Hillcrest Views Campsite

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Views on site
Motorhome and touring area
Spacious pitches
Aerial view of the campsite from mid 2023 season

  • Quiet back-to-basics site on a working farm in Illogan
  • Golf course, trampoline park and watersports lake within 20 minutes
  • 10 minutes' walk from village pubs and 45 from Portreath beach
A working farm on the edge of a Cornwall village, with easy access to country footpaths and a 45-minute saunter from the beach… the kind of place one could settle in for a lifetime, eh? The folks at Hillcrest Views Campsite certainly think so – the family set up home here over 80 years ago and haven’t budged since. Current owner Amy’s now welcoming guests to share in her tribe’s special spot while making sure it doesn’t lose its peaceful vibe – thus the small site has pleasingly spacious pitches but only basic amenities. Flick through the pics and you’ll note some gorgeous rural views: a fab backdrop for stoking up a barbecue while the kids race about playing games. Admire those views for a bit and you’ll probably think you’re in the middle of nowhere, so it’s pleasing to remember that you’re a mere 10-minute amble from Illogan village and its pub, shops and chippy (plus a pasty shop, of course – a staple in these parts). If you’re doing DIY dins, supermarket supplies for your meals can be picked up in Redruth, 10 minutes’ drive away. You could spend many a day wandering on local trails and beaches, but if you’ve brought the kids it’s handy to know that you’re less than 15 minutes’ drive from all sorts of family attractions, including a castle, a trampoline park and a watersports centre. It’s also just a mile or so to the A30 for those looking to head to more far-flung attractions like St Ives or the Eden Project.

Site type

RV sites 23
Tent sites 18
Travel trailer sites 9
Open now
Opens April 4
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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).
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • A cable measuring at least 15 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • There is no reception building on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights (or 14 nights, from 01 November to 30 March).

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Apr 4 to

Open from Mon, Dec 15 2025 to

Open from Fri, Mar 27 2026 to

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Good place to stay

Overall 9/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 9
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 5
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite (two person, no pets, no cars)

Liked: Very clean facilities. Warm welcome by site manager.

Disliked: -

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much for your time in reviewing us and of course your custom. We are really pleased you enjoyed your stay and wish you all the best with the rest of your adventures.
Best wishes
Amy, Roger and family

Lovely site and will return.

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 9
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 9
Child friendliness 7
Cleanliness 9
Wifi 9
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Nice private pitch. Showers and toilet clean and working. Good pub down the road. Lovely view across fields.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice peaceful site, friendly staff and immaculate toilet and shower facilities we…

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

Power optional grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Nice peaceful site, friendly staff and immaculate toilet and shower facilities we have stayed here 3 times before and are booked to come again,5 minute walk to shop chemist and pub we would highly recommend

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Philip, its always so lovely seeing you guys back and with some beautiful weather too which is such a bonus! Your repeat custom is very much valued and I am so pleased you continue to enjoy our site and the "fiddling" we keep doing.
Best wishes until we see you again in a month!
Amy, Roger and family

Good pub and restaurant onsite easy to get too plenty to do…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 9
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
patrick t. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Good pub and restaurant onsite easy to get too plenty to do for kids

Disliked: Would recommend a free play area for kids has a very good indoor play area which you have to pay for and an outside play area but a fee apply to both the out sidecshoukd be free

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Great site and very clean

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

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Great place to stay very helpful staff peaceful and tranquil plenty in area to visit
Definitely recommend

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Nicola for your lovely review. It was great meeting all of your family and I'm really pleased you enjoyed what we have to offer and the base that we provide to explore South West Cornwall. Sending you our best wishes for the rest of your year and thank you very much for your custom.
Amy, Roger and family

Nice environment, quiet place, beautiful view, very helpful staff. I love to…

Overall 7/10
Location 7
Value for money 6
Accommodation 7
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 5
Cleanliness 7
Wifi 4
Gaurav T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU grass and gravel tent or RV campsite

Liked: Nice environment, quiet place, beautiful view, very helpful staff. I love to come again

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Gaurav for your custom and your feedback. I'm so pleased you really enjoyed your first camping adventure with your friends. I'm sure lots learnt and so much more to explore!
We send our best wishes for a great rest of your year!
Amy, Roger and family

Stayed on this site for the 1 night before heading into St…

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

Power optional grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Stayed on this site for the 1 night before heading into St Ives. I will defiantly be coming back. Very quite and private. Very hot showers. Warden on site. Firewood £9. Amazing views.

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From the manager: Thank you so much Lewis for your lovely feedback and of course your valued custom. We are so pleased you enjoyed what we have to offer and we would love to see you back when you are ready! We hope you had a wonderful time exploring St. Ives and wish you all the best until we see you again!
Amy, Roger and family

Loved this small hidden gem of a site, with spotless facilities.

