Winter Cornwall trip
Hello, we plan a 3 day Cornwall campervan trip over New Year, but lots of sites are closed this year. Can anyone recommend a site? We will need electric hookup and taking our dog too. Advice would be very gratefully received- this is our first campervan trip!
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You'll need to bear in mind the Govt Covid restrictions, depending on where you’re travelling from, and what might happen to Cornwall's own tier allocation.
You'll probably have more luck finding CLs open rather than big sites as not many sites in Cornwall tend to open in winter even in 'normal' times but I think Carnon Downs AS is open.
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Big county! Where do you want to be ? If you use the campsite search button on UKCampsite.co.uk it will give you a list of 131 sites in Cornwall which are normally open all year - but times are not normal so make some phone calls to check on availability.
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There will be numerous options, but if you want a recommendation I personally like this small site: Hellesveor we’ve stayed here several times out of season. It’s a all-year site run by an enthusiastic young couple and borders the SW Coastal Path - walking distance into St Ives.
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We've used Carnon Downs for winter trips, it has very good individual modern facilities if needed. Good spacious pitches some fully serviced. The dog walk is excellent. There's a shop in the village, easy walking distance plus a Premier Inn TableTable restaurant over the road and if you want to do cycling and walking it's on your doorstep (the Devoran to Portreath cycle trail follows the old mining routes.) Nice pub in Devoran, The Old Quay Inn and NT Trelissick a short drive away. Carnon Downs is on the main bus route between Falmouth and Truro and it's centrally placed for trips out.
On the actual site I'd opt for a pitch at the rear, away from the main road and traffic noise, their web site shows all the details and site maps etc.
I see they are welcoming visitors from tiers 1 & 2 at the moment.
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Our site of choice for Cornwall is Globe Vale, just outside Redruth.
It's fairy close to the A30, so therefore easy to get to anywhere, and usually no road noise. It has a small variety and restaurant on site (which may, or may not be open over winter - usually depends on how many are on site). Owners are lovely, and you will have a complete choice of pitches including large fully serviced pitches. A very well cared for site. Around a mile to Aldi, and a couple of mile to Tescos. The local caravan shop is just up the road at Scorrier (again about a mile away) and they can supply regular caravanning needs
The nearest beach is Porthowan which is around two and a half miles away (just a little further to Portreath. The site is close to the coast to coast cycle track and bikes can be hired from Redruth, or the bike shop on the way to Portreath. Local pub to serve food is the Treleigh Arms (about a mile away).
Views over to St Agnes beacon. If you want any other details, just post the questions and I'll try and answer...
David
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We don't know where you live, Emma, but if you are in a tier 3 area the government says you should avoid travelling outside that area - and a result some campsites in Cornwall will at the moment decline your booking.
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Probably a lot safer for somewho livw in built up areas no matter what tier they are in We as most other Home Counties are from 0001 Sat in tier 3 and have had our booking amended to compensate by the site we are going to as it will be close until 22nd and again on from the 28th
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A number of sweeping statements and the usual quoting of 'what the locals want'.
Some locals will dread having to come into contact with anyone, no matter where they are from, and some wont be too fussed and may even welcome trade in what has been difficult times.
TWs post re following of advice is the best we can hope for as HMG have said people can travel over the Christmas period and so it is down to us to to ensure our safety so far as we can.
Many villages in Cornwall have high numbers of holiday cottages and it is very common for these to be a second home, not a premises bought to run as a business, and it is also the norm that many of these will be occupied, if not let out, by the owners over the Christmas and New Year period.
I know that the media have made a thing of concerned accommodation providers turning away bookings from Tier 3 areas however there may be many who will not.
I have no doubt that this being the case this year will be pretty much as usual, despite Tier 3 advice being;
"This means you should not leave a Tier 3 alert level area to stay in a second home."
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Not everyone in Cornwall has anti-tourist paranoia. There has been almost daily grumbling about tourists bringing in Covid , but there was never the predicted spike despite record number of tourists this summer. All the current evidence is that Cornwalls very low covid is due to locals spreading it at home, in schools, and from meat processing factories. A caravaner on a well run site and maintaining social distancing is not a risk to locals ( and I am a Cornish local)
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Let's face it, A&J, we're used to the great rush to the SW several times a year but the difference now is that we have to be ultra careful to protect ourselves and our hospital which barely copes during a 'normal' winter. Let's hope the visitors act responsibly and follow the rules for everyone's sake.
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Without wishing to reignite the argument from 2 evenings ago, how great to see some common sense posts on this. We will be coming down from Wiltshire (where the latest covid stats show 67 per 100000, down from 78 last week and not so very different from the area we will be staying in.)
We will be staying in our own accommodation and, apart from one pre-booked meal out will not be indulging in any other socialising. It will just be the 2 of us (and dogs) going for coastal and beach walks and generally relaxing.
We visit most months in normal years and have made a huge number of friends amongst the locals where we stay - we would not want to do anything to put them at risk, why would we?
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Many hoteliers will not police bookings from Londoners when the capital, along with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire, moves into Tier 3 from Wednesday.
Restrictions under the toughest tier include avoiding travelling outside of your area or staying overnight in other parts of the UK. However, hotels are not required to check where their customers have travelled from, and some refuse to do so.
"Hotel guests can travel from Tier 3 to Tier 2 or Tier 1 if they deem necessary," Dan Brod, the co-owner of the Beckford Group, which has boutique hotels and pubs with rooms, in Somerset and Wiltshire, told Telegraph Travel.
"We are relying on the guest to do that and taking the view it is not our role to police this unless a very obvious breach of law or guidance is taking place," he added.
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I see. So all you know is a report in a newspaper. 🤷♂️
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There was an example not long ago of a Newquay hotelier speaking on TV about not checking the post codes of guests but there were also many examples of those that did. If a hotelier doesn't ask for your post code it's up to you to decide whether it's a safe place to visit.
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See you after Crimbo. Love from Tier 3 in the North West.
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I know of only two people that have been hospitalised with Covid-19, and I am one of them.
It is of course not possible to be certain where I picked it up however, after feeling ill for a few days, with what I thought was flu, we found out that a number of people we know had tested positive and we had all been at the same place, which complies with all the guidance on masks, booked tables only, table service, distancing,sanitising etc, some 10 days before.
You could even describe it as " a local event for local people only" with not a visitor in sight.
I did not put pressure on Treliske though as they took me to Derriford!
As said, if people do come down we can only hope they behave in a reasonable manner...............and maybe keep away from the locals.
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I'm in Tier 2. The Tier 3 border is less than half a mile away. Given the amount of commuting in the area, unless checkpoints are established, it's a bit meaningless. Perhaps blowing the bridges on to Portsea island is a solution.
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