Please note that this is a pop-up campsite, open for a limited number of days each year.
Summit Camping is a family friendly and dog friendly pop-up site, believed to be the highest campsite in Cornwall at the foot of Kit Hill climb. Pitch your tent or hire one of the cosy bell tents and enjoy waking up to sea views and exploring the 400 acres of country park with a quarry and lake for wild swimming! Set in the Tamar Valley AONB, there's a licensed café just up the road and you're ideally placed near the Devon/Cornwall border.
Camping and glamping within a 20-40 minute drive of Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor, Bude and Looe Beaches
Views over the Tamar Valley with access to Kit Hill and a network of footpaths like the Tamara path
Back to nature site with beautiful views over Devon and Cornwall countryside
About Summit Camping
Offering dramatic views over Cornwall's Tamar Valley, this campsite offers over eight acres of camping and glamping, set just 30 minutes from Plymouth and within easy reach of both Devon and Cornwall. There are 40 spacious non-electric grass pitches for tents and three non electric pitches suitable for motorhomes. Be sure to bring your awnings or gazebo as there is plenty of space to make yourself feel at home! If glamping is more your style or you prefer to pack light, there is a 5m bell tent available for hire that sleeps two. Inside is a double airbed with bedding and seating. Equipped with everything you need for your stay. Including a gas ring hob, pots and pans, a kettle, crockery, cutlery and tea and coffee. kettle and cooking equipment. Outside is a picnic table, chairs and space for a car. Free-range eggs and honey are available to order. The noticeboard onsite provides all the information about places to eat, drink, explore and swim, and remember to pick up your welcome pack! An experienced team are always on hand to answer queries and make sure your Cornish stay is one to remember. The site is based very close to distinctive Kit Hill, so why not take a hike to the top (or take the car, if feeling leisurely)(car park at the top) and experience the 360 degree views out over the Tamar Valley of Devon and Cornwall from 1,340 feet above the sea? The site also provides direct access to a country park with 400 acres of wildlife to discover, perfect for family days out. Just 30 minutes from Brittany Ferries Ferry Port Plymouth. Bodmin and Dartmoor, plus Looe and Bude beach, are all within 40 minutes by car. Please note that dogs are not allowed in the bell tents.
Open from 24 June to 22 August
There are 44 accommodation options on-site
40 x Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches
Max 6 people
Grass tent pitches without electric.
3 x Non Electric Grass Motorhome Pitches
Max 6 people
Grass pitches for motorhomes without electric.
Site tariff
Interested in staying at Summit Camping?
Call 07743 685555 to book.
8am to 6pm
Unfortunately Summit Camping doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
Things to do on site and in the Callington area
Explore Kit Hill Park for free and see if you can spot some Cornish ponies. Rabbits and the odd Deer, the area is great for bird watching- look up for birds of prey.
Many great adventure options locally too - Tamar Trails, Adrenalin Quarry, Trethorne, the lakes at Sybleyback and Roadford, Neolithic stones a stone's throw away in Darite and standing stones at Minions.
All these are local and free! Look at the noticeboard where all the local attractions are listed. Don't forget to collect your welcome pack as it has Information and discount vouchers for attractions.
This is Poldark country, so you will see evidence of Mining history all around you even in the field and up the hill. Engine houses, and stacks, A result of the deep history of Mining Silver, Copper, Tin even Arsenic!
The Tamar Valley also has a rich farming history and unspoilt landscape. Why not try the train ride from Plymouth to Penzance? Catch it at Gunnislake Station down the road. On the Tamar Valley line it's beautiful.
Take the kids to the local donkey park with its play barn. Lots of local great villages and Tavistock market town just 20 minutes away or Plymouth, home of the Barbican and Hoe just 25 minutes away. Fantastic beaches Looe and Bude from 30 minutes away and Land's End two hours away.
Interested in staying at Summit Camping?
Call 07743 685555 to book.
8am to 6pm
Unfortunately Summit Camping doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
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