East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park

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Outside of a geodesic dome
Outside of a geodesic dome
Relax at grumpy's pond
Grumpy's pond
Geodesic dome
Spacious pitches
Sociable storytelling evenings
Grumpy's pond stories
Storytelling around the campfire
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Relax at grumpy's pond
Grumpy's pond
Geodesic dome

  • Peaceful family-friendly site on a Cornwall working farm
  • Two miles from the Eden Project: arrange personal guided tours on site
  • Landscaped wildlife haven, pond and summer storytelling/pasty nights
A wildlife haven half a mile from the Cornish coast with easy access to famed destinations like Fowey, Mevagissey and the Eden Project… head to East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park for the whole heap. This friendly, peaceful and family-friendly site is in a secluded and scenic rural setting on a working farm, well placed for easy access to enough Cornish destinations to occupy all ages and tastes for weeks. It's a 20-minute stroll from here to the mile-long sands, fishing, watersports centre and South West Coast Path access of Shorthorn beach in Carlyon Bay – that'll keep you occupied for at least the first week – and a five-minute drive (or two-mile bike ride) to the famed Eden Project near St Austell; the farm owners can arrange personal guided tours. As it's a wildlife haven, there's loads to spot on site and around the handsome lake added as part of East Crinnis's farmland conservation project. Guests can fish for free (although you'll need to bring along the relevant Environment Agency licence). Rudd, roach and small carp (max 4lb) swim in the waters so it's a super spot for nippers and novices to have a go. It's all well thought out around the accommodation area too: this part of the farm is carefully landscaped and has plenty of shelter and colour among its many shrubs and flowers near a backdrop of tall pine and fir trees. Previous guests have raved about the many fab features of this splendid little site – bag a break here to find them out for yourself. The free storytelling and pasty evenings held weekly during Whitsun and summer school holidays may have something to do with it…

Campground type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5
Tent sites 36
Caravan sites 36
RV & Motorhome sites 36
Rent a tent 1
Open now
Opens 22 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Awning ground sheets must be environmentally-friendly.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 22 Mar to

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Reviews

9.6

Overall rating from 199 Pitchup.com customers

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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

98% would recommend this campground to a friend

97% would stay here again

What customers say

Staff are legends, grounds are spotless, and pitches are roomy and private. Close to the beach, with a shop and cafe. Folks loved the peace, quiet, and scenery. A bit of road noise and fussy shower taps were the only hiccups.

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Excellent site

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Tamsin L.

Powered grass tent site

Liked Fantastic site with amazing facilities.
Showers and toilets were excellent, showers hot.
Site staff were so helpful.
We had pizza from the shack which was excellent and great value.
Will definitely be back.

Also loved the slip and slide

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very expensive

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5 out of 10
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Ozgur G.

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked Close to town and well established. Feel like static caravan site more than campsite

Disliked Very very expensive for camping. Road noice.

For campers nothing different from other sites. Toilets washing area and shower.

So very expensive. So that's the reason for the overall score

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Firstly thanks for taking the time to review our site, however we were obviously disappointed at your score of a 5/10. I would recommend if you think a site is too expensive why would you book here in the first place?
Just so others can make an educated and conscientious choice for booking with us in the future we wanted to shed some light on your booking. You have booked a hardstanding electric pitch our most expensive pitch type.
You were on pitch 9 which in total is 18m x 15m making it a total area of 270metres. This pitch has a tarmac drive with a large grassy area, which has private hedges to three sides, making it secluded, sunny and spacious, giving you a wonderful site for you holiday.
You booked on the August bank holiday weekend which is arguably Cornwall’s busiest weekend of the year and therefore the most expensive for any campsites, hotels or accommodations in the county.
We always look at the price of other sites when we agree nightly tariffs and we are very competitive and actually up to £50 per night cheaper than some other sites in Cornwall for this weekend. What you have to realise is as a campsite we receive 65% of the total money paid after the VAT and booking commission, minimum wages have gone up, tax’s are high and rates are through the roof so we keep our prices as competitive as we can with smaller margins.
I also wanted to address your comments as nothing different to other campsites –
-All of our pitches offer privacy with hedging
-We have two large shower blocks with unlimited hot water, baby changing, family changing areas, disabled facilities, information room, laundry room, Wi-Fi seating room etc
-We have a beautiful pond area with fishing, wildlife and magical fairy doors to find.
-We have an onsite shop and café/takeaway serving yummy local produce that is open every day in August from 8am-8pm
-We host free events such as live music, story telling by professionals around a large campfire, family treasure hunts, quiz evenings and guided walks.
-We have a range of pitches and accommodations from self catering lodges to Glamping.
-The site has its own 100metre slip and slide which is open every day in August.
-We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and giving the best site introductions with informative talks about the site and local area.
-We ensure our site has the cleanest toilets and even provide 3 ply toilets paper at all times.

We could go on but we are extremely proud of our site and think we offer excellent value and service for money on the whole, especially when you consider inflation and rising costs as in the UK over the last few years.
I go back to my original comment; why book somewhere if you think it’s too expensive in the first place; I would suggest we are not the right campsite for you and please do not book with us again finding a more suitable site for your budget. Thank you.

