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An aerial panorama over Willow Valley, the fields and lanes curving away on both sides of the wooded valley

Ways to stay

Where to stay at Willow Valley

Ten ways to sleep in the valley — from a 1970 school bus to a lodge with its own hot tub, all of them dog-friendly.

  • Book direct — no booking fees
  • Dogs welcome in every stay
  • Family-run by Becky and John
  • Two miles inland from Bude

Everything here sits in eleven acres of sheltered Cornish river valley, two miles inland from Bude. Canvas and character down among the trees, lodges with hot tubs, or your own tent or tourer on a level riverside pitch.

Becky and John run the park themselves, so booking direct means dealing with the people who look after the place — and there are no booking fees. Live prices and availability sit in the booking system; the pages below tell you what each stay is actually like.

Glamping

Canvas, an Airstream and a 1970 school bus — character without the kit. The beds are made up before you arrive, so all you need to do is bring yourselves, some clothes and some food.

Bluebird is the one people remember: an American school bus refitted over a Cornish winter, with a log burner, proper beds and a deck out front. Boskenna is a polished 1972 Airstream for two, adults only and fully self-contained, with a shower, a toilet and a kitchen all inside. Millook is a shepherd’s hut for up to four, with a TV, a fridge and a kettle inside, and its own shower and toilet a few steps outside, private to Millook’s guests and shared with nobody.

The yellow 1970 Blue Bird American school bus on its decked plot under a blue sky
  • The yellow 1970 Blue Bird American school bus on its decked plot under a blue sky

    Glamping · School bus

    Bluebird

    A 1970 American school bus for four — log burner, proper beds, and a deck out front looking down the valley.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • The polished aluminium Airstream at Boskenna, parked on its own pitch with a picnic bench and chiminea alongside

    Glamping · Airstream

    Boskenna

    A polished 1972 Airstream for two, adults only — its own shower room and a private patio tucked away by the stream.

    Sleeps 2Live prices
  • Millook's covered porch, pale blue-grey boarding with bunting strung overhead, a rattan bench and the glazed stable door into the hut

    Glamping · Shepherd’s hut

    Millook

    A characterful shepherd’s hut for up to four, with a TV, a fridge and kettle, and its own private shower and toilet a few steps outside.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices

Bell tents

Seven named bell tents, each on its own private deck with a chiminea, matting underfoot and a double bed and two singles made up ready before you arrive. They sleep up to four and run from April to September.

They sit in three different parts of the valley, and where yours stands changes the stay enough that each group has its own page. The camping-area tents are on level ground, a short flat walk from the facilities. The lower-hillside pair are raised above the valley floor, a short walk up from the facilities. The upper-hillside tents are the highest decks on the park, furthest from the busy fields.

Inside one of our bell tents: the beds made up either side, with the kettle and the guest folder on the table between them. Fistral and Polzeath are laid out the same way.

  • Bell tents — camping area

    Fistral & Polzeath

    Down among the camping fields on level ground — the closest of all the bell tents to the facilities, with no hill to climb.

  • Fistral

    Bell tent in the camping field

    Down in the camping field on flat ground, one of the pair of bell tents on the valley floor — no hill between the car and the deck.

  • Polzeath

    Bell tent in the camping field

    Alongside Fistral in the camping field on the valley floor — level ground, an easy walk from the car and an easy walk to everything else.

  • Bell tents — lower hillside

    Hartland & Kernow

    Hartland and Kernow sit together on the lower hillside, raised above the valley floor but without the climb up to the upper tents.

  • Hartland

    Bell tent on the lower hillside

    Partway up the lower hillside with Kernow next door, raised above the valley floor for the view but reached by a gentle rise rather than the steep climb to the upper tents.

  • Kernow

    Bell tent on the lower hillside

    On the lower hillside beside Hartland, up a gentle rise from the valley floor — high enough to look out over the fields, low enough that the walk down for a shower isn’t a chore.

  • Bell tents — upper hillside

    The Upper Hillside

    The three highest tents at Willow Valley, up on the hillside above the valley floor and reached by a steep path from the main track.

  • St Petroc

    Bell tent on the upper hillside

    The last of the three upper-hillside tents you reach as the path climbs from the main track, and the highest deck on the park — with St Enodoc and Sea Campion below it.

