Which bell tents are in the camping area?

Fistral and Polzeath. They’re the two tents down on the level ground among the camping fields — the other five bell tents sit up on the hillside. Each of the two has its own page; this one is the overview.

Do I need to bring camping kit?

No — the beds are made up with bedding, towels are provided, and there’s a chiminea on the deck. Bring food and you’re set. It’s the canvas without the faff.

How far are the showers and toilets?

A short flat walk from the deck — these two tents are the closest of all the bell tents to the shower block. It’s open 24 hours, and has baby changing in both the male and female toilets.

Can we cook at the tent?

Not inside the canvas, but each deck has a gas cooker of its own. The cook deck at the facilities is a couple of minutes away if you want more room, and BBQs and firepits are welcome outside as long as they’re raised off the grass or the decking on a stand or bricks.

Are these good for young children?

They’re the easiest bell tents to reach with small children: level ground, no hill, the shower block close by, and the football goals and swings down in the camping fields.

When are the bell tents open?

April to September. Outside those months, the lodges, Bluebird the school bus and Boskenna the Airstream stay open, and the camping pitches run in their own seasons.

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.

Fistral & Polzeath

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 4A double bed and two singles, all made upDogs welcome

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Glamping · Bell tents

About Bell tents — camping area

Two of our seven bell tents stand down among the camping fields: Fistral and Polzeath. This page introduces that pair — each has a page of its own, linked below, if you want the detail before you choose between them.

Both stand on their own private deck with a gas cooker and a chiminea, matting underfoot, and a double bed and two singles all made up with bedding and towels — the canvas-camping feeling without owning any of the kit.

This is the most sociable corner of the park and the easiest to reach. The ground is level, there’s no hill to climb with the bags, and the facilities are a short flat walk from the deck. If you’re travelling with young children, or you’d simply rather not carry a cool box uphill, these are the two to book.

They sleep up to four and make a good first step into glamping: more comfortable than a tent you’ve pitched yourself, but still properly under canvas with the valley around you. Both have a gas cooker on the deck, so a bacon butty doesn’t mean walking anywhere — and the cook deck at the facilities is a couple of minutes away if you want more room. The bell tents run from April to September.

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

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Showers, toilets & cooking

Showers and toilets are in the shared block, open 24 hours. Each tent has a gas cooker on its own deck, and the cook deck at the facilities is a short flat walk away.

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

The tents in this area

Fistral
The camping field on the flat, named for the surf beach at Newquay. Closest of all seven bell tents to the facilities, with the football goals and swings in the same fields. It has a page of its own.
Polzeath
Fistral’s neighbour on the same level ground, with the dog wash behind reception and the river and woodland walks starting at the edge of the field. Same deck, same gas cooker and chiminea, same beds made up for four — and its own page too.

What you get

Gas cooker on each deck
Chiminea on the deck, with logs for your first night
Double bed and two singles — sleeps up to 4
Bedding and towels provided, beds made up before you arrive
Matting underfoot
Private deck
Level ground, a short flat walk to the facilities
Shared shower and toilet block, open 24 hours
Cook deck for glampers at the facilities
Free WiFi over the park
Dogs welcome

Good to know before you book

Open April–September. Outside those months the lodges stay open, as do Bluebird and Boskenna, and the camping pitches run in their own seasons.
There’s no cooking inside the canvas, but each deck has a gas cooker of its own — and the cook deck at the facilities is a couple of minutes away.
Showers and toilets are in the shared block, which is open 24 hours, with baby changing in both the male and female toilets.
Bedding and towels are provided.
There’s a chiminea on the deck outside each tent, with logs for your first night.
The camping fields are the busiest part of the park in high season. If you want quiet, the hillside bell tents sit further from the fields.
BBQs and firepits are welcome — please raise them off the grass or the decking on a stand or bricks.
Dogs are welcome, on a lead no longer than two metres and exercised in the area provided. Please don’t leave them unattended.

The facility block

The shower and toilet block a short walk from these two tents is a modern facility block: hot showers with hairdryers, baby changing in both the male and female toilets, and the doors open around the clock. There are two blocks on the park, so you are never walking far for a shower.

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Bell tents — camping area: questions & answers

: Fistral and Polzeath. They’re the two tents down on the level ground among the camping fields — the other five bell tents sit up on the hillside. Each of the two has its own page; this one is the overview.
: No — the beds are made up with bedding, towels are provided, and there’s a chiminea on the deck. Bring food and you’re set. It’s the canvas without the faff.
: A short flat walk from the deck — these two tents are the closest of all the bell tents to the shower block. It’s open 24 hours, and has baby changing in both the male and female toilets.
: Not inside the canvas, but each deck has a gas cooker of its own. The cook deck at the facilities is a couple of minutes away if you want more room, and BBQs and firepits are welcome outside as long as they’re raised off the grass or the decking on a stand or bricks.
: They’re the easiest bell tents to reach with small children: level ground, no hill, the shower block close by, and the football goals and swings down in the camping fields.
: April to September. Outside those months, the lodges, Bluebird the school bus and Boskenna the Airstream stay open, and the camping pitches run in their own seasons.

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Fistral
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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.
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