Wild Camping

Firepit and garden dining table and chairs

Family-friendly park within easy reach of St Ives and Land's End
Around 20 minutes' walk from the golden sandy beach of Portheras
Nature walks and birdwatching in the neighbouring 12-acre woodland

Wild Camping is a family-friendly site set at the edge of a protected 12-acre wildlife site that comprises a coppice woodland, a natural pond and lowland wetland on the wild western Cornwall coast, between St Just in Penwith and St Ives. Activities at Wild Camping include weekly bushcraft and traditional archery sessions (pre-booking essential), and you can go on nature trails and wildlife-spotting walks through the neighbouring woodland to see rabbits, badgers and foxes. Home to owls, buzzards, Canada geese and goldfinches, the forest is a good spot or birdwatching too, and as Wild Camping also sits in a designated dark skies area, there's no light pollution so plenty of serious stargazing can be done. Amenities include two composting toilets, two hot showers and a covered communal kitchen space with a dual-ring gas stove and a washing-up area. Barbecues and campfires are allowed. You're a 20-minute walk from the golden sandy beach of Portheras, and there's a café within walking distance too. The shops, restaurants, pubs and local supermarket of St Just are around 10 minutes' drive away, and you can buy local produce such as fruit and veg, beef and eggs from local farms.

Campground type

Languages spoken

English

Spanish

Italian

Nearby parks that are bookable on Pitchup.com

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Features

No dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

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 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 No dogs allowed

Themes

Forest Hikers’ paradise Luxury Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities 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

Tiny (1-10 sites)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Horseback riding nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby

Location

Wild Camping

Penwith Heritage Coast

St Just

Cornwall

England

TR19 7TS

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.15487°N
5.64426°W

Nearest transport

Bus

5.5 mi Bus Station

7.4 mi The Star Inn

Rail

5.5 mi Penzance Rail Station

8.3 mi St Ives (Cornwall) Rail Station

8.5 mi Carbis Bay Rail Station

Ferry

5.7 mi Penzance Ferry Terminal

23 mi Helford Village Ferry Landing

23.2 mi Helford Passage Ferry Landing

Airport

3.8 mi Land's End St Just Airport

5.9 mi Penzance 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

Directly above Wild Camping lies an expanse of moorland that's home to several historic sites such as Chûn Quoit – one of western Cornwall's best-preserved Neolithic quoits – and the standing stones of Mên-an-Tol. The cliffs of the South West Coast Path are a 20-minute stroll from the park, and the 12.5-mile St Michael's Way hiking route is within easy reach. Also around 20 minutes' walk away you'll find the quiet local beach of Portheras, while the beaches of Sennen and St Ives are a short drive away. St Ives, Land's End and St Michael's Mount are around half an hour's drive away.

(within 6.2 mi)

Castle, Aquarium, Theme park, & Zoo (within 10 mi)

Food and drink

The North Inn Pub 1 mi
Trewellard Meadery Restaurant 1.4 mi
Trewellard Arms Pub 1.4 mi
Queen's Arms Pub 2.2 mi
Fountain Inn Pub 2.5 mi
Kings Arms Pub 2.6 mi
Jeremy's Fish & Chips Restaurant 2.6 mi
Commercial Hotel Pub 2.7 mi
The Star Inn Pub 2.7 mi
London House Cafe & Restaurant 2.7 mi

Groceries

Co-op Food 2.6 mi
Costcutter 4.5 mi
Lidl 5.4 mi
The Co-operative Food 5.4 mi
Co-op Food 5.4 mi
Co-op Food 5.4 mi
Tesco 5.6 mi
Sainsbury's 5.9 mi
Morrisons 6.1 mi

Parks and play

Borlaze Park 0.7 mi
Silver Jubilee Park 0.9 mi
Pendeen Playground 1.2 mi
St Just Recreation Park 2.9 mi
Heamoor Old School Field park 4.5 mi
Princess May Recreation Ground park 5.1 mi
Lariggan Gardens park 5.3 mi
Penlee Park 5.3 mi
Mann's Field park 5.3 mi
Lariggan Gardens park 5.3 mi

Family days out

Chûn Castle Visitor attraction 0.6 mi
Carn Galver Mine Visitor attraction 1.8 mi
Mên Scryfa Visitor attraction 1.8 mi
Lanyon Quoit Visitor attraction 2.1 mi
Botallack Mines Visitor attraction 2.2 mi
Crowns Mine Visitor attraction 2.3 mi
Bosporthennis Sacred Well Visitor attraction 2.8 mi
Mulfra Quoit Visitor attraction 3.4 mi
Cornwall Underground Adventures Visitor attraction 3.5 mi
Trengwainton Gardens Visitor attraction 3.8 mi
Blind Fiddler Standing Stone Visitor attraction 4.4 mi
Chysauster Ancient Village Visitor attraction 4.6 mi
Greeb Farm Zoo 7 mi
St Michael's Mount Castle 7.8 mi
Paradise Park Zoo 9.8 mi

Public transport

Bojewyan Stennack 0.5 mi
Telephone Box 0.5 mi
Portherras Cross 0.6 mi
Boscaswell Stores 0.9 mi
Moorland Close 1.1 mi
Boscaswell Playing Fields 1.1 mi
Boslow 1.2 mi
Lower Boscaswell 1.2 mi
Geevor Tin Mine 1.3 mi
Trewellard Arms (SW bound) 1.4 mi

Beaches

Portheras Cove 0.9 mi
Boat Cove 1.1 mi
Treen Cove 3.2 mi
Porth Nanven 3.5 mi
Porthglaze Beach 3.6 mi
Progo 3.7 mi
Veor Cove Beach 3.9 mi
Pendour Beach 4.1 mi
Porthzennor Cove 4.4 mi
Gwynver Beach 4.9 mi

What’s nearby

Cape Cornwall Club Golf course 3.1 mi
Wharfside Shopping Centre 5.5 mi

Local services

Trewellard Garage Fuel station 1.4 mi
Day Lewis Pharmacy 2.7 mi
Cape Cornwall Surgery Doctors 2.7 mi
St Clare Medical Centre Clinic 4.9 mi
West Cornwall Hospital (Penzance) 5.1 mi
HSBC UK Cashpoint 5.4 mi
Newlyn Pharmacy 5.4 mi
Santander Cashpoint 5.4 mi
Asda Fuel station 5.4 mi
Nationwide Cashpoint 5.4 mi

Must see

Land's End 6.9 mi

St Michael's Mount 7.8 mi

Tate St Ives 8.3 mi

Cornwall Industrial Discovery Centre 17.5 mi

National Seal Sanctuary 19.8 mi

National Trust

Levant Mine and Beam Engine 1.8 mi

Trengwainton Garden 3.8 mi

St Michael's Mount 7.8 mi

Godrevy 12.4 mi

Godolphin 13 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Around Chun 0.8 mi

Bosullow - Men Scyfa - Nine Maidens - Chy - Lanyon Quoit 1.2 mi

Men-an-Tol - Nine Maidens - Bodrifty - Bosigran Castle 1.3 mi

St Ives - Bosigran - Penzance: Part 2 1.8 mi

TRENGWAINTON 3.5 mi