Elm Farm

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Tree-lined meadow
Tree-lined meadow
Level, shaded camping field
Table tennis
Grass pitches
Camping field
Campsite reception
The cafe, open from 0900 every day
Sunset at porthtowan
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Level, shaded camping field
Table tennis
Grass pitches

  • Peaceful west Cornwall family campsite 10 minutes’ drive from Redruth
  • Porthtowan beach five minutes’ drive; Portreath beach 10 minutes
  • Tree-sheltered grass pitches; firepit and bike hire; café on site
After a slice of rural West Country life? That’s exactly what you get at Elm Farm, a Cornwall smallholding where the camping fields have uninterrupted views across Laity Moor to the hilly local landmarks of Carn Brea and Carn Marth. Tucked away in the peaceful Nancekuke Valley and just 10 minutes’ drive from Redruth's shops and pubs, the tree-sheltered grass pitches are positioned around the perimeter of two spacious meadows, leaving lots of open space in the middle for kids to play safely. Catering concerns are all taken care of: you can rent a firepit and buy wood from reception to get grilling up a barbecue, and there’s also a café on site to save you the bother of cooking. Need advice on country or coastal walks? Ask the site owners – their local knowledge is second to none. If you’d like to explore the quiet Cornish lanes under pedal power, you can hire bikes from them too. Whether you’re on site or out and about, keep a beady eye open for wildlife: buzzards and barn owls are common sights, but you may strike lucky and spot foxes, badgers and stoats as well. The camping fields are supplied with clean drinking water and solar lights around the amenities block, which has a constant supply of hot water. There’s another loo beside the café, just a short skip up the hill.

Site type

Tent pitches 20
Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Open now
Opens 1 May
Please note

Admission

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

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 01 May to

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Reviews

9.8

Overall rating from 70 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

100% would recommend this site to a friend

100% would stay here again

What customers say

Lovely, peaceful eco-campsite with friendly owners. Great facilities, including clean showers and composting toilets. Guests love the natural setting and location for walks/cycling. Cafe is a hit. Some branches a bit low on one track. Highly recommended for eco-lovers seeking a relaxing break.

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Amazing campsite, beautiful. Peaceful, clean,…

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 Sally T. 4 reviews

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Amazing campsite, beautiful. Peaceful, clean, organised, lovely hot showers, shady spots to camp under trees, close to beautiful coast line.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice campsite in a good location.…

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Reuben V. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Nice campsite in a good location. Very welcoming with good facilities. Cafe and chill area nice touch too. We would recommend and return, many thanks for a pleasant stay!

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Excellent in nearly all respects

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked This is such a lovely campsite because the site is well protected, the toilets and showers are well managed and clean. The showers are nice and spacious. Most of all the people who run the site/bike hire/cafe are very nice people and this seems to give the campsite it’s lovely feel. We have visited twice now and I’m pretty sure we are going to come back. The cycle ride on our e bikes was so much fun and the cafes and places along the cycle route were also very hospitable and friendly. I do recommend the e bikes for a more chilled day out. The breakfast in the lovely shady forecourt area was also very lovely and brought out by the most lovely smiley lady. This campsite feels like staying with friends. Thanks

Disliked No dislikes

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Great atmosphere, meadow partly shady, peaceful…

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Great atmosphere, meadow partly shady, peaceful

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site,…

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 Jo A. 1 review

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Great site,

Disliked Nothing

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Nice site , plenty of room…

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 Shaun H. 4 reviews

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Nice site , plenty of room to pitch up . Great location for cycling the coast to coast bike trail.

Disliked I’m not so keen on compost toilets .. campsite was full and could have done with more or cleaned more often . but perhaps on low or mid season this would not be a problem.

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Packed but quiet and respectful clientele,…

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 Stephen T. 15 reviews

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Packed but quiet and respectful clientele, no queues for facilities, because there is plenty and spotless as usual

Disliked Nothing

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Great site, close to north coast beaches.

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Richard N. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Very quiet and laid back eco site. Very friendly owners, good on site cafe and nice dog walking field.

Disliked Nothing

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Wir wären gern länger geblieben

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Toller Platz. Viel Platz zum Spielen für die Kinder. Hundefreundlich. Ordentliche Toiletten tolle Duschen.
Richtig gutes Frühstück und sehr sehr guter Kaffee. Freundliche Mitarbeiterin.

Disliked Die Straße ist leider deutlich zu hören und wenn man beim überqueren nicht aufpasst im schlimmsten Fall auch zu spüren. Es fahren einfach alle viel zu schnell und es gibt zu viele Spinner mit lauten Karren.
Das Gute überwiegt dennoch deutlich.

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Nice quiet site

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Damian O. 3 reviews

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Nice small, quiet site with simple but good facilities.