  • St Enodoc

    Bell tent on the upper hillside

    The first of the three upper-hillside tents you reach as the path climbs — with Sea Campion just above it and St Petroc higher still.

  • Sea Campion

    Bell tent on the upper hillside

    The middle of the three upper-hillside tents — just above St Enodoc as the path climbs, with St Petroc higher still, and the valley below.

  • Inside one of our bell tents: the beds made up either side, with the kettle and the guest folder on the table between them. Fistral and Polzeath are laid out the same way.

    Glamping · Bell tents

    Bell tents — camping area

    Two spacious bell tents on level ground in the camping fields, each with a gas cooker and chiminea on its deck, and the shower block a short flat walk away.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Inside one of our bell tents: the double bed and a single bed either side of the centre table, matting underfoot. Fistral is laid out the same way.

    Bell tent · Camping area

    Fistral

    A bell tent on level ground in the camping field, with a gas cooker and chiminea on its own timber deck and a flat walk to the shower block.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Inside one of our bell tents: two single beds either side and a centre table with the kettle and guest folder on it. Polzeath is laid out the same way.

    Bell tent · Camping area

    Polzeath

    Fistral’s neighbour on the flat, with a gas cooker and chiminea on its own deck, and the dog wash, the river walk and the shower block all a level stroll away.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Hartland’s bell tent on its timber deck, with the rattan sofa, chiminea and picnic bench out front

    Bell tent · Lower hillside

    Bell tents — lower hillside

    Hartland and Kernow — two bell tents on their own private decks partway up the hillside, with the beds made up before you arrive and gas cooking facilities opposite them.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Hartland’s bell tent on its timber deck, with the rattan sofa, chiminea and picnic bench out front

    Bell tent · Lower hillside

    Hartland

    A wide timber deck partway up the hillside, with gas cooking facilities directly opposite the tent.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • A bell tent on its own timber deck on the lower hillside, with the rattan sofa, chiminea and picnic bench out front — this is Hartland, and Kernow sits alongside it on the same stretch of hillside.

    Bell tent · Lower hillside

    Kernow

    Hartland’s neighbour on the same stretch of hillside, with its own deck and the gas cooking facilities the two tents share.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Sea Campion’s bell tent on its timber deck, with the countryside falling away behind

    Bell tent · Upper hillside

    Bell tents — upper hillside

    St Petroc, St Enodoc and Sea Campion — the three highest tents on the park, at the top of a steep path, with the best views we have.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • St Petroc’s bell tent on its timber deck, with the wooden rail and countryside view behind

    Bell tent · Upper hillside

    St Petroc

    The last of the three tents on the upper hillside, on the highest deck we have — the longest climb of the three, and the view down the valley that pays for it.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • St Enodoc’s bell tent on its timber deck, with the picnic bench alongside and countryside beyond

    Bell tent · Upper hillside

    St Enodoc

    The first tent of the three on the upper hillside, named after the church in the dunes at Rock — high, quiet, and up a steep path.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Sea Campion’s bell tent on its timber deck, with the countryside falling away behind

    Bell tent · Upper hillside

    Sea Campion

    The middle tent of the three on the upper hillside, just above St Enodoc. High and quiet, named for the flower on the cliffs.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices

Lodges with hot tubs

Five wooden lodges, all self-catering, each with its own private hot tub. Helyk, Cornish for willow, sleeps six, with the tub in an enclosed, sunny garden that suits dogs and small children. Bencoolen sits in one of the quietest corners of the valley, with its hot tub on the deck among the trees.

Stamford looks down the valley from a private deck of its own. Heath sits beside Bencoolen in the same secluded corner, and is big on evenings under the stars. Mordros, the sound of the sea, sleeps up to twelve and was built for the family get-togethers where everyone wants to be under one roof.

The open-plan kitchen and lounge-diner at Helyk, with skylights over the middle of the room and the window looking out to the patio
  • The open-plan kitchen and lounge-diner at Helyk, with skylights over the middle of the room and the window looking out to the patio
    Hot tub

    Lodge · Hot tub

    Helyk

    A wooden lodge for six with a private hot tub in an enclosed, sunny garden — easy with dogs and little ones.

