When can I check in and check out of Gwel-an-Nans Farm?

Camping and touring Arrive: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Depart by: 10:30 a.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Gwel-an-Nans Farm?

From £23 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Gwel-an-Nans Farm

View prices & book Last booked one day ago 9.6 117 reviews

Donkeys on site, which kids are welcome to feed

Rural family-run site on a farm on the edge of Bodmin Moor
Within 15 minutes' drive of Lanhydrock House and Restormel Castle
Playing field, nature trail and animals to feed on site

Sort yourself a serene stay in Cornwall at Gwel-an-Nans Farm, a site in a secluded spot south west of Bodmin Moor and less than a 15-minute drive from the town of the same name. Pull up and you’ll get a sunny welcome from Gerald and Sheila, the couple who run this two and a half-acre park in the middle of a bigger animal-filled farm. These friendly folk are joined by two equally friendly donkeys who are always happy to meet any small explorers you're bringing along – give them a wave while running off to the separate enclosed field for games of football and bike riding. This is a spectacular park for thrillseeking as well as lazing about, with the moor right outside the entrance for mountain biking, and off-road paths over in Cardinham Woods less than a 10-minute drive away. Keen freewheelers can take on the famed Bodmin Beast as well as a couple of other tricky red-grade trails. Along with pedalling on the 18-mile Camel Trail, family-friendly touring on two wheels is to be had at the National Trust’s Lanhydrock House estate less than a 10-minute drive. And if you’d rather roam, ask Gerald and Sheila about the two-mile nature trail leading down to a hidden wooded valley back on site or set off on a circular saunter around the round walls of Restormel Castle 15 minutes’ drive... Reckon you’ll be famished on your return? Supermarkets, restaurants and pubs are over in Bodmin – check out local sights like the jail, regimental museum and obelisk while you’re in the area too.

Site type

Open all year

Tourist board rating

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Electricity is metered on site at £0.50 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid top up card. Top ups available from 8am - 9pm. Coronavirus update: please note that donkey trap rides are not currently available, although guests are welcome to meet the donkeys and see them every day.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

2 of the 4 hard standing pitches, we were in the caravan and my parents in the motorhome

Just a short walk from the site. cardinham woods

A fantastic Cornish site with gorgeous views!

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Child friendliness	10
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Charlotte W. Apr 2025

Electric optional grass tent pitch

Liked: What a ‘site’ for sore eyes! We all thoroughly enjoyed our two night stay at this lovely small campsite. It was spotlessly clean and we had everything we could possibly need. It’s fab having a picnic table for each pitch and also a clothesline that we could use.

Disliked: Nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Enjoyed our stay. Would visit again.

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John G. Mar 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Well maintained site offering peaceful environment at reasonable cost. Like the fact that you pay basically for the units of electricity you use.

Recommend to friends Visit again

I highly recommend this site and am sure you would happily revisit it.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
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Simon O. Apr 2025

Electric optional grass tent pitch

Liked: A beautiful well situated site, very welcoming, extremely well run. Incredible value for money with great, clean, facilities. Wonderful hosts, hot food and drinks available on request.
There is much to see and do locally with excellent walks easily accessible from the site.
Very quiet and highly relaxing.

Disliked: Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really lovely site, excellent facilities.

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Tracey W. Mar 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Everything. Lovely roomy pitches, nice, clean, quiet site with excellent facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very friendly welcome, spotless facilities.…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
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Tim M. Mar 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very friendly welcome, spotless facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Easy stop over, lovely people. Facilities not good.

Overall	6/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	6
Wifi	2

Anonymous Feb 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Person welcoming us (woman) was so lovely. We arrived late, stayed one night only as weather was terrible but was an ideal stop off.

Disliked: Toilet and shower block! One toilet, the top of which opened to the only shower so not totally private… the room was freezing, there was a mop and bucket full of filthy water in the shower with a sign saying to mop up after me. Opted out of showering as feeding a young baby and felt concerned about cleanliness.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely visit again

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
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Jackie H. Feb 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly welcome
Clean facilities
Great stop off en route to Lizard
Hot food options for breakfast lunch were great!

