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General
- Relaxed family park 10 minutes' walk from Kennack Sands
- Licensed shop, pizza takeaway, fire baskets and chimeneas on site
- Plenty of well-kept and clean hot showers and loos in three blocks
If your camping and caravan checklist includes gorgeous Cornish sea views, quick access to golden beaches and so much to do for mini campers that you can fine the kids if anyone dares utter the phrase ‘I’m bored’, we reckon that Chy Carne Holiday Park will tick all your holiday boxes.
This is a relaxed, spacious and spankingly clean site with a strong family focus, dog-friendly and close to acclaimed beaches like Kennack Sands as well as many of the main attractions and towns of Cornwall: Helston, Falmouth and St Austell are all within easy reach. It has holiday homes for hire and pitches for tourers, motorhomes, trailer tents, campers and tents of all sizes and shapes in several different camping areas.
The kids can go Aaaarrr and clamber around the play pirate ship, get competitive at the outdoor games or kick a ball around the grassy open space, while the bigger folk can sit back and prepare the barbecue, have a campfire on one of the Chy Carne chimeneas or fire baskets, or sit back with a nosh or a sip from the newly built licensed shop (opening times and stock limited out of season).
There’s a pizza takeaway on site too if you can’t be bothered cooking (open until 11pm in peak season), so you can polish off a pepperoni before moseying along to sit over a real ale or local cider in the summer marquee bar: with its lighting, seating and cosy atmosphere you may decide to linger for a while…
The first-class facilities here have plenty of hot showers, loos, washbasins and washing-up sinks (four, to be exact) so queues are unlikely even in peak season, and as the three amenity blocks are in different areas of the park there’ll be no need for long hikes to the loo at night. There’s a launderette on site too with two commercial washing machines and two driers.
Chy Carne welcomes well-behaved pets.
Park type
Languages spoken
✓ English
Please note
this is covid (ID: 170)
This site has no on-site toilet and shower facilities.
This site has no on-site shower facilities.
Group bookings, single-sex groups and under 18s accepted. For static bookings by under 18s, a parent must book the caravan and provide emergency contact details. No loud parties are permitted.
Alert me when available and find nearby parks…
Many sites set a maximum occupancy of 6/8 people per pitch, so try breaking your booking down into smaller groups to generate more results. For example, if you’re a group of 10, enter 5 people in your initial search and then book 2 pitches.
However, where the pitch or accommodation occupancy allows it, you can now make a booking for up to 30 adults and 30 children on one pitch.
To book multiple pitches or accommodation, use the 'Special requests' box on the booking page to ask to be sited together. Complete the booking form for the first booking (you can add a password and save your card so that we remember your details). Then click "Make another booking like this" at the top of the confirmation page to make the next booking.
Large groups: check the listing page for any group restrictions set out in the terms and section titled ‘Please note’.
Large tents/caravans: check the restrictions on unit dimensions to ensure your unit is suitable for the space you will be provided with.
Max. persons: 6 x
Dimensions: 3.0m width x 10.7m length (9.8ft width x 35.1ft length) Calculated area: 32.1m² (345.5ft²)
Bedrooms: 3
Bed linen
Max. persons: unlimited x
Campsite size: Avg 8.0m width x 8.0m depth (26.2ft width x 26.2ft depth) Calculated area: 64.0m² (688.9ft²)
Ground type: Grass
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Features
Groups welcome
D. of E. welcome
Family friendly
Motorcycle friendly
Rallies welcome
Single-sex groups welcome
Student groups welcome
Rules
Barbecue grills allowed
Campfires allowed
Commercial vehicles allowed
Dogs allowed
Dogs allowed all year
Dogs allowed low season only
Camping 2.0
Jumbo tent sites
Themes
Budget/backpacker
Hikers’ paradise
Peaceful
Remote location
Spectacular scenery
Wildlife haven
Utilities
Charging facilities
Chemical disposal
Propane/gas cylinders available
Recycling available
Renewable energy
Type
Large (51-200 sites)
Pub campsite
Amenities on site
Bath available
Car parking by site
Drying room
Free wifi
Grocery store
Ice pack freezing
Internet access
Laundromat
Local produce
Parent & baby washroom
Payphone
Pick-up from public transport
Restrooms
Shower available
Washing-up area
Wheelchair access
Wifi
Nearby amenities
Bar nearby
Convenience store nearby
Public transportation nearby
Leisure on site
Bar or club house
Cycle hire
Evening entertainment
Fishing
Fitness centre
Indoor swimming pool
Kids' club
On-site restaurant/cafe
Outdoor swimming pool
Playground
Recreation room/arcade
TV room
Takeout
Tennis
Watersports
Nearby leisure
Canoeing/kayaking nearby
Cycle hire nearby
Cycling nearby
Fishing nearby
Golf nearby
Horseback riding nearby
Indoor pool nearby
Leisure/theme park nearby
Restaurant nearby
Sailing nearby
Surf school nearby
Tennis nearby
Watersports nearby
Touring and motorhomes
Hard standings
Seasonal sites
Tourer storage facilities
Location
Ordnance Survey maps (GB and Northern Ireland only) are available at lower levels via the drop-down menu.