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

Power optional grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Peace and quiet of site, friendly hosts with helpful pre stay email and text. Amazing double showers and spotless loos! Price compared to other sites was very reasonable.

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From the manager: Thank you so much Lisa for your custom and your kind words of reflection! Its great to know we are still keeping on good tracks and really pleased you enjoyed the simple pleasures. Wishing you all the best for your year ahead!
Amy, Roger and family

Lovely site with gorgeous views. Spacious pitches with good privacy. Very clean…

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

FHU grass and gravel tent or RV campsite

Liked: Lovely site with gorgeous views. Spacious pitches with good privacy. Very clean and good quality, well-maintained facilities. Roger and Amy very friendly and helpful.

Disliked: Slight disappointment car business behind our pitch were constantly revving engines throughout the day. Boy racer type revving at 9am on a Sunday! Was lovely and peaceful at night though.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your review Emma and of course your custom. We are really pleased you enjoyed your stay and value your feedback. We have revisions in place for this coming season, so thank you for helping us grow! Best wishes for a wonderful 2025!
Amy, Roger and family

Excellent site with clean facilities

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

Power optional grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Fab clean toilet shower block. Was met on arrival

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Rebecca for your custom and for taking the time to leave a review. We are really pleased you enjoyed our base and wish you all the best for 2025!
Amy, Roger and family


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 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

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Spectacular scenery

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Gray water hook-up for RVs/trailers Motorhome service point Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Hillcrest Views Campsite

Hillcrest Farm

Voguebeloth

Illogan

Redruth

Cornwall

England

TR16 4EX

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.24689°N
-5.25998°W

Route directions

Coming from Redruth, enter Illogan coming up a large hill. At the brow of the hill you will see two chapels opposite one another. Take it slowly here, as the site is 50 yards further on, on the right-hand side opposite a little crossroad sign for Richards Lane. Look out for a concrete lane with central grass verge between two white cottages; this leads up to the site.

Nearest transport

Coach
2.3 km Cornwall College
2.4 km Cornwall College
2.8 km Alma Place
Rail
2.9 km Redruth Rail Station
4.9 km Camborne Rail Station
11.1 km Perranwell Rail Station
Ferry
15.3 km Ponsharden Ferry Landing
16.4 km Flushing Falmouth Ferry Landing
16.8 km Trelisick Ferry Landing
Airport
22.6 km Penzance Airport
28.7 km Newquay St Mawgan Airport
33.3 km Land's End St Just 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

Beach time! It’ll take you 45 minutes or so to walk to the sands and rockpools of Portreath beach (or 10 minutes to drive), or 15 minutes to drive to Gwithian beach for sand dunes and surfing. If you like your watersports to be lake-based, there’s plenty to keep you busy at Stithians Lake, 20 minutes away, including fishing, canoeing and windsurfing. Away from the water, there’s a golf course and a network of walking and bike trails 10 minutes away at Tehidy Country Park, and historic wandering at the Heartlands mining-themed attraction (10 minutes’ drive) and Carn Brea Castle (15 minutes). Bouncy kids need somewhere to expend some energy? Off to the Jump4 trampoline park (10 minutes’ drive) with you. Folk looking to tick off lots of Cornwall’s main hotspots may also like to set their sights on the art galleries of St Ives (25 minutes), St Michael’s Mount (half an hour) or the Eden Project (45 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Portreath 2.9 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Porthtowan 4.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Chapel Porth 6.2 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Trevaunance Cove 9.2 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Godrevy Towans 9.5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentN/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Cornwall Industrial Discovery Centre 2.1 km

Truro Cathedral 15 km

Tate St Ives 16.2 km

National Seal Sanctuary 17.3 km

National Maritime Museum Cornwall 17.6 km

National Trust

Cornish Mines and Engines 2.2 km

Godrevy 9.4 km

Godolphin 13.9 km

Trelissick Garden 16.4 km

Penrose Estate: Gunwalloe and Loe Pool 18.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Circular walk Portreath - Tehidy Country Park - Reskajeage Downs - Coastal Path 2.8 km

Porth Towan - Towan Cross - Chapel Porth 4.6 km

Hell's Mouth 5.1 km

St Agnes Beacon 7.9 km

Hanover 11.3 km

Local events

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

    Newquay, England 26.2 km

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

    Par, England 38.8 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 Hillcrest Views Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Hillcrest Views Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Hillcrest Views Campsite? Beach time! It’ll take you 45 minutes or so to walk to the sands and rockpools of Portreath beach (or 10 minutes to drive), or 15 minutes to drive to Gwithian beach … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Hillcrest Views Campsite?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Hillcrest Views Campsite? From $24.02 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.