Atlantic Bays Holiday Park

From £24 For 1 night, 2 adults 8.6 214 reviews
Site pitch
Pods on site (added by manager 01 aug 2022)
All set up on our pitch 🤩 (added by visitor 13 aug 2018)
Definitely will stay here again. (added by visitor 31 may 2019)

  • Beach heaven for fans of sand and saltwater
  • Park or pitch up across 27 acres of parkland
  • Clean on-site amenities and a well-stocked licensed shop
'Seven Bays for Seven Days' is the tempting proposition at Atlantic Bays Holiday Park near Padstow, aka Beach Heaven. Whether you’re into surfing, rockpooling or sand castles, you’ll be made up with the sandtastic choice of beaches within a couple of miles of this serene, green site. There are grassy pitches in a range of sizes for tents, with electric hook-ups available, plus great new hardstandings for tourers, RVs and campervans, either fully serviced or simply with electricity - spread across 27 acres of parkland. All the necessities in life are perfectly taken care of via a high-spec amenities block complete with hairdryers and ironing boards, a new laundry room and a well-stocked licensed shop. There's also a games room with slots, a pool table open in the evenings and a family bar open every weekend and all summer season. When the kids aren't at the beach, they'll love burning off some energy in the on-site play area, while in high season you can pre-order your newspapers at reception to ensure you miss nothing while you're away.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Tent pitches 20
Touring caravan pitches 25
Motorhome pitches 25
Open now
Please note
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • Bookings from groups of 3 or more people under the age of 25 are not accepted via Pitchup.com. Pup tents can be used for storage or dogs only.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 1 Jan to

AA 5 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

83%

would recommend this site to a friend

77%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Friendly welcome…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly welcome

Disliked: The toilets were very cold

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Loved it !

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very clean toilets and showers, large site close to fabulous beaches.

Disliked: Not really anything only to say it was very early in the season so nothing was open on the site not that it bothered us but If travelling as a family maybe check before booking on what is open on site.

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Everything - good size fully serviced pitch. Easy check in & good…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Everything - good size fully serviced pitch. Easy check in & good size very clean shower/toilet block. Girls in reception extremely helpful and let us stay a few hours extra to let the wind dissipate before we left. Great location for sightseeing and plenty of nearby pubs.

Disliked: No free wifi

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Staff friendly and helpful…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Staff friendly and helpful

Disliked: Shower block no heating even though opens all year. Extremely sloppy decking to toilet block which is actually dangerous. Warning signs to tell you is not the answer. Difficult to walk to nearby village no safe path.

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Pitch was good nice and flat. We were out near the loo…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Pitch was good nice and flat. We were out near the loo and shower block so didn’t have far to go. Was so quiet slept well

Disliked: When we booked we seen that a few things were in walking distance but actually they aren’t and it’s very unsafe to walk to nearest village. Site had a lot of rubbish around which is a shame. The bar and restaurant was closed so unless we drove there was no where to get food. Think in the welcome pack should include takeaway numbers, taxi numbers & bus timetable. I get that it’s out of season but there was nothing close by unless to drive to them. It definitely needs an undate. We would like to come back maybe in the summer maybe things will be better

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A good site but extra attention in the wash rooms (both male/female)

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Nicholas W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Big plots and very level. A large site but it seemed well managed and taken care of. Good location and pleasant staff

Disliked: Shower block needed a clean, showers were somewhere between warm and hot but the actual block was FREEZING!!! so getting out and dressed was not fun.. had to pay for wifi.. really ????

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Nice facilities, only stayed one night but done us well. Little shop…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Nice facilities, only stayed one night but done us well. Little shop and bar on site and pitch not far from the toilets and showers.

Disliked: Lights were not on in the toilets at night so was very dark.

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Great, would recommend and stay again

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Really friendly and welcoming reception, tidy, spacious, flat pitches, great location to get to Padstow and local beaches. Facilities good and clean.

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write a review, we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Everything, the showers were very clean and hot.The staff made you…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Everything, the showers were very clean and hot.The staff made you feel very welcomed from the start until departing. In fact we loved it that much we're going back to stay again.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write a review, we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Beautiful site

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The toilet facilities are amazing and the pub on site was great they made us very welcome and loved our two boxer dogs. All the staff were amazing and helpful made us feel very welcome. The pitches were good sizes and the park was in amazing condition and well looked after. Definitely recommend this site convenient to local and gorgeous places to visit. We will be back many thanks for having us.

Disliked: The only thing we struggled with was the wifi, it’s wasn’t free or included in price of the pitch, but not a huge big deal as had good data.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again soon.


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

Disabled facilities

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

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 pitches

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Luxury

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Atlantic Bays Holiday Park

St Merryn

Padstow

Cornwall

England

PL28 8PY

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.5078°N
-4.9786°W

Nearest transport

Coach
6.2 mi Lidl Superstore
6.2 mi Lidl Superstore
6.9 mi Shop Corner
Rail
7.5 mi Quintrell Downs Rail Station
7.7 mi Newquay Rail Station
7.7 mi St Columb Road Rail Station
Ferry
3 mi Padstow Ferry Landing
3.5 mi Rock Padstow Ferry Landing
18.6 mi Mevagissey Ferry Landing
Airport
4.3 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

Those who like to stay within walking distance can make merry in St Merryn, just a mile from Atlantic Bays Holiday Park, home to a handful of pubs and restaurants, plus a chippie and various shops. The site staff will be happy to help with restaurant reservations if needed. Gourmets, however, will want to make a beeline for the fishing village of Padstow three miles away, famous for its concentration of Rick Stein eateries and shops, and a pretty place to visit to boot. If you want to take up the 'Seven Bays for Seven Days' challenge, you’ll be ticking off some of Cornwall’s best family beaches, such as Harlyn Bay and Porthcothan Beach, but if the weather’s not up to much, there’s no shortage of fun things to do for all ages in nearby Newquay and beyond. The popular Crealy Great Adventure Park is only a couple of miles away too, and has an huge indoor area for tots to teens on top of all the outdoor thrills and spills.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Porthcothan 2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Treyarnon Bay 2.3 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Harlyn Bay 2.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Constantine Bay 2.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Trevone Bay 2.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park 2.5 mi

Rock Beach 3.7 mi

Newquay Zoo 7.8 mi

Blue Reef Aquarium 7.9 mi

Fistral Beach 8 mi

National Trust

Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps 2.9 mi

Trerice 8.9 mi

Tintagel Old Post Office 14.6 mi

Trelissick Garden 20.3 mi

Cornish Mines and Engines 23.1 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Harlyn and Constantine Bays 2.3 mi

Trevone Bay - Constantine Bay - South West Coastal Path 2.6 mi

Padstow and the South-West Coast Path 2.8 mi

PRIDEAUX PLACE 2.9 mi

Bedruthen Steps and Park Head 3 mi

Local events

  • Boardmasters (Wednesday 7 August 2024 – Wednesday 7 August 2024)

    Newquay, Cornwall 5.6 mi

  • Eden Sessions (Wednesday 12 June 2024 – Wednesday 12 June 2024)

    Par, Cornwall 14.6 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.

Want to know more about camping in Cornwall?

  • Does Atlantic Bays Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Atlantic Bays Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Atlantic Bays Holiday Park? Those who like to stay within walking distance can make merry in St Merryn, just a mile from Atlantic Bays Holiday Park, home to a handful of pubs and restaurants, plus a … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Atlantic Bays Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Atlantic Bays Holiday Park? From £24 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.