Wideacres a family run site with great views of the sea and rolling countryside. A 5 minute drive from Boscastle and 10 minutes to the nearest Beach. A mile from Boscastle Farm Shop serving super breakfasts for your convenience. A request bus stop passes the end of the lane.
Watersports and walks, Thomas Hardy’s wife, ancient rock carvings and a museum of witchcraft... What haven’t we got at Wideacres Camping? Everyone will have wide smiles on this hilltop site above Boscastle in Cornwall. It’s a spacious spot with room for everyone to stretch out and enjoy the views, the sea breezes and the sheer sense of wellbeing that comes from being outdoors, up high, near to the sea.
Enjoy hot showers and clean facilities in the spacious washrooms and washing-up area for pots and pans. You can park where you stay and frazzle your bangers alfresco on a barbecue and, so you know where to find the kids when the dinner’s ready, there’s a great playground for them right on the site.
The 16th-century harbour town of Boscastle is a five-minute drive away or a leisurely valley walk downhill (though bear in mind it’ll be uphill coming back unless you're in time for the bus). As well as being a very handsome spot, forever featuring in tv shows and films, it’s home to a decent spread of pubs and eateries and a Museum of Witchcraft and Magic.
Once Boscastle has cast its spell on you, you could conjour up a picnic and walk a short way on the famed South West Coast Path to Warren Point, for sandwiches with world-beating views.
Or to immerse yourself in literary history, take the path from the site to the church at St. Juliot, where Thomas Hardy met his future wife. If you’ve caught the bug for scenic walks, you can carry on along the South West Coast Path alternatively, join it in Boscastle and ramble the locality taking in waterfalls at St. Nectan’s Glen (10 minutes’ drive away) and the plunging gorge and Bronze Age rock carvings of Rocky Valley before winding up at secluded Bossiney Cove (15 minutes). Another cracking clifftop option is to walk to Tintagel (15 minutes by car) to see the castle and the medieval chapel up on Glebe Cliff. For beach days, it’s a 10-minute trip to Crackington while Trebarwith and Bude, with all its wind- and wave-powered watersports options are 20 minutes away.
There’s more high-energy stuff on offer at Bideford’s Ultimate Activity Centre, an hour away, including stand-up paddleboarding, laser tag and assault courses.
Staying at Wideacres, you’re well-situated for day trips to the top Cornwall spots: Padstow’s harbour and seafood scene is a 50-minute drive, it’s an hour to the Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan are far from hard too.
