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Cornwall Surfing Holidays & Beach Holidays

Cornwall is renowned for it's surfing holiday choice, with the main Cornwall surfing hub being Newquay with it's eleven superb beaches, including the renowned Fistral surfing beach where many national and international surfing competitions are held. Newquay offers a choice of surfing hotels, surf lodges and surf bunkhouses with all inclusive surfing package holidays available to both young groups, families, couples and anyone who wants to learn to surf in Cornwall. The surf lodges in Cornwall surfing hotspots like Newquay and Bude are superb for surfing holidays with surf gear hire, surfing lessons, food, in-house bars and restaurants and an all round party atmosphere inclusive!

Newquay offers a choice of surfing hotels, surf lodges and surf bunkhouses with all inclusive surfing package holidays available to both young groups, families, couples and anyone who wants to learn to surf in Cornwall. The surf lodges in Cornwall surfing hotspots like Newquay and Bude are superb for surfing holidays with surf gear hire, surfing lessons, food, in-house bars and restaurants and an all round party atmosphere inclusive!

Cornwall family beach holiday choice is also superb, with a selection of some of the finest UK beaches dotted around the Cornish coast around St Austell Bay, The Lizard, Mount's Bay, Far West Cornwall and Newquay and the North Cornwall Coast. Find top Cornwall beach holidays at hotspots such as Hayle, Mevagissey, Gorran Haven, Marazion and Looe - with ample choice of superb Cornwall family holiday parks located near beaches and offering all inclusive family holiday leisure facilities.

Cornwall Golfing and Fishing Holidays & Sailing

Cornwall's outdoor holidays abound on land and sea. Choose from a choice of Cornwall fishing holidays, especially around Looe Harbour in East Cornwall or take a fishing trip from Newlyn near Penzance or from Hugh Town's harbour on St Mary's, the largest of the Scilly Islands. There's opportunities for Cornwall fishing all around the coast at Newquay, St Austell Bay, Fowey, Padstow and Padstow Bay and on the lakes and streams within Bodmin Moor. Check out Cornwall fishing around the Tamar and Tamar Valley too!

Cornwall golf is on the menu too, with some of the best British golf courses here in the Lizard, around St Austell Bay, along the North Cornwall Coast and even on St Mary's over in the Scilly Islands. Many offers sublime views and well equipped club houses, with some offering country house hotel accommodation on-site, or nearby Cornwall holiday parks or caravan parks. Cornwall diving too couldn't be better. Learn to scuba dive at Looe in East Cornwall and take a trip out to Looe Island for superb ship wreck diving. One of Cornwall's best diving spots is off the Lizard coast around the Manacles reef. For diving on the Scilly Isles check out those clear waters around St Martins - it all happens in the water around the Cornish coast!

Cornwall has numerous sailing clubs and hosts annual sailing regattas in top Cornwall sailing locations such as Falmouth, Saltash, Fowey and elsewhere. Fowey on the South Cornwall coast is prime sailing territory. Fowey's Royal Regatta takes place in Mid August (usually the third full week) annually, and is a superb event with lots going on, not just on the sailing side but on land as well. Many of the events are free, and great for families. All the key sailing organisations, including Fowey Yacht Club and Fowey Gallants Sailing club are involved. The event is a great spectacle and well worth hooking in to! There's ample opportunity for Cornwall boat trips for example from Hugh Town, St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly - take various boat trips around the Scilly Isles. Looe Harbour offers a wide choice of boat trips for visitors, as does Padstow Harbour, Newquay and St Ives.

Cornwall Walking Holidays and Cycling Holidays

Cornwall Walking holidays offer a range of walking themes from dramatic coastal walking along the South West coast path, particularly dramatic around the Lizard and Far West of Cornwall. Alternatively hook into one of Cornwall's many historic mining trails, now receiving much regeneration attention. The circular Great Lode trail of about 6 miles is one of the best, situated near Camborne.

Opportunities for walking and bird watching abound in Cornwall. The Isles of Scilly, particularly St Mary's (the largest and perfect for a walking day trip) and St Agnes offer idyllic coastal walking and well marked trails. Many new family holiday trails are emerging in Cornwall including the new Camel trail running from Padstow through Wadebridge on to Bodmin - this trail is perfect for family cycling tours too. Finally, Bodmin Moor offers a choice of rugged moorland walking taking in dramatic prehistoric sites such as the Hurlers near Minions or dramatic granite outcrops such as the Cheesewring. Move south in Bodmin Moor for the stunning Golitha Falls woodland walk.

There's a choice of Cornwall B&B guest houses all along the South West Coast path, with top Cornwall walking locations being Fowey, Wadebridge with easy access to the Camel Trail, St Agnes, St Ives, Penzance, Porthleven and the Lizard, St Mawes and the Roseland Peninsula and Camelford which offers easy access into Bodmin.

Cornwall Family Holidays Parks

Find Cornwall Caravan & Camping Parks all around the region but particularly in and around Newquay, Bude, Hayle, Mount's Bay, Falmouth, Mevagissey, Gorran Haven, St Austell and Looe in East Cornwall. Whatever your taste, from de-luxe holiday chalet homes minutes from some of Cornwall's exquisite beaches to caravan sites conveniently situated in Bodmin Moor, or around Saltash and the Tamar for walking and touring, or in fishing hotspot Looe for a spot of fishing in nearby Looe Harbour. With Cornwall's extremely warm climate, especially around the coast with the warming Gulf Stream, as compared to more northerly caravan hotspots, not surprisingly families flock to both Cornwall and Devon every year for budget family camping and caravanning holidays in the UK!

Holiday Parks are really great for kids, with facilities such as swimming pools, clubs and bars, discos, and lots of family entertainment, shops and restaurants on-site, and even things like fishing lakes and other outdoor activities such as nature trails. Expect a family holiday theme for a fun packed holiday or weekend break in holiday homes such as chalets, bungalows and lodges or static caravans or under canvas. Holiday Parks are usually set in idyllic surroundings, either the country or on the coast and close to local attractions and amenities.

Free entertainment facilities such as indoor or outdoor swimming pool or fun pool, crazy golf or pitch and putt, adventure playground, big screen TV, pool and darts, football pitch. children's rides and amusements. Many if not most Cornwall holiday parks are located within easy reach of great family beaches, for example around Newquay, Bude, Hayle and the dunes of Hayle Towans Beach, superb beaches along Mount's Bay and the great family beaches and harbour at Looe East Cornwall. Find Cornwall Holiday parks near family attractions too including farm family attractions and of course the many attractions for families in Cornwall holiday hotspots like Newquay, Hayle and St Austell Bay!