    Sleeps up to 6Live prices
  • The lounge at Bencoolen, with a grey sofa and an oak-topped coffee table, the TV on its unit beside a curtained window, and a tartan armchair in the foreground
    Hot tub

    Lodge · Hot tub

    Bencoolen

    A secluded lodge for four in one of the quietest areas of the valley, tucked among the trees with a hot tub on the deck.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • The front of Stamford lodge with its covered porch and picnic table on the grass
    Hot tub

    Lodge · Hot tub

    Stamford

    A wooden lodge for four with its own hot tub on a private deck, looking down the valley.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • Heath lodge from the front, with its decked veranda, picnic bench and the hot tub alongside
    Hot tub

    Lodge · Hot tub

    Heath

    A snug wooden lodge for four with its own hot tub, big on evenings under the stars.

    Sleeps up to 4Live prices
  • The long white single-storey Mordros lodge, solar panels along its slate roof and sliding patio doors opening onto a gravel drive
    Hot tub

    Lodge · Sleeps 12

    Mordros

    A multi-family lodge for up to twelve with its own hot tub — built for the big get-togethers, two miles inland from Bude.

    Sleeps up to 12Live prices

Camping & touring

Twenty-one level pitches for tents, tourers and motorhomes, spread across two fields on the valley floor with the River Strat running between them. Grass and hardstanding, with optional electric hook-ups, from £24 a night for two.

The shower block sits a minute’s walk from the Middle Willow pitches. Bring your own stove or BBQ for cooking at the pitch.

Looking straight down on the camping field in summer: tents, caravans and campervans on the pitches, the swings on the grass triangle, the yellow school bus by the lane at the top, and two bell tents on their decks at the bottom
  • Looking straight down on the camping field in summer: tents, caravans and campervans on the pitches, the swings on the grass triangle, the yellow school bus by the lane at the top, and two bell tents on their decks at the bottom

    Camping · Grass & hardstanding

    Camping & touring

    Twenty-one level pitches by the River Strat, with optional electric hook-ups and a modern facility block.

    Up to 8 on a large grass pitchFrom £24

Side by side

Every stay at a glance

Sleeps, hot tubs, dogs and prices for every stay in one place. Showers and toilets differ from stay to stay — the questions below say which are private and which use the shared block.

StaySleepsHot tubDogsPrice
BluebirdUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
BoskennaUp to 2NoYesLive prices for your dates
MillookUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
Bell tents — camping areaUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
FistralUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
PolzeathUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
Bell tents — lower hillsideUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
HartlandUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
KernowUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
Bell tents — upper hillsideUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
St PetrocUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
St EnodocUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
Sea CampionUp to 4NoYesLive prices for your dates
HelykUp to 6YesYesLive prices for your dates
BencoolenUp to 4YesYesLive prices for your dates
StamfordUp to 4YesYesLive prices for your dates
HeathUp to 4YesYesLive prices for your dates
MordrosUp to 12YesYesLive prices for your dates
Camping & touringUp to 8NoYesFrom £24

What every stay has

Whichever one you pick, some things don’t change.

  • Dogs welcome — in every single stay, no exceptions
  • Toilets and site facilities open 24 hours
  • Shower block, with baby changing in both the male and female toilets
  • Laundry and a dog wash station
  • A vending machine on site for soft drinks
  • Free WiFi across the park
  • Football goals and swings in the field for the children
  • An ANPR barrier on the entrance and CCTV covering the park around the clock
  • Booked direct with Becky and John — no booking fees
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Choosing your stay — questions & answers

All five lodges: Helyk, Bencoolen, Stamford, Heath and Mordros. Each hot tub is private to that lodge — there’s no shared tub on the park.

Recognition

AA 5-Star Gold Caravan & Camping

AA 5-Star Gold Caravan & Camping

The AA’s mark of top-class quality and facilities, awarded for 2026/27.

  • TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice
  • Cornwall Tourism Awards
  • Pitch-Up Award
  • TRA Digital Award

Not sure which one? We’ll help you pick.

Tell us who’s coming and roughly when, and we’ll point you at the right stay. Live prices and availability for your dates are in the booking system.

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