Welcombe Campers

Peek in on what’s rumoured to have been Merlin’s sea cave and learn the legends of King Arthur at Tintagel Castle (40 minutes’ drive) on the Cornish clifftops… around this part of the coast, there are plenty of cool spots like this one. You could join the surf brigade in Westward Ho! (25 minutes) or settle into a nice spot on Welcombe Mouth beach (10 minutes) to search the rockpools for fish and crabs. Bude (15 minutes) is a bang-on choice for watersports, especially surfing and sailing or canoeing and kayaking in the canal, but if you’re looking for somewhere where lobster and crab specialties, clifftop strolls and chartered fishing trips take centre stage, Clovelly (15 minutes) is an ancient fishing village of that sort. What about those activities that will take you onto dryer land? Well, you’ll want to bring out your hiking boots for Bodmin Moor (40 minutes) and map out the way to Bronze Age sites and granite tors. Rainforest biomes and zipwires are the sort of thing you’ll find at the Eden Project (an hour and 15 minutes), while over in the Milky Way Adventure Park (10 minutes), you’ll have family-friendly rides ready and waiting.