Widemouth Bay Caravan Park

View prices & book 7.7 559 reviews
View of the sea (added by emiliap 26 Nov 2020)
Beautiful (added by visitor 06 jun 2022)
Bring your tents and tourers (added by manager 31 jul 2015)
Sea views (added by manager 06 jul 2017)

  • Coastal park set in over 50 acres of grounds
  • A short drive from the surf schools and beach at Bude
  • Free heated pool, free wifi, clubhouse, kids' club and bar
Free! The price of zilch is what you’ll pay to keep the kids happy at Widemouth Bay Caravan Park a few miles from Bude, which is bound to result in wide-mouthed grins for all concerned... This large and lively family park has kids’ clubs run by the cunning Foxy, free evening entertainment by the Stripey Coats, crazy golf to go loopy at and an indoor heated pool, which are also…free. As is the wifi in the clubhouse. Huzzah. Widemouth Bay Caravan Park’s location is also pretty smilesome: on a hilltop overlooking the Cornish countryside and the fab Widemouth Bay with its three miles of sand. There are over 50 acres to lose yourself in around the park and pretend you never have to go home, with the takeaway, well-stocked shop and tasty meals at the bar keeping you sorted for nosh and a launderette looking after the essentials. Looking for yet more things to do on site? Challenge the kids on the amusements or show them how to hustle on the pool table – letting them beat you should result in even more wide smiles…

Site type

Tent pitches 120
Touring caravan pitches 80
Motorhome pitches 80
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Rent a tent 4
Caravans for hire 135
Open now
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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).
  • The bar and/or restaurant is open between 01/03 et 01/11.
  • The grocery shop is open between 01/03 et 01/11.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 01/03 and 01/11.
  • Minimum spacing of 6 metres between pitches.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Sorry, the parks do not accept all-male or all-female parties under 25 years of age (this does not apply to couples). The park is in a hilly location; some of the pitches might be slightly sloping.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 01 Mar to

This site is a member of John Fowler Holidays group.

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would recommend this site to a friend

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Good place cheap rained all night but didnt matter staff…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Good place cheap rained all night but didnt matter staff nice

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The camping field and facilities are brilliant clean, tidy nice hot showers.…

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The camping field and facilities are brilliant clean, tidy nice hot showers. The views are breath taking. Ben the Tourers camp fields manager is friendly and always happy to help. The club house entertainment is as expected for a family park the children loved it there. However, can be expensive.

Disliked: The receptionist at the main reception I found to be very rude. We were their for 3 nights and never got to use the pool. The receptionist said that we had too many of us in our party (9 children 4 adults) she had to think of other families. The receptionist stated that only 34 people were allowed in the pool at one time. Therefore, pre book the day before which we tried to do each day but faced with the same receptionist got refused entry. On headcount of the pool only 9 people were swimming. Our children were upset and ended up having to drive into Bude to use the leisure centre pool. When complaining to campsite manager he stipulated that we could have used the pool, pre book under the different pitch numbers rather than a large group. He bewildered that the receptionist didn't just do this and stated that it will be feedback to her. Overall, we enjoyed our stay. Just very disappointed that we booked a site with a pool and never got to use it.

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Friendly staff, good clean tidy facilities, club with events on every…

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
Wil T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, good clean tidy facilities, club with events on every night, heated swimming pool. Wifi

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Fab!!

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

Electric grass tent pitch (large)

Liked: The grounds were so well kept and clean. Shower blocks immaculate! The maintenance man (with the beard) was very helpful too! A great stay!

Disliked: No negatives

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Fantastic site, will definitely return again in the future!

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Welcoming staff, well layed out site. Good daytime and evening activities and entertainment. Lovely location only a short walk (30 minutes) from the beach. Facilities were clean and modern. Swimming pool was clean and suitable. Show was well equipped.

Disliked: Site was hilly, so was slightly inconvenient walking too and from clubhouse & swimming pool with little legs.

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Toiled we’re spotless, the staff, other tourists were very friendly

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Molly L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The lovely view and the local town and beaches nearby were lovely experience, also our puppies first time experiencing all of this and he loved it !

Disliked: The tractor doing work late at night kept us up at midnight

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Clean and tidy park well maintained (grounds and toilet blocks, etc). …

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean and tidy park well maintained (grounds and toilet blocks, etc). Lovely food and polite staff.

Disliked: Couldn't think of any.

