Polladras Holiday Park

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  • Secluded, peaceful park in a rural setting a few miles from Praa Sands
  • Within 30 minutes' drive of Land's End, St Ives and Falmouth
  • Nature trail, games field and play barn
Avoid the madding crowds on your summer sojourn to Cornwall and stay at this green, secluded and peaceful park instead: Polladras Holiday Park has had previous guests waxing lyrical about its peace, its quiet and its lovely location 15 minutes' drive from Helston and pretty Porthleven harbour. The park is in a rural setting four miles from the beaches of Cornwall’s south coast and within easy reach of coastal and countryside walks. It’s in a top spot too for south-west Cornwall explores with Penzance, the Lizard Peninsula and Land’s End no more than half an hour’s drive away. Yet blissful peace will always be yours when you potter back to pitch, as family-friendly and dog-friendly Polladras is set over nine acres and has no noisy bar, clubhouse or evening entertainment. This is a place that gives a good nod to eco-friendly aspects: low wattage bulbs are used throughout and recycling is paramount. Heaps of info is displayed about non-car ways of getting around the local area, in the form of bus timetables on display and details of walks from the park given to all guests, and the well thought-out nature trail leads to a games field with play barn, football goals and a climbing frame to wrestle the kids away from their consoles.

Site type

RV sites 10
Mobile homes for rent 4
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Tent sites 30
Travel trailer sites 30
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • 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.

Languages spoken

English

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

95%

would recommend this site to a friend

92%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent site

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

Gold powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: A pure escape, beautifully looked after.

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Disappointed by unsafe conditions and owner’s attitude.

Overall 5/10
Location 9
Value for money 7
Accommodation 5
Facilities / Activities 5
Customer service 3
Child friendliness 5
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Trevor A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Bell tent (no pets)

Liked: The inside of the tents
• Clean comfy bedding made up before arrival
• Showers
• Dishwashing facilities
• Proximity to beaches
• Family vibes campsite
• Friendly cleaning staff
• Late checkout (11 am was handy)
• Parking next to pitch

Disliked: • Incorrect details on Polladras’s Pitch Up advert (e.g., didn’t mention three-pin plugs inside the tent)
• Misleading information about needing a 20m cable (only needed 5m)
• Bell tent location is in front of the entrance, with constant vehicle disturbance and no privacy
• Site owner’s behavior: entering the tent without permission, leaving menacing notes instead of talking directly
• Some site conditions unsafe or tired: exposed nails in picnic bench, piles of scrap wood, rotting climbing elements, and a rusty karabiner holding a tyre swing
• Owner needs to learn to communicate better, update information, and ensure safety

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From the manager: Hi Trevor

Thanks for your comments about the actual bell tent itself, we pride ourselves on cleanliness and well looked after accommodation.

i would like to clear a few things up, firstly the location of our bell tents and pitches most have a circular road around the whole site, this is because we are a small site.
the misleading info you refer to the cable length / sockets are for people booking pitches for their own tents, our bell tents in the advert advertise they have there own sockets.

should you of contacted reception we would of provided extra leads should you needed them.

what you had done is unplug your neighbouring tent disconnecting there electrics so you could have your own second lead?!

i can confirm the note was quickly wrote by myself as i had to reconnect your neighbour, (and it was raining) i rolled your cable up and as it was raining i unzipped about 1foot of the tent and popped your lead inside to save it getting wet! you wasn't there for me to chat to.
i did not enter your tent!

i can only apologize about the picnic bench that was missed on our behalf and has now been removed, if you would of contacted reception this would have been replaced immediately.

the tyre swing in the woods was put up by neighbouring children so not part of our playpark, but again i will certainly go replace or remove.

I'm writing a lengthy response so our other guests can see there are 2 sides to every story.

i will be contacting you directly as well as we would love to offer you the opportunity to come back with a small discount as i feel these issues could have been resolved at reception.

i wish and your family all the best

John

Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly owner and level pitches

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

Gold powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: The park setting is lovely .
Excellent facilities for children with the games room.
Nice little dog walk on site.
Lots of information brochures

Disliked: Struggled to get a phone signal at times.
WiFi intermittent.

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From the manager: Hey Karen

Thanks for your review, much appreciated John

GREAT PEACEFUL RESORT WITH ALL THE BASICS!

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

Gold powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: This is a LOVELY peaceful little site with all the basic amenities. It was just what me and the Mrs needed. The people who run it are very accommodating and REALLY pleasant.
Would HIGHLY recommend if you're after a basic but pleasant vacation.

Disliked: Nothing, EVERYTHING was PERFECT for what we needed

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From the manager: Hi Rob,
Thanks for your lovely review, we hope to see you again soon,
John & Rachael

Good site. But needs a car to explore from

Overall 8/10
Location 4
Value for money No rating
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Peace and quiet. Hot wet room and clean faviliries

Disliked: Location as lack of signage from main roads. Sat nav took us v narrow roads

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From the manager: Hi,
Thanks for your lovely comments about our facilities, for anyone reading with larger vehicles or towing we do send out a recommended route to get to us as sat nav does bring you down some narrow lanes, so don't forget to check your inbox :-)
We do also have a bus route located 5/10min up to the village of Carleen with routes all over if your in a motorhome without car :-)
John

Everything! The caravan and site as a whole were spotless, the…

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
Robert H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Sapphire Supreme 2 bedroom mobile home (no pets)

Liked: Everything! The caravan and site as a whole were spotless, the owner really helpful and polite. The site was also quiet and peaceful. Will definitely be staying there again! Have not rated child friendliness as there were no children in our party, but there are facilities for children on site.

