Specky Wood

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Well-spaced hardstanding pitches
Fresh grass pitches
Grass pitches with hedging around
Well-kept hardstanding pitches

  • Quiet family-run site 15 minutes' walk from Coverack
  • A 15-minute drive to Cadgwith or 25 minutes to Kynance Cove
  • Simple, spacious and level pitches; dogs welcome
The lovely Lizard Peninsula Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty beckons for guests at Specky Wood, a quiet and well-kept site within the grounds of a family home close to Coverack. This is a gorgeous part of the world, with lots of wild scenery, sandy beaches and craggy coastline to explore, and plenty of activities in the form of watersports, walks and bike rides. It’s a 15-minute walk from the site to the centre of Coverack for a village store, a café, a pub and a restaurant. There’s also a watersports centre here, and you can pick up the South West Coast Path for a good hike along the shoreline. That little lot may well keep you busy for a while, but there’s plenty more to explore nearby if you’ve got time – the beaches of Kennack Sands and Kynance Cove are rightly popular, as are fishing villages like Mullion and Cadgwith. Heading up towards Helston (20 minutes’ drive) also gives you the option of different days out like visits to Flambards Theme Park, Trebah Garden or the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. The setup back on site is a simple one – the dog-friendly pitches are spacious, level and well kept but it’s worth noting that there are no toilets or showers on site.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 20
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • This site has no on-site toilet and shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Quiet and qell cared for site with all facilities we needed. Very…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Mike and Debbie H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Quiet and qell cared for site with all facilities we needed. Very friendly hosts. Great position on The Lizard.

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Such a lovely welcome from the owners, Nichola even phoned beforehand to…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Fiona r. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Such a lovely welcome from the owners, Nichola even phoned beforehand to check we had the directions. Wonderful location and well maintained site.

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Excellent, clean and friendly.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Beverley H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely sized pitch. Lovely hosts. I was self contained but showers and toilet available. Quiet but me and the hounds only ones there.

Disliked: The walk up the hill from the village 😁

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Excellent CL. Friendly owner always around.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly reception from owner - (so many places now are run remotely).
Big pitches.
Nice walks. (Free sculpture park nearby).
Big dog field.
Good price - you have option to pay extra for facilities if you wanted to use them.

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Lovely quiet site, friendly owners, short walk to Coverack.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Martin H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site, friendly owners, short walk to Coverack.

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Peaceful

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Deborah O. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Arrived for the week, meet by the owner, who was very helpful, told us places to visit, what entertainment was available, beautiful little spot, 15 minute walk to a beautiful little town/beach, little pub, shops, small harbour, we loved it, so picturesque and peaceful. Very pleasant stay. Would definitely visit again.

Disliked: Absolutely NOTHING

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Amazing site

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Dean M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Everything! The owners Jeffrey and Nicola are amazing and couldn’t be more helpful. I was even given an awning for free by Jeffrey! he popped over with another guy and even put it up for me. Nothing was too much trouble and you can tell they are genuinely lovely people. This was my first ever caravan holiday and il be coming back here every year from now on. Super quiet site, well designed with plenty of room for each plot. Very close to the lovely seaside village of Coverack, also massive value for money.

Disliked: Nothing

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Small but very well kept site, plenty of privacy…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Chris J. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Small but very well kept site, plenty of privacy

Disliked: No Wi-Fi access

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Friendly and accommodating. Clean well looked after pitches…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Penny T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly and accommodating. Clean well looked after pitches

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Very peaceful. Wonderful owner very friendly.…

Overall 4/10
Location 10
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very peaceful. Wonderful owner very friendly.

Disliked: Seemed rather deserted sadly. Think a lot of money for what it is unfortunately

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Features

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

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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Specky Wood

Trevothan

Coverack

Cornwall

England

TR12 6SD

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.01987°N
-5.11161°W

Nearest transport

Coach
9.2 mi Seven Stars
9.2 mi Blue Anchor
9.5 mi The Moor B
Rail
9.1 mi Penmere Rail Station
9.1 mi Falmouth Town Rail Station
9.4 mi Falmouth Docks Rail Station
Ferry
5.3 mi Helford Village Ferry Landing
5.6 mi Helford Passage Ferry Landing
9.4 mi Falmouth Ntl Maritime Museum Ferry Landing
Airport
19.6 mi Penzance Airport
25.4 mi Land's End St Just Airport
29.9 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

No doubt you’ll start your Cornwall break by wandering down to Coverack (15 minutes’ walk), where you can take a look at the boats bobbing in the harbour or launch your own adventures from the watersports centre, which has paddleboarding, kayaking and windsurfing on the menu. The village is also at the centre of a couple of circular walks as well as being on the South West Coast Path for seaside strolls (such as the stretch to Kennack Sands, six miles away). Elsewhere along the coast, you may like to cycle or drive to hotspots like the tiny fishing village of Cadgwith (15 minutes’ drive), pretty Kynance Cove (25 minutes) or Mullion (20 minutes), the largest village on the Lizard Peninsula. It’s also worth heading down to Lizard Point (25 minutes), so you can say you’ve stood at the southernmost point of mainland Britain. There are lots of little hidden corners to discover around the peninsula too, but if you fancy a change of scenery, perhaps you’d like to take a river cruise from Helford (20 minutes), meet the residents of the Cornish Seal Sanctuary (15 minutes), head to Flambards Theme Park (15 minutes) for all sorts of rides and attractions (including some handy indoor attractions) or stroll through subtropical Trebah Garden (35 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Coverack 0.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Kennack Sands 2.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Porthoustock 3.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Porthallow 3.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Polurrian Cove 6.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Trebah Garden 6 mi

National Seal Sanctuary 6.7 mi

Pendennis Castle 9.2 mi

National Maritime Museum Cornwall 9.4 mi

Cornwall Industrial Discovery Centre 15.9 mi

National Trust

Glendurgan Garden 6 mi

Penrose Estate: Gunwalloe and Loe Pool 9.3 mi

St Anthony Head 10.4 mi

Godolphin 13.3 mi

Trelissick Garden 14 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Helford - St. Anthony-in-Meneage - Gillan Creek - Manaccan 5.1 mi

TRELOWARREN 5.1 mi

TREBAH 5.8 mi

Church Cove and Lizard Point 5.8 mi

GLENDURGAN 6 mi

Local events

  • Eden Sessions (Thursday 12 June 2025 – Thursday 12 June 2025)

    Par, Cornwall 28.5 mi

  • Boardmasters (Wednesday 6 August 2025 – Wednesday 6 August 2025)

    Newquay, Cornwall 28.9 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Specky Wood have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Specky Wood dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Specky Wood? No doubt you’ll start your Cornwall break by wandering down to Coverack (15 minutes’ walk), where you can take a look at the boats bobbing in the harbour or launch your own … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Specky Wood?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Specky Wood? From £24 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.