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Very hilly site with great views

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: I traveled on my own with two kids 9 & 2 years old. The location was beautiful although we traveled in April so it was really windy and had rain too. You could see the sea from our pitch. The evening entertainment was really good.

Disliked: Unfortunately due to the weather the pitches was muddy. But obviously not the sites fault. It’s a really hilly site so as much as it was lovely when you have two kids and wanting to use the laundrette it was a hike up hills to get to and from the laundrette and to the club house. There probably was things to do near by but you would have to use a car as it wasn’t walkable with two kids and one in a push chair.

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The facilities were clean but the pitch was expensive and was very wet

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 2
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Karina G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The site was clean and tidy the showers were nice and clean. The on site shop was well stocked. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Disliked: We were told upon arrival that we to book 24 hours in advance to use the pool we were only staying one night. The food in the restaurant was very basic. The touring site was water logged and difficult to get the camper van in and out where the grass was the pitches were hardcore but it was so wet couldn’t use the ground sheet.

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Overall good little site with clean facilities

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Nice site with a great view. No wifi apart from club house but looks like boosters fitted so maybe in the future. Very boggy but not there fault possibly could do with fresh gravel for hard standing pitches to help with this issue. Cold water only in new shower block on first day but sorted on second. The older shower block had lovely warm showers. Very clean toilets. Food in club house basic but fine as a takeaway. Didn’t use the club house or pool but all looked clean and staff friendly. Shop stocked usuals and reasonable priced. Nice little outside shower for dogs which was very handy after coastal path walk. Again not there fault but visiting cars speeding around but by looks of it new road in parts laid so maybe awaiting more speed bumps.

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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

Disabled facilities

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

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

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

Very large (over 200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Surf school nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Widemouth Bay Caravan Park

Poundstock

Bude

Cornwall

England

EX23 0DF

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.77732°N
-4.55259°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.8 km The Strand
35.2 km Lidl Superstore
35.3 km Lidl Superstore
Rail
37.2 km Coombe Junction Halt (Rail Station)
37.2 km Liskeard Rail Station
37.4 km Gunnislake Rail Station
Ferry
36.4 km Bideford Ferry Landing
37 km Rock Padstow Ferry Landing
37.7 km Padstow Ferry Landing

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

Widemouth Bay is where you’ll find the surf: if you’re new to launching yourself happily into the waves there are surf and bodyboarding schools dotted all around here and Bude, and Newquay is within 50 minutes' drive. Bude less than 10 minutes by car has a couple of excellent beaches: Summerleaze, to have a dip in the sea pool at the bottom of the cliffs and to bag a beach hut for hire so you can pretend for one fleeting afternoon that it’s your very own, and Crooklets, which you can reach by a short stroll from Summerleaze Down. Both beaches, and the sea pool at Summerleaze, are lifeguarded. The staff at Widemouth Bay Caravan Park recommends a car to see the best of Cornwall, but you won’t have very far to drive to reach most of the main hotspots: the Eden Project is about 50 minutes away, and Tintagel, legendary home of King Arthur and Merlin, is just along the coast.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Widemouth Sand 1.8 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Summerleaze 6 km Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Crooklets 6.5 km Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Crackington Haven 6.9 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Northcott Mouth 7.9 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Tintagel Castle 19 km

RHS Garden Rosemoor 34.5 km

Rock Beach 36.6 km

Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park 41.6 km

Eden Project 47.7 km

National Trust

Tintagel Old Post Office 19 km

Lawrence House 20.5 km

Lydford Gorge 34.7 km

Cotehele 39 km

Cotehele Mill 39 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Poundstock, Dizzard and Millook 1.2 km

Pondstock to Dizzard - Woods and Country 1.2 km

Poundstock - Millook Coast and Country 1.2 km

Widemouth Bay - Coast and Country 2.7 km

Dizzard Coast and Countryside 2.8 km

Local events

  • GoldCoast Oceanfest (Friday, 21 June 2024 – Friday, 21 June 2024)

    Croyde, England 45.5 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Want to know more about camping in Cornwall?

  • Does Widemouth Bay Caravan Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Widemouth Bay Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Widemouth Bay Caravan Park? Widemouth Bay is where you’ll find the surf: if you’re new to launching yourself happily into the waves there are surf and bodyboarding schools dotted all around here and Bude, and Newquay … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Widemouth Bay Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  6:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Widemouth Bay Caravan Park? From R375.53 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.