Sunset Camping

We booked this site as its a small site and we prefer this. At night the site is as shown in the photos.

There is a lovely beach at Portreath 5/10 minutes away that you can enjoy the waves or a swim in the harbour. Shops are local and plenty of places to explore.

Well if you don't mind noise and festival facilities you will definitely find it here however for us these were issues. This site is at the side of a main road and close to the dual carriageway, there is noise all the time, day and night. The neighbourhood next door has dogs barking at 2am, people shouting in the early hours and a lot of loud motorbikes.

The facilities are basic, portaloo style facilities. We were fortunate to have great weather however in tern, taking a shower in a portaloo shower was killer, you needed a shower from taking a shower it was that hot. As there are only 2 showers for the whole campsite ques can occur.

Lastly, we booked this site many months ago, booking an electric pitch (there was both electric and non-electric option) upon arrival I was advised we'd booked a non electric pitch, I shown the booking invoice to which it turns out on a different page you have to opt for electricity as an extra... I had not done this as I believed in booking the electric pitch it came with electricity. At this point I was advised electric cost £7 per day, £49 a week, two thirds of what we pay in a month for electricity with 3 children. I raised this as misleading and I felt misadvertised and have been advised this has now been rectified and made more clear however this spoilt our holiday and caused problems for us meaning we couldn't afford the electricity. Our son and I are asthmatic and my sons asthma is triggered by temperature change because it was so hot in the day and then at times a lot cooler at night he was waking in the night needing his inhaler.

This holiday and site wasn't at all what we expected, because of this we will not be returning.

Very clean site, professional owners and they were absolutely lovely people. The area was quite and extremely well taken care of.

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Great location , friendly hosts , dog friendly , well lit and maintained site

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Fantastic view of the sunset, owners accommodating and very peaceful site. Great location to get anywhere in Cornwall. All round lovely stay at sunset camping

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Lovely quiet site, facilities spotlessly clean, friendly staff and level pitches, would highly recommend.

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Hosts were great and fab location

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The site is very, very nice. In fact no its brilliant and we will be returning.. The pitch sizes are enormous and perfectly flat. The amenities were spotless and well maintained, you even get the use of a freezer in the wash up area, BBQ heaven!! ... Camp fires allowed and drinking water spots clearly identified. If that wasn't enough the owners were absolutely lovely and more helpful than we could have asked.

The also have pre built yurt or bell style tents here that you just move into no need to erect or dismantle.. Perfect 👌

You may have read reviews stating it's noisy with traffic.. Look I'm going to be honest.. If you go to cornwall to pitch up a tent or camper and stay on site all day you will be bored... The site isn't a "let's put our feet up and listen to bird song and the chirping of crickets" this is an outstanding base to explore all of the best Cornwall has to offer.. You wake up go out all day and come back in the evening, yes you may hear a few cars, correct me if I'm wrong but unless you go to a (walk to camp site only accessible on foot) you will hear cars no matter where you go..

The site have provided an info board containing everything from the nearest shop to where to go in an emergency for your self or your pets. They have recommendations and a tourism leaflet board for all the local and further a field attractions.
Let's face it for all of this on a beautifully hand crafted camp site (oh yes, this was once just a field, the owners have hand built this site) how could we leave a bad review

There isn't anything we disliked, oh OK... If I must name something.... I had to use a hammer to get my pegs in the ground because the sun had dried it out, and I didn't get a perfectly clear evening to stargaze.. I'm sure you will agree these are our of the control of even the best camp sites..

Nothing but a lovely site.

Good sized, flat pitches, well landscaped

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Good site. Owners very helpful. Help with the caravan as it was first time

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Really well maintained site. Everything needed is there. Loos and showers spotless. Nice feel to the site. Very close to supermarkets etc

Only fair to note there is quite a bit of road noise - but nothing that.would keep you up at night. We turned in early and no issue.