Compton Park

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  • Campsite and restaurant on a 1000-foot hill near Callington
  • Set on the site of a former Cornish tin mine
  • Surrounded by 400 acres of country park and Cornish mining heritage
You'll find right royal views from placid Compton Park in east Cornwall, set on the sunny south-western slopes of Kit Hill. The hill was once owned by Prince Charles (he gave it to the Cornish people to celebrate the birth of Wills in 1985) and from here scenery seekers can see kingly panoramas of Cornwall and Devon – such as Plymouth and the Mew Stone to the east; the Eddystone lighthouse 12 miles out to sea; the north Cornish coast to above Looe; the white peaks of old Cornish clay tips, the Eden Project and the eastern side of Bodmin Moor to the west. This part of Cornwall is rolling in history and heritage: Kit Hill and its slopes form Kit Hill Country Park, heavy in Cornish mining heritage, and Compton Park itself is on the site of a former tin mine. More into natural history? Kit Hill is the highest point in the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and named after 'kite', the old English word for birds of prey – look up from the mines to see buzzards and kestrels hunting overhead. On site, stroll around the peaceful six acres before settling down to a home-cooked meal in the restaurant and tearoom of the converted steam engine house – the conversion also includes the site amenities of showers, loos and washing facilities. Pubs, food shops, hardware stores and a supermarket are at Callington, 20 minutes' walk away. Kelly Bray, the closest village to the park at five minutes' walk, has a pub and a launderette.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 30
Motorhome pitches 30
Tent pitches 4
Open all year
Opens
Please note

Vehicles

  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Admission

  • Guests under the age of 17 are not allowed on site.

Languages spoken

English

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Accommodation

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Reviews

9.2

Overall rating from 220 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

93% would recommend this site to a friend

90% would stay here again

What customers say

Clean, quiet, adult-only site with awesome countryside views. Staff are lekker friendly, loos/showers spotless, and the restaurant's tops. Pitches mostly roomy & level. Minor moans: small showers, steep road in, metered electricity. Restaurant hours & dog spots are a bit limited.

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 Tom C. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Communication with charlotte and me. The pitch, great views.
Loved the restaurant, good food, reasonable priced and competent friendly & courteous staff.

Disliked Facilities could benefit from an upgraded ie ventilation, a toilet brush, signage for water, chemical & grey waste.

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The view, the toilets and showers…

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 Michaela S. 4 reviews

Non-electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked The view, the toilets and showers were clean. Lovely breakfast in the restaurant. Very quiet and beautiful starry skies. The WiFi was a bonus!

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Views fabulous, check in easy, facilities…

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Views fabulous, check in easy, facilities good.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quite good showers very clean…

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Deborah E. 2 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Quite good showers very clean

Disliked The driveway to get to the site is very steep and it damaged the back of the caravan.
I know it’s not your responsibility for the speedy traffic along the road but had to get out of the car to make sure the cars on the road didn’t crash into us as we left.

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Lovely clean quiet site…

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 Sandra C. 4 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely clean quiet site

Disliked The showers, it was warm so didn’t hate having to start shower cold as it is very short shower before it stops but if weather had been cooler it wouldn’t have been nice experience. I don’t have particularly long hair but ended up trying to do everything one handed to rinse shampoo etc off to keep water going. No temperature control or height adjustment so hair was wet every time.

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Lovely quiet & clean park. Nice…

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 Jimmy F. 6 reviews

Non-electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely quiet & clean park. Nice clean showers & toilets. Lovely cafe/resturant/ brilliant friendly staff/other people staying very friendly. TBF Its not that far to walk into either Callington or down to The SwingleTree in KellyBray. Ive heard people on here moan about the road BUT I walk both often when I stay & threy ARE NOT DANGEROUS (even met locals walking them) & you can even walk/ cut down Pengelly Lane to Tescos & avoid the road if you like. Good dog walks if you drive around to Kitt Hill as well.

Disliked I DISSLIKE NOTHING AT ALL about the place.
And I love the staff.
In fact if I walk into Callington I can go into The Cornish Ancestor or The Bulls Head & they pull my pints without me even getting to the bars (& treats for my dog as well). Callington is a very friendly place too

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Excellent site and we will return!

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 Steven P. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked The views and the café are excellent. The staff in the café are very friendly and helpful. Excellent choice of food at very reasonable prices! The site is spotless and the toilets / showers are a credit to the chap who cleans them

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Well located site adults only site

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Peaceful, great views, clean and well maintained, adults only. Great restaurant on site with lovely menu.
Friendly staff.

