Caravan club sites in Cornwall

Cornwall carries more touring caravans per mile of coast than anywhere else in Britain, and the season stretches from Easter to the end of October because the weather allows it. The draw is straightforward: two coastlines within half an hour of each other, the Camel Trail and the Mineral Tramways for cycling, and beaches that stay usable into September.

Where the sites are

The clusters follow the coast. The north side around Padstow, Wadebridge and Newquay is the densest, with the Camel Trail and Constantine Bay pulling people in. The Roseland and Falmouth area holds a second group, quieter and better suited to anyone who wants estuaries and gardens rather than surf. West of Penzance the sites thin out, but the Land's End and Lizard peninsulas each have a few and those are the ones to book earliest.

Getting there

The A30 is the spine and it is now dual carriageway from Exeter to Camborne, the Chiverton to Carland Cross section having opened in 2024 and removed the old Truro bottleneck. That has made the run west materially quicker. The A38 through Liskeard and Bodmin is the alternative for the south coast, and the A39 Atlantic Highway serves Bude, Camelford and Wadebridge without ever being fast.

The Tamar Bridge toll is charged only on the eastbound crossing from Saltash into Plymouth, so you tow in free and pay on the way home.

Local notes

Do not let a sat nav send you along the B3306 between St Ives and Land's End with anything behind you. It is effectively single track with granite hedges and passing places a caravan will not fit into. The approaches to Boscastle, Port Isaac and Polperro are similarly hostile — park up and walk in, or take the bus.

Wadebridge or Bodmin makes a sound base if you want both coasts without moving pitch, and it keeps you off the A30 during Saturday changeover.