Hillcrest Views Campsite

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Motorhome and touring area
Aerial view of the campsite from mid 2023 season
Side view of pitch 12 (demonstrating the line of grass tent campervan pitches) and view beyond

  • 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

Touring caravan pitches 9
Motorhome pitches 23
Tent pitches 18
Open now
Opens 27 March
Please note

Pitches

  • A cable measuring at least 15 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.

Safety

  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.

Occupancy

  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

General

  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Reception

  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Dogs

  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 27 Mar 2026 to

Open from Mon, 22 Mar 2027 to

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10
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9
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
7

99% would recommend this site to a friend

99% would stay here again

What customers say

Campsite lauded for staff, facilities, and spacious pitches. Beautiful views and peaceful vibe; ideal for Cornwall exploration. Entrance tricky for some, minor workshop noise noted. Highly recommended, many planning return trips.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 15/9/2026

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Arrival date (latest first)

Nice location big grassy plot.

Overall

9 out of 10
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8
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9
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9
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9
Child friendliness
No rating
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10
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No rating

Electric optional grass campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked In the Meadow… Large pitch with plenty of communal space. Privacy hedges. Friendly welcome. Fair price. Washing up liquid and sponges provided. Great views.

Disliked Lots of rules and regulations provided before we arrived so a little concerned but all ok. The directions were confusing ie the first direction is to take a turn on the roundabout on the A30 but the roundabout is up off a slip road! Hence turn missed. We found it much easier to use google maps and it was not as hard to find as the park thinks it is.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Richard for your custom, your lovely review and constructive feedback. I know what you mean about the rules! I hope you found that once on site these tend to fall into common sense and kind consideration of others, categories. However, they tend to be particularly useful for those first time campers who are exploring this arena for the first time. And thank you very much for the feedback on the instructions. Whilst they are usually found to be very helpful - I will go back and review them to see if they could benefit from some updating.
Wishing you all the best for the rest of the year!
Amy, Roger and family

Lovely and peaceful

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10 out of 10
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10
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10
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10
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No rating
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Scott S. 1 review

Electric optional grass campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great location, very well kept private pitches. Staff are very pleasant, Amy and Roger great to talk to. Facilities are exceptional. Would gladly return here.

Disliked Absolutely nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Scott for your custom and your lovely review. It was so lovely meeting you both and chatting. I wish you both all the best and health for the rest of the year and we would love to see you back when you are ready!
Amy, Roger and family

Excellent campsite

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10 out of 10
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8
Value for money
10
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10
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10
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No rating
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10
Wifi
No rating

Electric optional grass campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Excellent facilities, clean, well maintained pitches, great location and within walking distance of pub, takeaway and shop, not far from beach. Great value for money, peaceful site. Will definitely stay again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your lovely review and your custom. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay and what we have to offer. I love your sunset picture - they have been stunning recently! We wish you all the best for the rest of your 2026 and would love to see you back again when you feel ready!
Amy, Roger and family

Netter Empfang und extra Plätze für…

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10 out of 10
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8
Value for money
9
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9
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
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10
Wifi
No rating
Paul 1 review

Non-electric grass tent pitch (backpacker, no cars, no pets, two person)

Liked Netter Empfang und extra Plätze für Backpacker

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Paul. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay and the little extras we have for all of our backpackers passing through. I hope the rest of your coastal path trip is going well and you continue to enjoy our gorgeous coastline.
Amy, Roger and family

Loved our stay

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10 out of 10
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10
Value for money
10
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10
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10
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No rating
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10
Wifi
No rating

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked Love this site set out lovelly so you have your own space . Amy is so lovelly making sure you have what you need the facilities are always spotless nothing is missed out on this site

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Sharon for your lovely review and your return custom. It was our pleasure to have you back again and I'm really pleased you enjoyed your stay despite the wet and windy setup day. We wish you all the best for the rest of your 2026 and look forward to seeing you again.
Amy, Roger and family

Nice little site

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10 out of 10
Location
9
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
1
Wifi
No rating

Electric optional grass campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Nice clean facilities, and the shower had hooks to hang up your clothes and towels, that a bonus over larger sites.

Disliked nothing disliked

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Bob for your lovely review. It was a pleasure having you both back this weekend and I hope you had a great time at the meet. We really appreciate your continued custom and we wish you all the best until we see you again,
Amy, Roger and family

Privacy shrubs, super clean bathrooms, only…

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10 out of 10
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10
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10
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10
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch (backpacker, no cars, no pets, two person)

Liked Privacy shrubs, super clean bathrooms, only 3 showers, but 2 shower heads in each so 2+ people can shower at same time-- much faster! Plenty of sinks for dishes. We were on bicycles, most accommodating. Highly recommend.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your very kind feedback and your custom. We appreciate your custom and are so pleased you enjoyed what we have to offer, including the chairs and charging points available for our backpackers. We know these are often greatly appreciated after a long cycle or walk to be able to reset off of sometimes hard or wet ground. Wishing you all the best for the rest of your adventures and 2026!
Amy, Roger and family

Great campsite, good location, booked again for next year!

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10 out of 10
Location
10
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10
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9
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10
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10
Wifi
No rating

Electric optional grass campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Amazing views, good size pitch, facilities keep very clean, lots of sinks to wash up, electric showers,Amy and Roger were very friendly and great pre visit communication, good location in little village, shops nearby, short travelling distance to lots of beaches

Disliked We did have to queue one night for the shower as it was very busy. This hasn’t put us off as overall it was brilliant.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Danielle for your custom and your wonderful feedback. All gratefully received. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay and wish you all the best for the rest of 2026, until we see you again next year!
Amy, Roger and family
Ps. Great pictures too...

