Kitsham Camping

Surfers can head down to Widemouth Bay (10 minutes’ drive) to get their thrill, or join the crowds on Newquay beaches (an hour). If your kids are not keen on swimming in the sea, try the tidal pool at Bude (15 minutes); you can also play golf or tennis nearby, and participate in extreme sports including coasteering and abseiling on the cliffs. Toddlers will surely love getting up close to cuddly farm animals at The BIG Sheep (45 minutes), or setting off on gentle bike rides through the trees at Tamar Trails Centre (50 minutes). Kids of all ages can find something to amuse them among the rollercoasters, gravity rides and dodgem cars at Milky Way Adventure Park (35 minutes), and you can all scare yourselves silly on guided ghost walks around the Bodmin Jail Attraction (45 minutes). Pretty fishing villages with buzzing harbours and traditional old pubs abound in this corner of Cornwall; head for Port Isaac (35 minutes) to browse indie shops and spot locations made famous by the TV series ‘Dr Martin’, or have a potter around the Court Gardens at gorgeous Clovelly (40 minutes); with its roots in medieval times, it’s one of the few privately owned villages in the UK.