Local Area
Our local area
We are located midway between LOOE and POLPERRO
up from TALLAND BAY.
Camping Caradon Touring Park is bordering on to one of Cornwall's Costal Area's of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The area covering
Par Sands and up to the Fishing port of Looe.
To the back of Camping Caradon we have Bodmin Moor on a clear day we have beautiful views over Caradon Hill located by the Minnions on the outskirts of Bodmin moor. Bodmin Moor is also one of Cornwalls Area's of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Find our Local area on the "Cornwall Map", and read more about "AONB" Cornwalls Area's of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
OUR LOCAL AREA OF "AONB"
PLACES TO VISIT CLOSE BY
LOOE "AONB" 2.5 miles from Camping Caradon Looe is the principal seaside town of south-east Cornwall and Looe harbour is the base for an important fishing fleet. In medieval times there were two towns on opposite banks of the River Looe. East Looe includes the fishing harbour, the main shopping centre and the sandiest beach. West Looe is quieter, but also has shops, restaurants and hotels and leads to Hannafore with its fine views of Looe Island. The two towns are joined together by a bridge across the river. Find out more at www.looe.org (Bus to & from campsite)
Looe Old Guildhall Museum Located in the middle of East Looe is housed in the 15th century former Guildhall, this museum holds a fascinating display of Looe's history, especially fishing, boat building and smuggling. The building itself still has many original features including prison cell, magistrate bench and original stocks.
POLPERRO "AONB" 2.5 miles from Camping Caradon Polperro is a picture book village with narrow, winding streets, cottages perched on steep slopes overlooking a tiny harbour -beautiful views, wonderful cliff-path walks, interesting shops, superb pubs and restaurants and a lovely place to stay - chances are you will want to come back again - maybe, like many visitors, you will want to stay - for ever.
Find out more www.polperro.org (Bus to & from campsite)
The Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling and Fishing houses a remarkable collection of exhibits and 19th century photographs as well as many items of memorabilia dating from the 18th century when both smuggling and fishing thrived in Polperro. It vividly brings to life the story of this Cornish fishing village's extraordinary history and many of the people who featured in it.
TALLAND BAY "AONB" 2 miles from Camping Caradon Talland Bay is a special place - many who have spent their holidays here, especially in childhood, will never forget it. Talland itself is just a tiny hamlet comprising an ancient church and its old vicarage, a farm and a handful of houses and cottages. You will find the most fantastic Rock Pools at Talland Bay. Find out more www.talland.org see more pictures.
South West Coast Path The picturesque fishing villages of Polperro & Looe is just a short walk away along the South West Coast Path which passes through the bay. Walk down to Talland Bay from our campsite, have a pit stop at Talland cafe for an Cornish Icecream before you continue on the costal path. Get maps on near by "Coastel Walks" in our Reception or at The South West Coast Path
St George's Island “Looe Island”
The island is a marine nature reserve and the waters around it are teeming with life. It provides a quiet haven for wildlife, with a variety of habitats including woodland, maritime grassland, sand, shingle and rocky reef. The island is part of the Looe Voluntary Marine Conservation Area (Looe VMCA). Read More
Island life Human occupation of the island has been recorded as far back as the 12th century, although evidence of much earlier activity was unearthed by Channel 4's Time Team dig from 2008. Throughout the ages, a small number of people have lived on the island, farming its 22 acres. In managing the whole island, Cornwall Wildlife Trust's objectives are underpinned by a commitment to sustainability.
The island
The island is home to a number of people. There is a marked trail around the island that takes in the site of a Benedictine chapel built in 1139 at the highest point (150 m). Legend says that Joseph of Arimathea came here.
The island was kindly bequeathed to the Trust in 2004 following the passing of the Atkins sisters. The story of how the sisters came to own the island is told in two books: We Bought an Island and Tales from our Cornish Island, both by Evelyn E Atkins. They can be ordered from the Trust's headquarters or bought during a visit to the Island.
Channel 4's Time Team programme
In 2008 the island was filmed as part of Channel 4's Time Team programme. A focus of the programme and the excavation was the chapel site at the highest point on the island. The chapel is known as St Michael's and it has been suggested that the island was purchased by Glastonbury Abbey to capitalise on the pilgrim trade relating to the cult of St Michael.