Disliked Nothing

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Features

Dogs allowed

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

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer Communal fridge Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

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

Location

Elm Farm

Porthtowan

Redruth

Cornwall

England

TR16 5UF

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50,266°N
5,2386°W

Nearest transport

Coach
3,7 km Railway Station
3,8 km Alma Place
4,9 km Cornwall College
Rail
3,8 km Redruth Rail Station
7,5 km Camborne Rail Station
10,6 km Perranwell Rail Station
Ferry
15,6 km Ponsharden Ferry Landing
15,9 km Trelisick Ferry Landing
16,2 km Philleigh King Harry Ferry Landing
Airport
25,1 km Penzance Airport
26,1 km Newquay St Mawgan Airport
35,7 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

Surfers, you’ve struck lucky, as Elm Farm is close to the sandy surfing beaches of Portreath (10 minutes’ drive) and Porthtowan (five minutes). Long-distance walkers, this campsite makes a handy overnighter when you’re hiking the South West Coast Path (10 minutes); if you’re up for shorter potters, it takes around half an hour to stroll to cliffs along the rugged North Cornwall coastline. Culture vultures might want to head for St Ives (25 minutes) to absorb the arty delights of the Tate St Ives or the stellar collection at the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. If that’s a step too far for the attention spans of your kids, take them to pan for gold and explore a former tin-smelting mill at Cornwall Gold and Tolgus Mill (five minutes). Up the family activity levels with a few speedy laps on quad bikes at The ATV Centre (10 minutes, booking required), or spend some crafty grown-up time sampling award-winning scrumpy at Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm (15 minutes). For the music fans among you, there are occasional festivals at Mount Pleasant Ecological Park (five minutes).

Food and drink

  • The Inn For All Seasons 2,4 km
  • Old School Bar and Kitchen 3 km
  • Manha Spice 3,1 km
  • The Terrace Bar 3,6 km
  • Tung Sing 3,6 km
  • The Captain's Table 3,6 km
  • Amity Tandoori Cuisine 3,7 km
  • The Atlantic 3,9 km
  • Shamrat Indian Restaurant 4,4 km
  • Cygnets 4,5 km

Groceries

  • Aldi Supermarket 2,7 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 3,4 km
  • Costcutter Supermarket 3,6 km
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 4 km
  • Morrisons Supermarket 4,4 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 4,5 km
  • Tesco Extra Supermarket 5,4 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 6,8 km
  • Deol Wines Off-licence 7,1 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 7,3 km

Parks and play

  • ROAR Playground 1,5 km
  • Trenoweth Playing Field park 1,8 km
  • Porthtowan Play Park Playground 2,2 km
  • Millenium Green Playground 2,9 km
  • Mount Hawke (Millennium Green) park 2,9 km
  • Manningham Woods park 3 km
  • Treskerby Playing Field park 3,2 km
  • Illogan Park 3,3 km
  • Pumping Station Park 3,4 km
  • Plain-an-Gwarry Park Playground 3,4 km

Family days out

  • Carn Brea Castle 4,9 km
  • Heartlands Visitor attraction 5,1 km
  • Crane Castle 6 km
  • Chacewood Bike Park Visitor attraction 6,7 km
  • Carwynnen Quoit Visitor attraction 9,5 km

Public transport

  • Chapel Meadow 1,2 km
  • Glenview 1,5 km
  • Sunny Ridge 1,6 km
  • Triple M's 1,6 km
  • Cornish Goldsmiths 1,7 km
  • Trenoweth Estate 1,8 km
  • Mawla Junction 1,8 km
  • Mawla Juction 1,8 km
  • Porthtowan Turn 1,8 km
  • Top of Basset Road 2 km

Beaches

  • Porthtowan Beach 2,4 km
  • Chapel Porth Beach 3,8 km
  • Portreath Beach 4,1 km
  • Amy's Cove 4,2 km
  • Greenbank Cove 6,6 km
  • Trevaunance Cove 6,6 km

What’s nearby

  • Radnor Golf and Leisure Golf course 2,3 km
  • Coarse Fishing Lake 3,7 km
  • GwelanMor Golf Course 3,8 km

Local services

  • NHS Talking Therapies Clinic 2,2 km
  • Mount Hawke Surgery Hospital 2,6 km
  • Homecroft Surgery Clinic 2,9 km
  • Harris Memorial Surgery Doctors 2,9 km
  • Scorrier SSTN Fuel station 3 km
  • Boots Pharmacy 3 km
  • Tesco Fuel station 3,3 km
  • Redruth Health Clinic Doctors 3,6 km
  • Green Lane Pharmacy 3,6 km
  • Day Lewis Pharmacy 3,7 km

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Must see

Cornwall Industrial Discovery Centre 4,6 km

Truro Cathedral 13,3 km

Lappa Valley Steam Railway 17,7 km

National Maritime Museum Cornwall 17,9 km

Tate St Ives 18,3 km

National Trust

Cornish Mines and Engines 4,6 km

Godrevy 11,4 km

Trelissick Garden 15,5 km

Godolphin 16,5 km

Trerice 19,4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Porth Towan - Towan Cross - Chapel Porth 2,3 km

Circular walk Portreath - Tehidy Country Park - Reskajeage Downs - Coastal Path 3,9 km

St Agnes Beacon 5,6 km

Hell's Mouth 7,2 km

Hanover 8,7 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 Elm Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Elm Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Elm Farm? Surfers, you’ve struck lucky, as Elm Farm is close to the sandy surfing beaches of Portreath (10 minutes’ drive) and Porthtowan (five minutes). Long-distance walkers, this campsite makes a handy overnighter when … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Elm Farm?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11 a.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Elm Farm? From R652,37 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.