Bowling Green Farm Campsite

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  • Small dog-friendly site surrounded by the Cornwall countryside
  • A 15-minute drive from the beach; 10 minutes from Tahidy Woods
  • Free-range eggs available; pub nearby; small kitchen area on site
Raise a toast to the Cornwall countryside at Bowling Green Farm Campsite… whether it’s beer and sausages over sunset, a feelgood firepit evening or frying up some free-range eggs for breakfast, this small, family-run site just outside Carn Brea makes a breezy little base for all sorts of outdoor antics. Five minutes’ drive away from Rudruth, it’s in an area where chimney stacks act as a reminder of Cornwall’s mining heritage and farmland makes for rather sublime scenery. Stay here and you’ll be planting down in a large field that's got plenty of handy comforts. When you haven’t got a firepit alight, you can knock up meals or snacks at a small kitchen area that's got a washing-up area, a microwave, a kettle and a toaster. You’ll be able to get your paws on free-range eggs here; for your other familiar foods, there are supermarkets and shops a short drive down the hill. The site is a five-minute walk away from a dog-friendly pub with a reputation for its real ale selection and food. As for rules on site, noise should be kept to a minimum after 10pm and dogs kept on leads and cleaned up after. Barbecues should also be propped up using a brick from the stack by the bins, and ashes safely disposed of in the metal bin provided. If you do have a canine companion, it's handy to note there are dog walks a short stroll away – or there’s the daring Great Flat Lode, a 12-kilometre trek that circles Carn Brea, 10 minutes’ walk away.

Site type

Tent pitches 15
Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Open now
Opens 29 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 29 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.7

Overall rating based on 54 reviews View breakdown

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Good location, good facilities, good toilet and shower.…

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Good location, good facilities, good toilet and shower.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site lovely pitches

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Place is spotless and very good toilet and shower block, handy little kitchenette area too.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site

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
Andrea B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Friendly host. Loved the shower block. Modern, clean and proper cubicle. Trusted to run the shower at a warm enough temperature! Also a well equipped washing up area with toaster and kettle. Big win for me!

Disliked: Nothing

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Nice flat, quiet site with good views.

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Nicely kept site with lovely views. Very quiet. Great walks nearby to Heritage Village & Carn Brea.
Very near to Great Flat Lode cycle trail.

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Large pitches with very clean facilities.

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: - Very clean facilities
- Large pitches
- Friendly welcome an arrival.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, will definitely visit again.

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely clean facilities, spacious views, fresh eggs and produce for sale!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic location, fantastic facilities, fantastic all round!

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Absolutely the best location allowing you easy access to all the parts of Cornwall you want / need. The toilet and bathroom facilities were brilliant and always clean and the bonus of being able to buy fresh produce from the end of the site was fab and the kids loved it! We will be coming back it was that good!

Disliked: I loved this site... BUT our pitch was on the narrower end and because of how we have to pitch our awning, the entrance to the tent was right next to the access road - had we been on a pitch at the other end this would not have been an issue at all but there is a huge difference in size of EHU pitches

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Lovely little quiet campsite. Good value and clean facilities. Fresh eggs were…

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

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely little quiet campsite. Good value and clean facilities. Fresh eggs were amazing. Great location for exploring Cornwall. Fantastic food at the local pub.

Disliked: Could be more signs to the site as you enter Piece and directions for caravaners.

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Animals ! Facilities are great , plenty of spaces to pitch…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Animals ! Facilities are great , plenty of spaces to pitch up ! Farm shop nearby

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fab, quiet, clean site in a good location.

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet campsite with immaculately clean shower rooms and toilets.
Nice central location - 20mins to 30 mins drive to flambards and several lovely beaches as well as a fabulous country park where you can feed the squirrels! Tehidy country park is fabulous - great for walks and fun for the kids.

We loved the fresh eggs available for sale each day - from the birds on the farm! And we even had one of the enormous cucumbers too!

Disliked: Nothing really major - pitches bit smaller than we are use too but luckily we rarely had neighbours!

No ball games - but must admit our little boy did have a little kick about and we played scatch a couple of times - only after we saw others playing ball games.

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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

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

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

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Bowling Green Farm Campsite

Bowling Green

Redruth

Cornwall

England

TR16 6SH

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.21409°N
-5.25159°W

Route directions

If approaching from Redruth through the village of Carnkie, don't turn right up Carn Brea Lane. Instead, continue out of the village and take the next turning on the right behind the large sign saying 'Welcome to Piece'. The entrance to the campsite is almost immediately on the right. If approaching from Pool/Camborne, turn left at the Countryman pub and then take the next left into Bowling Green. Again, the entrance to the site is on the right-hand side.

Nearest transport

Coach
1.3 mi Cornwall College
1.3 mi Cornwall College
1.7 mi Alma Place
Rail
1.7 mi Redruth Rail Station
2.1 mi Camborne Rail Station
6.2 mi Perranwell Rail Station
Ferry
8 mi Ponsharden Ferry Landing
8.8 mi Flushing Falmouth Ferry Landing
9 mi Falmouth Prince of Wales Pier Ferry Landing
Airport
13.2 mi Penzance Airport
19.5 mi Newquay St Mawgan Airport
20 mi 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

A proud beach bum or just fond of some sand-based activities? The waves at the large, sandy Portreath beach (15 minutes’ drive) are a magnet for surfing, while dog-friendly The Towans has sand dunes that are well suited to an easygoing walk or perhaps some sandcastle construction. Tehidy Woods (10 minutes) is another place to get your dog's exercise in. Meanwhile, at Land's End Landmark Attraction (50 minutes) you can swap forest trails for clifftop paths (and some bargain-hunting in the shopping village). Add a little tropical flavour to your stay… the rainforest biomes at Eden Project (55 minutes) are the type of place where you’ll want to get lost on purpose. Another of these lose-yourself-worthy gardens is The Lost Gardens of Heligan (55 minutes), with over 200 acres to look around. And to conquer some new lands? At Flambards Theme Park (20 minutes), you’ll be in a whole new sphere of rides and rollercoasters, while Pendennis Castle (half an hour) will take you back to Tudor times with its weaponry, keep and fortress.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Portreath 3.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Porthtowan 5.1 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Chapel Porth 6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Gwithian Towans 6.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Godrevy Towans 6.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentN/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Cornwall Industrial Discovery Centre 1.1 mi

National Seal Sanctuary 8.5 mi

Trebah Garden 9.4 mi

National Maritime Museum Cornwall 9.4 mi

Truro Cathedral 9.5 mi

National Trust

Cornish Mines and Engines 1.1 mi

Godrevy 6.2 mi

Godolphin 7 mi

Penrose Estate: Gunwalloe and Loe Pool 9.2 mi

Glendurgan Garden 9.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Circular walk Portreath - Tehidy Country Park - Reskajeage Downs - Coastal Path 3.7 mi

Hell's Mouth 4 mi

Porth Towan - Towan Cross - Chapel Porth 5 mi

CARCLEW 6.8 mi

St Agnes Beacon 7.1 mi

Local events

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

    Newquay, Cornwall 18 mi

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

    Par, Cornwall 24.6 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

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Bowling Green Farm Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Bowling Green Farm Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Bowling Green Farm Campsite? A proud beach bum or just fond of some sand-based activities? The waves at the large, sandy Portreath beach (15 minutes’ drive) are a magnet for surfing, while dog-friendly The Towans has … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Bowling Green Farm Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Bowling Green Farm Campsite? From £20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.