Well managed Great staff Nice cider Secluded pitches Clean facilities

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Stuart W.

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked The whole campsite is wonderfully laid out with quite little areas. You almost don't know anybody else is there. The pitches are flat and the team of super helpful.

Loved the water slide for the kids and adults alike.

Walkable to the beach or a cheap taxi, but plenty of beaches in the area.

You could walk to eden project if you like a hike, but only 5 mins in the car too.

The facilities were well managed and kept clean, warm showers and even a kettle which was handy as I ran out of gaz.
Also never far from any pitch.

A real gem of a campsite and next time I'm in the area I will stay here again.

And try their, own grown apples, cider. It's very nice!

Our little old orange VW campervan was very happy in the shade of pitch 1.

Disliked Leaving

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely campsite, quiet but still close…

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9 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked Lovely campsite, quiet but still close to amenities. Pitches are great and you can tell the site is well looked after, all the staff were lovely

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very well kept and organised camp…

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Tom P.

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked Very well kept and organised camp site.
Facilities were clean and in good working order.
The staff were very friendly and helpful with lots of useful information.
Lovely walk to a brilliant beach.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site great facilities

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Anonymous

Geodesic dome

Liked Lovely site, lovely people and great dome plenty of room and clean

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic site close to the beach, brilliant pitches & friendly staff

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9 out of 10
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Gavin D.

Powered grass tent site

Liked The campsite as a whole was fantastic, great surroundings, excellent pitch, good facilities, brilliant location close to the beach and friendly hosts.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic site for the family, great staff and great location.

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9 out of 10
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Nathan J.

Powered grass tent site

Liked Great location. Quiet and lovely site. Friendly and very helpful staff. Facilities. Slip and slide was great fun. Activities for the children were great. Great to have a campfire. Really friendly people who have seasonal pitches on site, Our neighbour (Stan) was the best!!

Disliked Pitch was on a very very slight slope which we couldn’t tell at any other time apart from laying in bed and you could just notice it.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great campsite, access to coastal path/ Beaches. Clean and friendly.

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Emma D.

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Size of pitches- very generous.
Kitchenette facilities.
Super clean!
Really great showers.
Wonderful views.

There wasn’t a lot I didn’t like about this campsite.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stay, we would have stayed longer if possible.

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10 out of 10
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Accommodation
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Danielle B.

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked Nice pitches, great host with lots of info about activities, happy and cheerfull ambiance around the campsite, nice walks to the beach/coastal path, good food in the restaurant

Disliked -

Recommend to friends Visit again

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 site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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 Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Peaceful Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Motorhome service point Seasonal sites

Location

East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park

Heronbank

East Crinnis

Par

Cornwall

England

PL24 2SQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.34371°N
4.72507°W

Nearest transport

Coach
0.8 km Four Lords
0.8 km Four Lords
1.9 km Polgrean Place
Rail
1.9 km Par Rail Station
4.6 km St Austell Rail Station
5.4 km Luxulyan Rail Station
Ferry
6.4 km Fowey Ferry Landing
6.5 km Fowey Custom House Quay Ferry Landing
6.5 km Fowey Town Quay Ferry Landing
Airport
23 km 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

To the sands! Local beach Shorthorn is a popular (but uncrowded) place for families, with over a mile of sand, a kids' play area and safe waters for fishing and swimming. The South West Coast Path runs past the beach for hikes east to Par or west to Porthpean. Other seaside spots very much worth a visit in the area include the harbours of Charlestown, five minutes' drive from the farm, Fowey within 15 and the fishing port of Mevagissey within 20. Townwise, sample more Cornish pasties as well as a Cornish cider or two at Falmouth (55 minutes), also home to independent shops, the National Maritime Museum and boat trips on the River Fal. Heading further north, it's 35 minutes' drive from the farm to access the flat and traffic-free Camel Trail at Wadebridge, running for 14 miles to Padstow via ancient Bodmin, and 35 minutes to the waves and surf schools of Newquay. The Lost Gardens of Heligan are within 25 minutes' drive away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Shorthorn Beach 0.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Crinnis Beach 1 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Par Sands 2.3 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Charlestown 2.6 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Polkerris 3.2 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Eden Project 4.1 km

Lost Gardens of Heligan 8.9 km

Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park 21.8 km

Lappa Valley Steam Railway 23 km

Truro Cathedral 24.8 km

National Trust

Trerice 22.8 km

Trelissick Garden 26.2 km

Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps 26.3 km

St Anthony Head 28.9 km

Tintagel Old Post Office 35.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

TREGREHAN 1.1 km

Polkerris to Readymoney Cove 3.2 km

Polkerris to Gribbin Head and Polridmouth 3.2 km

Porthpean, Charlestown and Carlyon Bay 3.8 km

Menabilly Barton - Gribbin Head - Polkerris - Fowey 3.9 km

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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park? To the sands! Local beach Shorthorn is a popular (but uncrowded) place for families, with over a mile of sand, a kids' play area and safe waters for fishing and swimming. The … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at East Crinnis Camping and Caravan Park? From $78.81 (for 2 nights, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.