Great family run campsite with clean…

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

Fully-serviced grass and gravel tent or motorhome pitch

Liked Great family run campsite with clean showers and toilets, double showers were great for showering with my little boy after a day at the beach. Clean washing up facilities all working. Amy is always about cleaning and is lovely and helpful. Pitches are lovely and spacious with green area in the middle for children to play and 2 football goals. Lovely little herb garden you can use. Freezer onsite for ice packs. Only thing that would have been helpful would be a washing machine. But one of the best campsites we have been to as a family and would 100% recommend and would love to come back again. Thank you Amy and Roger

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: It was our pleasure Louise. We loved having your family on site and thank you so much for your custom. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay and really value your feedback. We collect a list of suggestions by the end of each season and work on the next set up improvements over the closed season so we will add your thoughts in. Wising you all, all the best for the remainder of your Summer and 2026! And we would love to see you back again when you are ready,
Amy, Roger and family
Ps. The herb having been going down a treat...makes a good salad! Or mint tea!

The view & peaceful setting was…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
9
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
9
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
No rating

Fully-serviced grass and gravel tent or motorhome pitch

Liked The view & peaceful setting was lovely! A family site - was lovely seeing the camp 'wake up' in the mornings & their return from day outs!!
Children had the middle of field to play & the country views in the distance made for relaxing sitting outside van!
Robartes pub just along from site on safe walk but not serving food at the present time. Morrisons next to pub and great selection of foods and drink! Also pasty shop opp pub!!!
The Ship Inn 15 min drive or 40 minutes walk .... best to book table for food!
Choice of baches a short drive away &
lovely walks in & around village of Illogan.

Amy the owner, is lovely and her directions to enter the site from the A30 was spot on for our touring van.
Amy's warden, Roger was very helpful & always ready to help or assist in any way! 😊

All my family had a great week & will be going back without a doubt, with all three grown up children & five grandchildren! 🥰

Disliked Can't think of anything to dislike!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much Christine for such a kind and thorough review! It was an absolute treat meeting you all this year and it will be our pleasure to see you all back next season. We wish you all the best for the rest of your Summer and 2026!
Amy, Roger and family


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 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

Themes

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

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

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse 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

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Water hook-up points for tourers

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).
(within 10 km)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park and Zoo (within 16.1 km)

Food and drink

  • Manha Spice Restaurant 0.5 km
  • The Robartes Arms Pub 0.5 km
  • The Bridge Inn Pub 1.2 km
  • Tricky Dickies Pub 1.4 km
  • Shamrat Indian Restaurant 2 km
  • The Terrace Bar Restaurant 2.1 km
  • Miners Arms Pub 2.2 km
  • Plume of Feathers Pub 2.3 km
  • Cygnets Restaurant 2.3 km
  • Dragon Spring Restaurant 2.3 km

Groceries

  • Co-op Food Supermarket 1.7 km
  • Morrisons Supermarket 2 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 2.1 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 2.1 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 2.2 km
  • Costcutter Supermarket 2.5 km
  • Tesco Extra Supermarket 2.9 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 4.2 km
  • Deol Wines Off-licence 4.5 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 4.7 km

Parks and play

  • Manningham Woods park 0.7 km
  • Illogan Park 0.7 km
  • ROAR Playground 1.4 km
  • East Pool Park 1.6 km
  • Moorfield Park 1.7 km
  • Trenoweth Playing Field park 1.9 km
  • Wheal Fortune park 1.9 km
  • Child Play area Playground 1.9 km
  • Trelowia park 2.1 km
  • Plain-an-Gwarry Park Playground 2.3 km

Family days out

  • Feadon Wildlife Centre Zoo 2.2 km
  • Heartlands Visitor attraction 2.5 km
  • Carn Brea Castle 2.9 km
  • Crane Castle 4.2 km
  • Carwynnen Quoit Visitor attraction 6.9 km
  • Chacewood Bike Park Visitor attraction 7.8 km
  • Paradise Park Zoo 14.1 km

Public transport

  • Homecroft Surgery 0.3 km
  • Merrits Hill 0.4 km
  • Bridge Road 0.5 km
  • Little Tehidy Cottage 0.5 km
  • Middle of Bridge Road 0.5 km
  • Bottom of Church Road 0.5 km
  • Illogan Park 0.5 km
  • Robartes Terrace 0.5 km
  • Robartes Arms 0.5 km
  • Coronation Road 0.6 km

Beaches

  • Portreath Beach 3.1 km
  • Amy's Cove 3.1 km
  • Greenbank Cove 4.6 km
  • Porthtowan Beach 4.7 km
  • Chapel Porth Beach 6.2 km
  • Trevaunance Cove 9.2 km

Other nearby

  • GwelanMor Golf Course 2 km
  • Coarse Fishing Lake 2.1 km
  • Tehidy Park Golf Club Golf course 2.3 km
  • Radnor Golf and Leisure Golf course 3.6 km
  • Clowance Golf Course 9.4 km

Local services

  • Homecroft Surgery Clinic 0.3 km
  • Boots Pharmacy 0.5 km
  • Harris Memorial Surgery Doctors 0.5 km
  • Texaco Fuel station 2 km
  • Tesco Fuel station 2 km
  • GeniePoint Charging Station 2 km
  • Morrisons Fuel station 2 km
  • Camborne Redruth Community Hospital 2.2 km
  • Pool Health Centre Doctors 2.4 km
  • GeniePoint Charging station 2.4 km

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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

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.

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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?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  13:00 –  18:00
    Depart by:  11:00
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Hillcrest Views Campsite? From €15.17 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.