Disliked Nothing

Entry/exit from the site a bit tricky onto fast main road with awkward camber.

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Lovely views. Very good dog friendly…

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 Vivien W. 3 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely views. Very good dog friendly restaurant.

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Very clean site, the staff were…

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 Diane H. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Very clean site, the staff were lovely, the food was really nice and it’s a lovely site just to go and relax. The views are beautiful too

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

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

Adults only 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 Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby

Location

Compton Park

Florence Road

Callington

Cornwall

England

PL17 8EA

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50,51209°N
4,30589°W

Route directions

Due to the camber of the entrance driveway, the site advises that you enter and leave the site towards the Launceston Road/Kelly Bray (A388) direction along Florence Road. The entrance camber can be steep if approached from the direction of the A390.

Nearest transport

Coach
9,9 km Foot Bridge
9,9 km Foot Bridge
9,9 km Foot Bridge
Rail
6,1 km Gunnislake Rail Station
7,1 km Calstock Rail Station
8 km Bere Alston Rail Station
Ferry
17,2 km Torpoint Ferry Terminal
17,4 km Devonport Ferry Terminal
19,1 km Plymouth Stonehouse Ferry Terminal

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

See the sights of Cornwall, west Devon, Plymouth and Dartmoor with royal ease from Compton Park via the easily accessible A38 and A30 roads or by taking a train from Gunnislake two miles away along the Tamar Valley line to the Bere Peninsula and Plymouth. On foot, stride among the scenery, wildlife and mines of Kit Hill Country Park: climb to the stack at the top of the hill for spectacular views over Bodmin Moor. Go east for 386 square miles of walking, climbing or cantering at Dartmoor, and south-east to Plymouth for fathoms' worth of maritime heritage including the National Marine Aquarium and famed Plymouth Hoe. To the north and south, days (weeks?) of splashing can be had at Cornwall's safe and clean family beaches and at the watersports activities of Roadford and Siblyback lakes. Make for award-winning Morwellham Quay on the Tamar for more mining history, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the industrial heritage of Cornwall and Devon. If historic houses are more your heritage thing, both counties come with heaps of heritage buildings and gardens including lovely Lanhydrock at Bodmin and 700 year old Buckland Abbey at Yelverton. For smalls, the Tamar Valley Donkey Park and play barn or a puff on the steam railways at Launceston and Bodmin should see them sorted, while family days out at the lush Eden Project are about 45 minutes' drive away.

Food and drink

  • Compton Park 0,02 km
  • Compton Park 0,07 km
  • Balti King 1,2 km
  • Red Panda 1,3 km
  • Louis Tea Rooms 1,6 km
  • Sleepy Hollow Farm 3 km
  • Barn Restaurant 6 km
  • The Voting Tree 8,9 km
  • Gaucho BBQ 9,1 km
  • Harvest Home 9,1 km

Parks and play

  • Rosemullion Park 0,7 km
  • The Pirate Ship 7,3 km
  • School Playground 8,5 km
  • Pentillie Park 9 km
  • Tre, Pol & Pen 9,3 km

Public transport

  • Bowling Green 0,7 km
  • Callington School 0,7 km
  • Lamorna Drive 0,8 km
  • Isacombe Garage 0,8 km
  • Isacombe 0,8 km
  • Urban Terrace 0,8 km
  • Glebelands 0,8 km
  • Ginsters 0,9 km
  • Ginsters 0,9 km
  • Coombe Road 1 km

Groceries

  • Tesco 0,7 km
  • Co-op Food 9 km

Family days out

  • Rosemullion Park 0,7 km
  • The Pirate Ship 7,3 km
  • School Playground 8,5 km
  • Pentillie Park 9 km
  • Tre, Pol & Pen 9,3 km

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Must see

National Marine Aquarium 20,4 km

Dartmoor Zoological Park 24,9 km

Eden Project 36,1 km

Tintagel Castle 36,6 km

Buckfast Abbey 37,6 km

National Trust

Cotehele 6 km

Cotehele Mill 6 km

Buckland Abbey 12,7 km

Lawrence House 14,6 km

Lydford Gorge 20,1 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Newbridge and River Lynher 3,3 km

Cadsonbury Hill-Fort 3,3 km

COTEHELE 6 km

Cotehele Quay - River Tamar - Calstock - Metherell 6,2 km

ENDSLEIGH 7,7 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 Compton Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Compton Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Compton Park? See the sights of Cornwall, west Devon, Plymouth and Dartmoor with royal ease from Compton Park via the easily accessible A38 and A30 roads or by taking a train from Gunnislake two … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Compton Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Compton Park? From R438,39 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.