How to get to St George's Island
Visits to the nature reserve can be made on the 'Islander' boat. In 2011 trips will start around Easter time and will continue until the end of September. Visits are weather and tide dependent. The crossing takes approximately 20 minutes and you will have around two hours to explore. Please note that dogs are not allowed to visit the island.
To get to the Island board the 'Islander' boat from the lifeboat station slipway in East Looe. There is no regular boat service, but a notice board on Buller’s Quay, East Looe will provide you with information about crossing times.
The 2010 return boat fee is £6 for adults and £4 per child. There is also a landing fee (paid on the island) of £2.50 per adult and £1 for children.
The 'Islander' boat can operate around two to three hours either side of high tide, so please see Looe tide times for days when the boat may have access to the island.
After considering local tides and weather, you may wish to contact the 'Islander’s' boatman, Tim Corkhill, to check if the boat will be running and at what time. Tim can be contacted the night before a possible visit from 7pm to 7:30pm on 07814 139 223.
Each year there is a number of guided 'Walks with the Warden' around the Island. The numbers of places on these popular escorted tours are limited, so to avoid disappointment book early!
It is possible to walk to the Island a few times a year when the tide is very low
KILMINORTH WOODS 0.5 Miles behind Camping Caradon
Kilminorth Woods Local Nature Reserve is located just outside the historic fishing port of Looe in south-east Cornwall. It is a beautiful ancient woodland site, which runs adjacent to the estuary of the West Looe River. Kilminorth Woods
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It is a beautiful walk from Camping Caradon down in to Kilminorth woods. Discover a carpet of bluebells in the spring or collect "Hazel nuts" and "Horse Chestnuts" in the Autumn. Follow the stream from Watergate down to the Mill Pool carpark in West Looe through the woods.
BODMIN MOOR "AONB" 16 miles from Camping Caradon
Minions Heritage Centre is at the foot of Caradon Hill. THE MINIONS ON BODMIN MOOR
Behind the moorland village of Minions on the south-eastern edge of Bodmin Moor, Minions Heritage Centre is unusually located in a Cornish engine house. The Centre interprets the history of the landscape from the Stone Age, through the eighteenth and nineteenth century mining, to the present day.
This area was granted World Heritage Site status in 2006 Cornish Mining sites around the Minions and Caradon Hill
The Caradon Hill and Minions area (the major part of the "Liskeard Mining District") is one of ten areas of Cornwall and West Devon that won World Heritage Site status from the United Nations. This mining area, which is very local to us, includes the South Caradon Mine which during 2004 was also the subject of the BBC programme "Restoration", plus many other copper and tin mines, dated between 1700 and 1914.
After having won World Heritage Site status for Cornish mining heritage in the area, the Caradon Hill Area Heritage Project (CHAHP) will be building on this, and will provide for significant conservation of the natural and industrial heritage of this part of Cornwall. The project area covers not only Caradon Hill, but most of the south east corner of Bodmin Moor and south to Liskeard, and includes several significant copper and tin mining in the area.
Circular walk around Caradon Hill, with start at the Minions WALK
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Places to go and things to do at Bodmin Moor The Best of Bodmin Moor
CYCLING IN CORNWALL
LOOE VALLEY AND OTHER CYCLING RUTES NEARBY CYCLE ROUTES
Leaflets on cycle hire are found in our leaflet display area in our Reception
A nice e-mail recived from a keen cyclist whom stayed with us in June 2010 I doubt if you will remember, but I stayed for a night at your campsite in early June this year. I was cycling from Lands End to John O Groats (the guy with the funny looking bike trailer who drank far too much Guinness in the bar in the evening!). I think you will be glad to know that I stayed at 16 other campsites on the trip, your campsite was by far the best, cleanest and most welcoming of them all! I arrived at John O Groats on the 19th of June, very tired buy in one piece! i am planning on doing the trip again (but in the other direction) either in the summer of 2011 or 2012, and will make sure I come back and stay with you again!
Animals you might encounter whilst you are staying in cornwal
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| Badger Seen around Camping caradon | Basking Shark seen at Talland Bay, Polperro and Looe Island |
