The Laurels Holiday Park

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Aerial view across to Padstow / Rock / Camel Estuary
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.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • A cable measuring at least 20 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Units longer than 7.5 metres are not allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is 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

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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96% would recommend this site to a friend

93% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Small well thought out site. Excellent stay

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Julie E. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Silver non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely site all you need onsite. Layout very well designed.

Disliked Having to go home. No negatives to report

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Julie,
We are very happy that you enjoyed all aspects of the campsite and have given us such positive feedback. We hope we can welcome you again.
Best Wishes
Sarah and Jo :)

Great location for touring Cornwall

Overall 9/10

Location
10
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
9
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
6
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
7
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Well maintained, no fuss camping, very well organized, toilets always clean, would recommend and return

Disliked Nothing

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Lovely campsite within walking distance to the Royal Cornwall Show. Facilties clean…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Sarah D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric grass touring caravan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely campsite within walking distance to the Royal Cornwall Show. Facilties clean and tidy. Logged fitepit and logs via campsite app and paid by link and goods were dropped off to pitch.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks so much, Sarah!
Great to hear you enjoyed the cleanliness and tidiness of the site and facilities. It is a handy location to be able to walk to events at the Royal Cornwall Showground. We are really pleased you made use of our firepit rental service - it definitely creates a lovely atmosphere for the evenings
Best Wishes,
Sarah and Jo :)

Lovely site , showers and toilets were immaculate. Bus stop outside the…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Wayne R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Lovely site , showers and toilets were immaculate. Bus stop outside the entrance to the campsite with a regular service. Would definitely recommend

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Wayne!
Great to hear you found everything spot on and would return. Please do recommend it to friends and we hope we shall welcome you again :)
Best Wishes

Overall will definitely be staying here again !

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Silver non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked -lovely campsite
- Clean , well looked after
-Easy to get to
-Padstow harbour 15 mins from site!
-lovely facilities
-Good sized pitches
-communication great
- easy to find your pitch
-amazing price , very affordable

Disliked I only have one negative and that would be the lights around the site . I appreciate they stay on for people to find there way around but would be amazing to have them turned off after 10/11 as the light kept our tent lit all night . Maybe just have a light for the toilet block 💜

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From the manager: Thank you so much for this wonderful review!
We are so pleased you found the site clean, well-maintained, affordable and in a great location.
Unfortunately, we get more people who want a well-lit sit rather than the other way round but we would prefer to do as you say and have the lights off at a certain time. This is something for our electricians to look into at some point :)
Best Wishes and hope to see you again.

Clean and tidy. Good sized individual pitches. Right on bus routes.…

Overall 8/10

Location
10
Value for money
8
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
6
Child friendliness
6
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Clean and tidy. Good sized individual pitches. Right on bus routes.

Disliked Not the campsites fault but the bird scarer banging in the fields really stressed our dog.

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From the manager: Thank you for the great review - unfortunately you happened to be staying over time when the nearby farmers had newly planted crops and so a bird scarer was in operation intermittently, sorry to hear this stressed your dog.
We hope you would return at a different time of year :)
Best Wishes

Suburb clean site.

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked All of the site.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks John - one of our regulars! Really appreciate your custom and glad the site suits you so well.
Best Wishes :)

Lovely site

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
8
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
8
Sophie K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Really clean and tidy site, pitches were very private with hedges, fire pit hire was great addition.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Sophie! Hope to welcome you again,
Best Wishes :)

Would stay again, as its perfect to catch the bus to Padstow.

Overall 8/10

Location
8
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
8
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
6
Ray C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Large pitch, flat, clean and electric hook up.

Disliked To be honest nothing it was all good.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks Ray!
I think you could have bumped the score up to 10 if there was nothing you disliked ;)
We hope we can welcome you back.
Best Wishes :)

A good well kept site within easy reach Padstow or Wadebridge.

Overall 10/10

Location
8
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
8
Paul M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold electric gravel touring pitch (large)

Liked The communication prior to arrival was really good and allowed us to make decisions and be best placed upon arrival. We spoke with Jo who was friendly and gave us some cycle pointers to reach the Camel Trail.
The site was well kept, toilets and showers were in really good clean order and a pleasure to use. Plenty of hot water and warm room with radiators.
The actual site was well kept and although early in the season it was clear it was going to be ready for further visitors into the spring.
Thank you Jo and Sarah.

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From the manager: Thank you Paul for such a fantastic review!
We are both so pleased that you had a lovely stay and we hope to welcome you again.
Best Wishes :)


Features

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 6 August 2025 – Wednesday 6 August 2025)

    Newquay, Cornwall 8.5 mi

  • Eden Sessions (Thursday 12 June 2025 – Thursday 12 June 2025)

    Par, Cornwall 12 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.

Offers

Tent pitch
Silver non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch
  • 10% off 10% off Bell Tent and Non-Electric Camping
Tipi, yurt, wigwam, dome, bell tent
Bell tent (no pets)
  • 10% off 10% off Bell Tent and Non-Electric Camping

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

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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.
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  • 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.