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Wadebridge Accommodation

On ya Bike and Hit the Family Friendly Camel Trail at Wadebridge

Cycling along the Camel Trail - easily accessed from Wadebridge

Bike Hire at the Entrance to the 17 mile Camel Trail, Wadebridge

More Cycling on the new Camel Trail from Wadebridge

Wadebridge Discount Shopping. Check out this Designer Shoes outlet!

The River Camel & Camel Estuary Wadebridge

Wadebridge Tourist Information Family Holidays Royal Show Cornwall

Wadebridge on Cornwall's North Coast again blends the holiday benefits of superb surfing and family beaches at nearby Polzeath, Rock and Port Isaac with a traditional rural Cornwall flavour. Annual festivals including Wadebridge's Augusts Bank Holiday Weekend Folk Festival, and the renowned Royal Cornwall Show pull in the crowds. You've a mix of entertainment in and around Wadebridge, with excellent golf at St Kew Golf Club near Wadebridge and St Enodoc Golf Course. Plenty of Golf in nearby Padstow too! For families there's lots of Cornwall holiday activities on the menu, including hooking into the 17 mile Camel Trail, open to cyclists and walkers, or enjoying surfing, sailing and swimming on nearby beaches. Surfing at Polzeath is particularly good, with ample surfing lessons and surfing gear outlets available. Crealy Adventure Park is here in Wadebridge too, and a superb family attraction it is too.

Wadebridge Tourist Information Centre, Eddystone Road, Wadebridge. Tel: 01280 813725. Open 9.30am to 5pm, Mondays to Saturdays.

Royal Cornwall Show

One of the biggest crowd pullers in Wadebridge is the annual June Royal Cornwall Show. Primarily an agricultural show with show jumping events and agricultural trading and huge Cornwall Food and Farming marquee, it's a firm favourite with locals and visitors alike. It's a proper agricultural show, so plenty of opportunity to get close to various different breeds of Cornish cattle, sheep, goats and pigs - best of breeds are all here. Also, additional treats include the very popular dog show, plus there's a flower show, motor fair and plenty of entertainment too, with a distinct Cornish flavour in the dance festival. At the centre of the show is the large showground, which is host to a number of show jumping and animal related shows throughout the year!

If you're looking to find out more about Cornwall's fabulous choice of food then the Royal Cornwall Show is just for you! The annual Cornish Food and Farm Awards are part of this Cornwall show, so you can expect to see the best homemade Cornish honey, wine, cheese, meat, organic produce, Kernow chocolate!, Cornish spring water, potatoes, Cornish apple juice and cider and lots more!

Enjoy three days worth of traditional Cornwall dance here at the Royal Cornwall show. It's a superb opportunity to get a taste of traditional Cornish clog dancing, but also there's plenty of international flavour with line dancing, salsa and flamenco. Check the Dance Festival website to the right for the full programme this year.

Royal Cornwall Show, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7JE. Tel: 01208 812183.

Crealy Adventure Park Wadebridge

Sister to Devon's Crealy Adventure Park near Exeter, this family favourite adventure park in Wadebridge is guaranteed to keep the kids happy. There's a choice of rides and amusements including the Enchanted Forest, Playtime Farm in the Playhouse, the Round the World PlayZone featuring Roundabout PlayPumps, Giant Uther's Challenge of Legends and Myths and the Summer Sunflower Maze.

Indoor and outdoor play areas abound, with a choice of log flume rides, the Raging Rivers watercoaster, Viking Warrior pirate ship, Safari Train and the Pony Express. Vast undercover play zones offer plenty of entertainment, especially for the youngest tots - ideal as well should the weather turn. Outdoor play areas include Adventure Realm and kids can get up close to small animals at the discover MacDonald's Farm, with Shire horses to feed, groom and cuddle. The adventure park is set in acres of beautiful countryside, so plenty of space to roam in too.

There's a number of themed realms in the Park including the Enchanted Realm, spook, plus the Natural Realm, Wild Water and Heritage Realm. A fun packed family day out indeed, with ample toilets and restaurants on-site, and good disabled access. Check the Crealy Adventure Park website for more details! They do kids birthday parties here too.

Cornwall's Crealy Great Adventure Park, Tredinnick, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7RA. Tel: 0870 116 3333. Open Daily, 10am to 5pm.

Rock, Polzeath & Port Isaac Beaches

Just up on the coast from Wadebridge are the twin resorts of Rock and Polzeath. Both are prime surfing, water skiing and sailing territory, and are also becoming rather popular with the celebrity crowd ever since Princes Harry and William learnt to water ski in this area. Blackpool expects a boom next year when they take a ride on the big dipper! Jolly wot, Rock is home to yacht clubs and water ski clubs galore, and along with Polzeath and the glorious sand dune backed flat sands of Daymer Bay in-between the two resorts this area of the North Cornwall coast offers some of the best sailing and water skiing facilities in Cornwall.

