Watergate Bay Touring Park

Clean and tidy

Enjoyed campsite as far as facilities. Big downfall is it's located on the end of the runway and not really in Watergate Bay. Due to it being a mile uphill on the way back, we had to pay an average of £8 to use beach parking for a few hours. It's not really walkable with children and equipment. My fault, I should have researched it better! Staff friendly and appreciative of the evening entertainment. Sundays entertainment was very good. There's a pool that was warm and grandkids enjoyed it.

Perfect

Clean, great location, even helped us with a tent repair! Thanks.

Cornwall holiday

Loved the site but proximity to the airport is unbelievably close. On Tuesday, there were 15 planes taking off, civil and military, right above our heads which was not conducive to relaxation. Planes were taking off and landing on the other days, but not as bad as Tuesday. The only saving grace was that there was no flight noise at night. Also, the electric situation is quite off putting. All this is a pity as the site itself is lovely, with pleasant and helpful staff, The jury is out if we would stop again ☹️

Site's response

Hi. Unfortunately the airport, even though appears busy, normally isn't. The 15 planes your witnessed were not anywhere near that figure. There are normally only 2 - 4 flights a day but what happens from time to time is pilot training at the airport, as it is a quiet airport and one plane flies in a circle and practices landings and taking off, but it is just 1 plane. You may also have been unlucky as the military plane you saw was just the same aircraft again training the pilots, but the military planes very rarely visit here to do that. Can I ask if you had a problem with the electric connection as I am not aware of any problem? Unfortunately the powers that be will be enforcing electric meters for all campsites over the next couple of years as they do not want businesses making money on re-selling electric to customers. The only way that is achievable is to meter every pitch and people pay only for what they use. We believe that this is the fairest way as it is not fair for low users to be subsidising the higher users. As this is the first year we have used this system, we have given a very high amount of electric within the pitch fee, so only very high users will be paying extra for their electric. From next year, the site fees will be cheaper as no electric will be included within the pitch fee and everyone will pay for what they use. For 70-80% of people, this will mean their holiday costs will be cheaper as they will not be subsiding the very high electric users which I'm sure everyone will agree, is the fairest way to do it. I hope you will try us again in the future as like you said, the site enjoys a great reputation for its location, cleanliness, and extremely helpful and friendly staff and atmosphere.