Summit Camping
Summit Camping
4.6 /5
Summit Camping is a family friendly and dog friendly pop-up site, believed to be the highest campsite in Cornwall at the foot of Kit Hill climb. Pitch your tent or hire a cosy bell tent and enjoy 400 acres to explore with a quarry and lake suitable for wild swimming. Set in the Tamar Valley AONB, there's a licensed café just up the road and you're ideally placed near the Devon/Cornwall border.
"No frills, just a field with plenty of room for camping!"
20-40 minute drive to Dartmoor National Park, Bude and Looe
Views over the Tamar Valley with access to Kit Hill and a network of footpaths
About Summit Camping
Offering dramatic views over Cornwall's Tamar Valley, this campsite is an eight acre field offering basic but spacious non-electric grass pitches for tents. There are also three non-electric pitches suitable for motorhomes. If glamping is more your style, there's a 5m bell tent available for hire that sleeps two. Inside is a double airbed, kettle and cooking equipment. Outside is a picnic table and space for a car. Bedding is not provided, so please remember to bring your own! Dogs are not permitted inside the bell tent, sorry. Bring an awning/gazebo, frisbee, kite (hold on tight) and make yourself at home. A pop up shop lets you taste the best local ingredients and a noticeboard on site provides all the best places to eat, drink, explore and swim. An experienced team are always on hand to answer queries and make sure your Cornish stay is one to remember. The site is based very close to distinctive Kit Hill, so why not take a hike to the top (or take the car, if feeling leisurely) and experience the 360 degree views from 1,340 feet above the sea. The site also provides direct access to a country park with 400 acres of wildlife to discover, perfect for family days out. Bodmin and Dartmoor, plus Looe and Bude beach, are all within 40 minutes by car.
Summit Camping is open from 24/06 to 14/07 and 17/07 to 21/08.
Facilities at the field are basic with a fresh water tap, gas shower, four portable loos and shared fire pit. A pop up honesty stall is provided for eggs, honey and other fresh local supplies, plus some essentials.Lots of good amenities are within 20 minutes, including Callington which is two miles away with a pharmacy, bank, Spar with cashpoint, butcher and post office.
Also in easy reach are shops like B and M, Tesco, fish and chips, Indian, Chinese and Thai food. Castle Chicken (who deliver) are less than ten minutes away and there are three pubs close by and a Wednesday WI market in the town hall. Other options are the Rifle Volunteer at St Anns Chapel, the Royal Oak at Horsebridge and the Rising Sun.
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 44 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
40 x Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches
Max 6 people
Grass tent pitches without electric.
Other accommodation
3 x Non Electric Grass Motorhome Pitches
Max 6 people
Grass pitches for motorhomes without electric.
Bell Tent
Max 2 people
A 5m bell tent, sleeping two. Inside is a double airbed, kettle and cooking equipment. Outside is a picnic table and space for a car. Please bring own bedding. Sorry, no dogs.
4.6 /5
80%
Recommend
Incredible views!!!
Recommends site
N M
2
0
Spectacular views!!! Camp at the top of the hill for wonderful views
Beautiful views
Sharon D
3
0
Beautiful views with a nice walk nearby. Enjoyed the lovely farm cafe within walking distance, great food! Only knocked the facilities/cleanliness down a bit because of there being only 1 shower and 2 toilets to use (1 toilet was locked?) but on the plus side, there was antibac provided in each and someone on site to clean them in the morning. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay and would come back again!
Site's response
Thank you for staying at Summit Camping and for your review Sharon, we are glad you enjoyed your stay. I am up and down twice a day, the site is a pop up wild camping site but we do provide a shower with hot water and 4 portaloos, one of which we keep in reserve in case of emergency (i.e. having to close one or them needing to be emptied), as we are on a rota. We also provide a double wash hand sink. We just opened last year to share our views and give people the chance to have some space in the country as we have 8 acres with amazing views. Kit Hill above has 400 acres of park and even a little lake, and we provide welcome packs by the notice board with a map of Cornwall and loads of information and brochures :) I hope to see you next time. Tracy
Amazing views!
Recommends site
Alexandra N
3
0
This was a fab campsite and would definitely want to go back. The views are amazing and if you like no frills, just a field with plenty of room camping, you will like it here. There are loos n a shower and their little tent shop open twice a day selling basics. Also a place for a fire in the evenings :-)
Site tariff
Things to do on site and in the Callington area
Explore Kit Hill Park for free and see if you can spot some Cornish ponies. The area is great for bird watching- look up for birds of prey.
Many great adventure options locally too - Tamar Trails, Adrenalin Quarry, Trethorne, the lakes at Sybleyback and Roadford, Neolithic stones a stone's throw away in Darite and standing stones at Minions. All these are local and free!
This is Poldark country of course, so you will see evidence of Mining history all around you even in the field and up the hill.
The Tamar Valley also has a rich farming history and the unspoilt landscape. Why not try the train ride Plymouth - Penzance? Catch it at Gunnislake Station down the road.
Take the kids to the local donkey park with its play barn. Lots of local great villages and Tavistock market town just 20 mins away or Plymouth, home of the Barbican and Hoe just 25 mins away. Fantastic beaches from 30 mins away and Land's End two hours away. Don't forget Devon, too!
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