Whilst Rock is more of a sailing, yachting and water skiing haunt, head to Polzeath for top surfing! Watch out for the crowds at Polzeath beach in high season, as this beach is one of the top surfing beaches in Cornwall! There are breaks all along this stunning Cornwall surfing beach, and facilities here are excellent with a car park, toilets, a surf school and surf gear hire outlets, and a full lifeguard service in the summer season. Certainly the beach to be 'seen' on! The growing resort of Polzeath, still laid back though and certainly not as full on as Newquay, backs right onto the beach so ample restaurants, pubs, cafes and shops are all easily accessed - one of the reasons why this is a popular all round beach for both surfers and families. No dogs allowed on Polzeath Beach!

Daymer Bay, one of the top ten beaches in the world according to some, is beloved by families and windsurfers particularly. Dogs are welcome here too. A truly spectacular beach, with sand dunes and flat sand, with St Enodoc golf course and St Enodoc church, burial site of Sir John Betjeman just behind it. Excellent coastal walking is to be had here too, and the 13th century St Enodoc Church is easily reached from the beach. The little village of Trebetherick, with all basic village amenities, sits nearby and this small village is where Betjeman spent many a holiday. Many of his poems with a Cornish slant make reference to this area, particularly in favouritites such as 'Seaside Golf', 'Cornish Cliffs' and 'By the Ninth Green, St Enodoc'.

Surfing, Sailing & Water Skiing

Camel School of Seamanship, The Pontoon, Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6LD. Tel: 01208 862881. Fancy a spot of sailing, or learning how to sail off the Rock coast. Contact the Camel School, an RYA and AALA licensed sailing school offering a choice sailing lessons for both beginners and improvers. You can hire boats from them as well.

Camel Ski School, Pityme Industrial Estate or The Pontoon, Rock. Tel: (01208) 862727. For water skiing lessons and banana boat rides contact the Camel Water Ski School.

Surf's Up Surfing Lessons, 21 Trenant Close, Polzeath, Cornwall, PL27 6SW. Tel: 01208 862003.

Wadebridge Golf

Golf fans are well catered for in and around Wadebridge. St Kew Golf Club very near to Wadebridge is a 9 hole (18 tee), PAR 64 course beautifully situated with views of the Camel Estuary. Visitors are very welcome here too, with no demand for a handicap. There's an excellent clubhouse on-site, with Green Fee deals available. Other courses nearby include St Enodoc right on the coast at Rock, Roserrow Golf Course at St Miniver near Wadebridge, and Trevose Golf Course on the coast near Padstow.

And down the fairway, far along, It glowed a lonely white; I played an iron sure and strong, And clipped it out of sight, And spite of grassy banks between, I knew I'd find it on the green"". (John Betjeman, 'Seaside Golf'). Other nearby golf courses include St Enodoc (incidentally also where John Betjeman is buried - in gloriously eccentric St Enodoc Church, right in the middle of the golf course!). St Enodoc is an 18 hole, PAR 69/63 golf course, with superb views of the coast and 'seaweed smells from sandy caves'. Check out the St Enodoc website to the right for full details. You'll need a handicap at this course.

St Enodoc Golf Course, Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6LD. Tel: 01208 863216. Roserrow Golf Club, Roserrow, St Minver, Nr Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6QT. Tel: 01208 863000. (18 holes/PAR 72).

St Kew Highway, Nr Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL30 3EF. Tel: 01208 841818. Trevose Golf Club, Constantine Bay Padstow North Cornwall PL28 8JB. Tel: 01841 520208. And also, Roserrow Golf Club, Roserrow, St Minver, Nr Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6QT. Tel: 01208 863000. (18 Holes, PAR 72).

Wadebridge Leisure & Restaurants

Wadebridge Leisure Club, Bodieve Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6EG. Tel: 01208 814980. Here at this well equipped family leisure centre is a large 25m indoor swimming pool with adjacent learner pool. Also available are squash courts, a sports hall and tennis courts.

The Wildfish Seafood Restaurant and Ocean Bar. Tristram Cliff, Polzeath, Cornwall PL27 6UG. 01208 862333.

Tai-Pan Restaurant - Take Away, The Platt, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AD. Tel: 01208 816623. Rojano's Licensed Restaurant, Eddystone Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7AL. Tel: 01208 814800.

Buskers Restaurant - Wadebridge, Polmorla Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7NA. Tel: 01208 814332.

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