How hard is the walk up to Sea Campion?

Steep — up the hillside path on grass, uneven in places, past St Enodoc. Sea Campion is the middle of the three upper tents, so it’s a longer pull than St Enodoc and a shorter one than St Petroc above it. Plenty of guests take it on gladly for the view. If anyone in the party has limited mobility, or you’re bringing a lot of luggage, please choose one of the lower tents instead.

What is the view like?

Long. You’re well up the hillside here, with the valley opening out below the deck and nothing much in the way of it. St Petroc, on the highest deck above you, looks the furthest down the valley of the three.

Where does the name come from?

Sea campion — the white flower that grows in low cushions along the cliffs near Bude, in wind that sees off most other things. It seemed right for a tent sitting this high and this exposed.

Where are the showers and toilets?

In the shared block in the glamping car park, open 24 hours, with hot showers, hairdryers and baby changing in both the male and female toilets. From Sea Campion it’s less than five minutes’ walk, though a torch is worth having after dark.

Can we cook at the tent?

Yes, outside. There’s no cooking inside the canvas, but the deck has its own gas cooker right outside the tent. The communal glamping cook deck is about five minutes’ walk for the washing-up and the fridge and freezer. Fistral and Polzeath down in the camping field have a gas cooker on each deck too; Hartland and Kernow, on the lower hillside, share a gas point opposite their decks.

Do I need to bring camping kit?

No. The beds are made up with bedding and towels, and there’s a chiminea on the deck. Bring food — and pack it into as few bags as you can manage, given the walk.

Can we bring the dog?

Yes. Dogs are welcome in every stay at Willow Valley. Keep them on a lead no longer than two metres around the park, use the dog exercise area, and please don’t leave them unattended. Give the climb a thought if your dog is elderly.

Bell tent on the 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 4A double bed and two single bedsDogs welcome

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Bell tent · Upper hillside

About Sea Campion

Sea campion is the white flower that grows in the grass along the cliffs near Bude, coming out of the wind in cushions where nothing much else will. Sea Campion the tent is the middle of the three on the upper hillside, just above St Enodoc as the path climbs, with St Petroc higher still. Its own private deck with a chiminea, matting underfoot, and a double bed and two singles all made up with bedding and towels before you arrive.

The path up is steep, on grass and uneven in places, and you do it with your bags in your hands on the first afternoon. We would rather you knew that from this page than from the hill. It is not the right choice for anyone with limited mobility, and it is not the right choice if you are arriving with a car’s worth of luggage.

What you get for it is height and quiet. You are well up above the valley floor here, and it runs away below the deck with nothing in the way of it. People who book Sea Campion tend to book it again. The shower block and toilets are in the glamping car park, open 24 hours and less than five minutes’ walk away, and the communal glamping cook deck is about the same again, with the washing-up and a fridge and freezer. Take a torch for after dark. The bell tents run from April to September.

Where it sits: 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.

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Showers, toilets & cooking

Showers and toilets are in the shared block in the glamping car park, open 24 hours and less than five minutes’ walk away. There’s no cooking inside the tent, but the deck outside has a gas cooker of its own, and the communal glamping cook deck has the washing-up and a fridge and freezer.

Showers: Shared shower block
Toilets: Shared shower block
Cooking: Gas cooker on your deck

What you get

Double bed plus two single beds — sleeps up to 4
Chiminea on the deck, with logs for your first night
Beds made up with bedding and towels before you arrive
Matting underfoot
Its own private raised deck
The long view down the valley
A gas cooker on your own deck
Shared shower and toilet block in the glamping car park, open 24 hours
Communal glamping cook deck for the washing-up, with a fridge and freezer
Dogs welcome

Good to know before you book

The path up is steep. It’s grass, uneven in places, and you’ll carry your bags up it on arrival and down again when you leave.
That rules it out for anyone with limited mobility, and it makes hard work of a lot of luggage. St Enodoc is the shortest of the three upper climbs; Hartland and Kernow are a gentle rise; Fistral and Polzeath are flat.
Pack light and in one go if you can. It’s a walk you’d rather do once.
Showers and toilets are in the shared block in the glamping car park, less than five minutes’ walk from the tent and open 24 hours. It may be worth bringing a torch for after dark.
There’s no cooking inside the tent, but you do have a gas cooker on the decking right outside it. The communal glamping cook deck is about five minutes’ walk for the washing-up and the fridge and freezer, and Bude is about two miles away for everything else.
Bedding and towels are provided and the beds are made up. Bring your own food.
Four in a bell tent is still plenty spacious: one round canvas room with a double and two singles in it.
The bell tents run from April to September. Outside those months the lodges, the school bus and the Airstream stay open, and camping pitches run in their own seasons.
Dogs are welcome, though the climb is worth thinking about with an older dog. Please keep them on a lead no longer than two metres, exercise them in the area provided, and don’t leave them unattended. We can’t accept Rottweilers, Dobermans, Bull Mastiffs, Pit Bull Terriers or their crosses.
Arrive from 3pm, leave by 10am.

Sea Campion: questions & answers

: Steep — up the hillside path on grass, uneven in places, past St Enodoc. Sea Campion is the middle of the three upper tents, so it’s a longer pull than St Enodoc and a shorter one than St Petroc above it. Plenty of guests take it on gladly for the view. If anyone in the party has limited mobility, or you’re bringing a lot of luggage, please choose one of the lower tents instead.
: Long. You’re well up the hillside here, with the valley opening out below the deck and nothing much in the way of it. St Petroc, on the highest deck above you, looks the furthest down the valley of the three.
: Sea campion — the white flower that grows in low cushions along the cliffs near Bude, in wind that sees off most other things. It seemed right for a tent sitting this high and this exposed.
: In the shared block in the glamping car park, open 24 hours, with hot showers, hairdryers and baby changing in both the male and female toilets. From Sea Campion it’s less than five minutes’ walk, though a torch is worth having after dark.
: Yes, outside. There’s no cooking inside the canvas, but the deck has its own gas cooker right outside the tent. The communal glamping cook deck is about five minutes’ walk for the washing-up and the fridge and freezer. Fistral and Polzeath down in the camping field have a gas cooker on each deck too; Hartland and Kernow, on the lower hillside, share a gas point opposite their decks.
: No. The beds are made up with bedding and towels, and there’s a chiminea on the deck. Bring food — and pack it into as few bags as you can manage, given the walk.
: Yes. Dogs are welcome in every stay at Willow Valley. Keep them on a lead no longer than two metres around the park, use the dog exercise area, and please don’t leave them unattended. Give the climb a thought if your dog is elderly.

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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.
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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.
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