Bakesdown Farm Camping
Bakesdown Farm Camping
4.93 /5
Bakesdown Farm is hidden in a little green pocket of North Cornwall, with plenty of space, privacy and wildlife. Though less than four miles from the coast, the farm provides a calm, peaceful rural hideaway. Choose from two private Exclusive Camping fields or the cosy Great Orchard Cabin. Less than 4 miles from Widemouth Bay and 5 miles from Bude.
Rural site providing beautiful, spacious pitches with fire pits
Managed for biodiversity with an abundance of wildlife
10-15 minute drive from Bude and Widemouth Bay
About Bakesdown Farm Camping
Bakesdown is a beautiful 30 acre farm of small fields, big hedges and wild spaces. Each holiday space is well spaced in a different, secluded field - choose from Exclusive Camping, Exclusive Too and the Great Orchard Cabin. Exclusive Camping is a two acre field with two large mown areas with fire pit sites, private shower and compost toilet huts and lots of space just for you! This area is great for camper vans and can accommodate up to eight people. Exclusive Too also offers two large mown areas with fire pit sites, private shower and compost toilet huts, but with the addition of a lovely, fully-equipped kitchen hut. All you need to stay here is your tent! Great Orchard Cabin is a hand-built wooden cabin with a large living area, wood burner, a double bedroom and a children's room with two single beds (a dividing curtain separates the two rooms). There is a covered porch along the front of the cabin with seating. Alongside you'll find a fully-equipped kitchen hut, shower and compost toilet huts and fire pit. The site has been managed for biodiversity since it opened and from low, flailed hedges and over-grazed fields, the land has evolved to become the rambling green spaces that can be seen today. The meadows, mature trees and hedges here support a wide range of bugs, birds and small mammals. Listen out for the spectacular dawn and dusk chorus and look for the barn owl and bats hunting in the evenings. Each pitch has been carefully set within this nature space for a holiday that is comfortable, restorative and wild.
Bakesdown Farm Camping is open from 05/04 to 23/09.
Site facilities in the farmyard include a toilet, shower, fridge, freezer and charging area for all to share. Purchase a 'fire box' containing logs, kindling and natural fire lighters for £10.
The village of Week St Mary is only 2 miles away and has a lovely community shop, stocking a range of local produce and essentials. Opening times are 8.30am -1pm then 3pm - 5.30pm. There is also a Spar, open 7am - 9pm, at Whitstone.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Internet access
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilets
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
There are 7 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
Non Electric Exclusive Camping
Max 8 people
Two large mown areas, with fire pit sites, to choose from, with a drinking water tap, sink unit and a fire pit. There's also hardstanding for parking. All yours, in a two acre field, no neighbours! No electric.
Non Electric Exclusive Too
Max 8 people
One pitch in a large field that is just for you. All facilities are provided, including a fully-equipped kitchen hut, with undercover seating. A beautifully secluded spot, down near the little woodland. Car parking 150m away. Sorry, no pets or electric.
Other accommodation
3 x Non Electric Grass Camping Pitches
Max 6 people
A large pitch mown into the long grass. With fire pit, washing up space, clothes line and sink unit with drinking water tap in the field. Facilities just 50 yards away in the main farmyard. Sorry, no pets are allowed on these pitches.
Non Electric Grass Campervan Pitches
Max 6 people
A large pitch mown into the long grass, with reinforced grass at the top for parking. A sink unit, clothes line and drinking water tap in the field, shared with the camping pitches. Just 50 yards from the main farmyard facilities.
4.93 /5
67%
Recommend
Beautiful cabin to get away from it all
Recommends site
Mike W
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Bakesdown Farm is a beautiful wild area, the cabin is very clean and the facilities are great. The gas shower is excellent! There is no WiFi or electric in the cabin and is a perfect place to reset and get back to basics. Kitchen cabin has all you need and more. Highly recommended!
Brilliant, peaceful campsite
Recommends site
Emma L
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Would thoroughly recommend. Small peaceful campsite.
Site's response
Thank you! So glad that you enjoyed your stay :)
Great escape
Brad M
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I stayed in the delightful cabin at Bakesdown Farm and it was everything I needed and more. From the warm friendly greeting to the cosy cabin and fully equipped kitchen, I was very impressed with the whole package. Set in your own field surrounded by beautiful trees and wildlife, this is certainly the place to fully unwind. Will definitely be returning.
Site's response
So glad that you enjoyed your stay!
Site tariff
Things to do on site and in the Bude area
This is an easy base for a day trip to anywhere in Cornwall and Devon, and within a couple of hours you can reach Bodmin, Dartmoor and even Exmoor.
The coastal path is less than four miles away. This part of the North Cornish coast has the most splendid views and dramatic cliffs, try an easier coastal walk from Bude or a challenging one from Trebarwith!
There are many well-advertised attractions in the wider area, including the Eden Project, Milky way, Big Sheep and Lost Gardens of Heligan, but don't miss these great options nearby:
- Monster slip and slide (5 minutes)
- Bude Sea Pool (20 minutes)
- Davidstow Airfield and Cornwall at War Museum (25 minutes)
- Tintagel Castle (35 minutes)
- Merlin's Cave (35 minutes)
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