falmouth, or to St. Ives, to explore the colourful harbour and art deco splendour of the Tate Gallery.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Daymer Bay 4.1 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Polzeath 4.8 mi Estuary N/AExcellentGoodExcellent
Trevone Bay 4.9 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Harlyn Bay 5.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Porthcothan 6.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park 2.5 mi

Rock Beach 3.5 mi

Newquay Zoo 10.7 mi

Eden Project 10.8 mi

Blue Reef Aquarium 10.9 mi

National Trust

Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps 6.7 mi

Trerice 11 mi

Tintagel Old Post Office 12.1 mi

Trelissick Garden 21.3 mi

Lawrence House 24.4 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Wadebridge Woods and River 2.3 mi

Padstow and the South-West Coast Path 3.4 mi

PRIDEAUX PLACE 3.5 mi

Pentire Point and The Rumps 4.7 mi

Trevone Bay - Constantine Bay - South West Coastal Path 4.9 mi

Local events

  • Boardmasters (Wednesday, 5 August 2026 – Wednesday, 5 August 2026)

    Newquay, Cornwall 8.5 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Want to know more about camping in Cornwall?

Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Laurels Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Laurels Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Laurels Holiday Park? The Laurels is three miles from the riverside market town of Wadebridge (the bus stops right outside the site), where guests will find good eating and shopping. A little further up the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Laurels Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at The Laurels Holiday Park? From £16 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.