Nearest transport
- Coach stations
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Helston: Coinagehall Street Coach Stop
— 8.0 miles
Porthleven: The Square Coach Stop — 8.4 miles
Rame Cross (Cornwall): Coach Stop — 10.8 miles
- Train stations
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Penmere Rail Station
— 10.8 miles
Falmouth Town Rail Station — 11.0 miles
Falmouth Docks Rail Station — 11.4 miles
- Ferry ports
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Helford Village Ferry Landing
— 6.5 miles
Helford Passage Ferry Landing — 6.9 miles
Custom House Quay — 11.3 miles
- Airports
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Penzance Airport
— 17.5 miles
Land's End St Just Airport — 22.9 miles
Follow the A3082 from Helston towards The Lizard, and pass RNAS Culdrose. At the roundabout, turn left onto the B3293 St Kerverne road. Continue on the St Kerverne road until you pass the Goonhilly earth station. After 600m, turn right at the crossroads signposted to Kennack Sands. Proceed for 3 miles to the T-junction in Kuggar, turn left, and Chy Carne Holiday Park is on the left.
Local attractions
The clean, safe and award-winning Kennack Sands (with lifeguards on duty during the summer months) is a ten-minute walk from Chy Carne, and has shops and cafés as well as a dog-friendly stretch on one side: hum the theme from Jaws as you spot a basking shark, or clamber up the coastal path for scenic walks in both directions.
A quick drive away is Kynance Cove which is one of the most photographed spots in Cornwall: fool folk that you’re in the Med by snapping a pic here or at postcard perfect Mullion Cove on a sunny day.
The Site of Special Scientific Interest Goonhilly Downs is on the doorstep, best known for its Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, once the biggest in the world and still with satellite dishes that can be seen for miles: the building of a new space science centre on the site was announced in 2011.
Let the kids loose too at the Lizard Point Lighthouse, the last manned lighthouse before automation and now with a heritage centre with exhibits, displays and some of the original engines, or take them to drool over the dromedaries at Cornish Camels.
As it’s Cornwall, holidaymakers of an amphibious disposition will be in heaven with top sailing, surfing, scuba diving and other watersports along this stretch of Cornish coast, and several surf and scuba schools in the area for both newbies and water experts. Landlubbers will find plenty to do too: horse riding, bird (and shark) spotting, golf, fishing, clay pigeon shooting and more are all within reach.
Day trips include squawking at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary at Gweek, flying at the thrill rides of The Flambards Experience and Crealy Great Adventure Park, or browsing around the towns of Falmouth, St Ives, Penzance and Truro for seafood, shopping, more beautiful beaches and a boat ride to the ancient harbour at Marizion’s St Michael’s Mount.
Finally, round off your trip with an afternoon or evening at Penzance’s clifftop open-air Minack Theatre – squint a little bit at the amphitheatre and you could almost imagine you’re in Roman Britain…
Must see
- National Seal Sanctuary (6.3 miles)
- Flambards (7.0 miles)
- Trebah Garden (7.4 miles)
National Trust
- Glendurgan Garden (7.4 miles)
- Penrose Estate: Gunwalloe and Loe Pool (7.7 miles)
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Policies
Permitted arrival/departure time
| RV, travel trailer and tent sites | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arrive: | 2 p.m. – | 7:30 p.m. |
| Depart by: | 11 a.m. | |
| On-park accommodation | ||
| Arrive: | 4 p.m. – | 8:30 p.m. |
| Depart by: | 11 a.m. | |
Camping and touring can arrive from 2pm from 21st July to 1st September. For early arrivals during the rest of the year, please contact the campsite with the details provided with your booking confirmation.
Chy Carne Camping and Touring Park cancelation policy
No refunds within 30 days of arrival date.
If you need to cancel or amend your booking, please give as much notice as possible so that someone else has the chance to book. You may wish to buy holiday insurance for cancelations and for your property/injury whilst away.
Please note that your deposit is paid to Pitchup.com and is non-refundable.
Payment
A 15% non-refundable deposit is payable now. Chy Carne Camping and Touring Park will debit the balance from your card 30 days before arrival, or if the arrival date is sooner than 30 days then the balance will be taken immediately.
Holiday homes: a £50 damage/cleanliness deposit is required on arrival for accommodation hire and will be refunded within 10 days of departure after inspection of your unit should no damage/losses be found.
Hired accommodation: £50.00 ($70.51) damage/cleanliness/bracelet deposit is required on arrival and will be refunded on departure after inspection of your unit should no damage/losses be found.
Payment methods accepted at the park
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Visa
Cash
Terms and conditions
Park booking terms and conditions- Does Chy Carne Camping and Touring Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
- Is Chy Carne Camping and Touring Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
- What attractions are near Chy Carne Camping and Touring Park? The clean, safe and award-winning Kennack Sands (with lifeguards on duty during the summer months) is a ten-minute walk from Chy Carne, and has shops and cafés as well as a dog-friendly … Read more
- When can I check in and check out of Chy Carne Camping and Touring Park?
RV, travel trailer and tent sites Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. On-park accommodation Arrive: 4 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Camping and touring can arrive from 2pm from 21st July to 1st September. For early arrivals during the rest of the year, please contact the campsite with the details provided with your booking confirmation.
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