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Sadly disappointing

Overall	4/10
Location	6
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Anonymous Jan 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: We arrived on a miserable wet day

Disliked: Shower block cold. There was a bar heater to warm the shower itself but not very effective. Unfortunately, the shower itself was more of a trickle.
Top up cards are still used for electric and being the winter these ran out very quickly; we used gas in the end to keep the van warm.
We thought the price of the site was reasonable, however, when you start having to pay for the electricity separately it does not seem cheap. I found that we were constantly on edge regarding how much we were using.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice place, clean, friendly owners

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Jan 2025

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Hard stand was great with drinking water next to it.
Lovely owners

Disliked: They say dog friendly, but asked we didn’t walk the dog on the field , meaning we walked down a country lane in the dark and rain

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent level hardstanding pitch, with water nearby.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
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Richard H. Nov 2024

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely peaceful site. The owner was very welcoming and informative of all the amenities on site and some local tourist spots. An added bonus is, she makes pasties and bacon cheese turnovers etc. to order. Lovely forest a short walk from the site, cardinham woods. The topup electric works out cheaper than other sites. Pay for what you use. We put on £20 and didnt use all of it in the 8 nights. Most sites youre looking at £6-7pn. Great place to stay and we shall be returning in the very near future.

Disliked: Nothing

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Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise 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

Type

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Level site, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Tennis nearby

Location

Gwel-an-Nans Farm

Cardinham

Bodmin

Cornwall

England

PL30 4EF

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.4768°N
-4.64999°W

Nearest transport

Coach

2.9 mi Priory House

3.1 mi Car Park

4.6 mi Post Box

Rail

2.2 mi Bodmin Parkway Rail Station

4.9 mi Lostwithiel Rail Station

7.4 mi Luxulyan Rail Station

Ferry

9.4 mi Fowey Custom House Quay Ferry Landing

9.5 mi Bodinnick Ferry Landing

9.8 mi Fowey Town Quay Ferry Landing

Airport

15.8 mi Newquay St Mawgan 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

Cornwall’s Eden Project is 25 minutes from the site for perusing plants from different environments and climates under two biomes set in an old china clay pit; if you’re into your landscaping, the pristine nature around Pencarrow House (also 25 minutes away) and the 200 acres of outdoor space at The Lost Gardens of Heligan (45 minutes) are well worth a look too. Seeking surf? The waves of Watergate Bay, Fistral beach and Holywell Bay are all 40 minutes from the site if you’ve a wetsuit and board to hand, while kayak rental can be had at Polkerris beach 35 minutes' drive away. Sort other watersports inland at Siblyback Lake (half an hour), where raft building, paddleboarding and fishing are all available. Golitha Falls (20 minutes from the site) is on the way too.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Par Sands	9.2 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Polkerris	9.7 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Shorthorn Beach	10.1 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Readymoney Cove	10.2 mi	Estuary	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Crinnis Beach	10.4 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Eden Project 8.9 mi

Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park 12.3 mi

Rock Beach 13.2 mi

Tintagel Castle 14.2 mi

Lost Gardens of Heligan 15 mi

National Trust

Tintagel Old Post Office 13.6 mi

Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps 16.6 mi

Lawrence House 16.8 mi

Trerice 18.3 mi

Cotehele Mill 18.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cardinham Woods Ramble (Wheelchair-Friendly) 1.4 mi

Cardinham Woods and Wheal Glynn 1.4 mi

Cardinham Woods Ramble 1.4 mi

Cardinham Woods 1.4 mi

Lanhydrock House - the River Fowey 2.9 mi

Local events

Eden Sessions (Thursday 12 June 2025 – Thursday 12 June 2025)
Par, Cornwall 9.1 mi
Boardmasters (Wednesday 6 August 2025 – Wednesday 6 August 2025)
Newquay, Cornwall 17.3 mi

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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

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

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 7 day(s) of arrival.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.
Guide dogs are allowed on site free of charge.

Extras

Motorbike(s) can be brought instead of the car(s) included.

General

Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Quiet hours must be respected between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.

Pitches

Please note, pup tents are to be used for storage purposes only. Guests may not use them for sleeping.
You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Reception

Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. between 01/01 and 31/12.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Open fires are prohibited.

Taxes

This area is not subject to city tax.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
No vehicle movement between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m..

Visitors

Visitors must leave the premises by 10 p.m..

Additional terms

Electricity is metered on site at £0.50 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid top up card. Top ups available from 8am - 9pm.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

Does Gwel-an-Nans Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Gwel-an-Nans Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Gwel-an-Nans Farm? Cornwall’s Eden Project is 25 minutes from the site for perusing plants from different environments and climates under two biomes set in an old china clay pit; if you’re into your landscaping, … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Gwel-an-Nans Farm?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Depart by: 10:30 a.m.

Read more
How much does it cost to stay at Gwel-an-Nans Farm? From £23 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.