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thanks for your comment about our lovely static caravans, it really does help others when choosing somewhere :-)
We hope to welcome you back again soon
John & Rachael

Would definitely recommend this out of the hustle & bustle campsite.

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

Gold powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Very peaceful & well looked after rural campsite.
Easy to find & great winter pitches for caravans & Motorhomes.

Disliked: Nothing to dislike, literally a great out of season place to stay.

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From the manager: Thanks for the lovely review, Cornwall is a great place to explore even this time of year, we're lucky to have so many hard standing pitches and wet rooms with underfloor heating, we hope to see you soon, John & Rachael

The comfortable, peaceful site and good amenities.…

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

Gold powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: The comfortable, peaceful site and good amenities.

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From the manager: Thanks Anya for the 10* review
We love the peace and quiet in our area with the birds singing ...
hope to see you soon
John & Rachael

Peaceful site, friendly & helpful staff.

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

Sapphire 2 bedroom mobile home

Liked: Very quiet, owners very helpful when boiler wasn’t working, came out immediately to get it going again. Good, clean facilities. Well maintained.

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From the manager: Hi Paul
Thanks for the great review of one of our little home from homes, as you mentioned we do get the odd minor issue, glad you were happy with our speedy call out, hope to see you again
John & Rachael

A pleasant, peaceful and clean site with good facilities

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
Lesley B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold powered grass travel trailer, tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Easy check in process, clean facilities and well located for Land’s End and The Lizard etc.
Us and our dog had a lovely time and wouldn’t hesitate to return. Thank you for allowing us the use of a field to give our dog some time off her lead, much appreciated

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From the manager: Hi Lesley
Thanks for your lovely review, and for anyone else reading we love dogs here at polladras, with a nature trail woodland walk, and a field to let off the lead (not in main holidays) but loads of off site footpaths and walks
We hope to see you soon
John & Rachael


Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Themes

Peaceful Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Communal freezer Communal fridge Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

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

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Motorhome service point Seasonal sites

Location

Polladras Holiday Park

Carleen

Helston

Cornwall

England

TR13 9NX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.13088°N
-5.33574°W

Route directions

If you are towing a caravan, the site team recommends that you not use a satnav as it will direct you onto unsuitable lanes.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.2 km Bus Shelter
5.4 km Blue Anchor
5.4 km Seven Stars
Rail
8.6 km Hayle Rail Station
8.9 km St Erth Rail Station
9.2 km Lelant Saltings Rail Station
Ferry
13.9 km Penzance Ferry Terminal
14.9 km Helford Village Ferry Landing
15.2 km Helford Passage Ferry Landing
Airport
13.1 km Penzance Airport
23.9 km Land's End St Just Airport
42.4 km 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

Within half an hour or less you’ll reach most of the main highlights of south-west Cornwall as well as many beyond: Flambards Theme Park, St Ives, Falmouth and the gardens of Glendurgan, Trebah and Trewithian are all close by, and the town of Helston, Cornwall’s second oldest (after Marazion), is three miles from the park. Stunning beaches are all around: Praa Sands 10 minutes’ drive away; Sennen Cove and its consistent waves for surf, and Porthleven, Pollurian and Mullion for fishing, more watersporting and rockpooling. From Porthkerris beach, towards Falmouth, you can learn to dive and look for the shore’s shipwrecks, while Kennack Sands and Kynance towards the Lizard are the ones to take the paintbox to. Newquay and the famed surf beaches of Cornwall’s north coast are within seven miles. For walkies, take to the countryside around Lower Polladras using the park guides, or have some gorgeously scenic strolls along the South West Coast Path to Mullion, Marazion, Mousehole or Penzance. On the north coast, try the eight-mile hike from Portreath to Godrevy, stopping off for blackberry ice cream or apple cake and clotted cream at the famed Hells Mouth café along the way.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Praa Sands East 4.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Praa Sands West 5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Porthleven Sands 5.7 km Sea GoodGoodGoodExcellent
Perranuthnoe 7.9 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Mexico Towans 10 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentN/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

National Seal Sanctuary 10 km

St Michael's Mount 10.2 km

Cornwall Industrial Discovery Centre 11.9 km

Tate St Ives 14 km

Trebah Garden 15.5 km

National Trust

Godolphin 1.3 km

Penrose Estate: Gunwalloe and Loe Pool 5.9 km

St Michael's Mount 10.2 km

Godrevy 11.7 km

Cornish Mines and Engines 11.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

GODOLPHIN 2 km

Rinsey Head - Trewavas Head - Rinsey Head 4.6 km

LISMORE 5.4 km

Loe Bar 8.2 km

THE DOWNES (ST MICHAEL'S CONVENT) 8.4 km

Local events

  • Boardmasters (Wednesday, August 6, 2025 – Wednesday, August 6, 2025)

    Newquay, England 39.9 km

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

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Polladras Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Polladras Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Polladras Holiday Park? Within half an hour or less you’ll reach most of the main highlights of south-west Cornwall as well as many beyond: Flambards Theme Park, St Ives, Falmouth and the gardens of Glendurgan, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Polladras Holiday Park?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  9:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Polladras Holiday Park? From $46.18 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.