Coastal wilderness, stays not permitted
Beacon Drive, TR5
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A peaceful wilderness parking area with sea views, coastal walks and a slight slope. The approach is along a narrow lane marked unsuitable for long vehicles, although a LWB van can fit. Overnight stays have generally been undisturbed, but National Trust staff have said they are technically not permitted.
From travellers' reviews
Listing copied from our source, 53 days ago
Listing copied from our source, 53 days ago
Great overnight stay, signal was 5G on EE. Very peaceful, was windy and raining when we stayed so we reversed into our stop which helped. Images that are already shared are not great, try and google street view it. We are LWB and still fit into space. Would stay again
Blessed spot, the photos really don't do it justice and unfortunately I can't add more. Very quiet road, view to the sea all around and lots of walks and trails, even a few hills to climb. Just about 5min from the cliffs over the sea, via fields with ancient ruins and stones. No trouble staying here, you can watch the sunset from your car and not many cars overnight. Some spots level. Strong 4g
very nice place, quiet at night but some people speeding, wonderful view of the sea and the sunset and a national trust path for nice walks... no one disturbed us
Really lovely spot , beautiful sunset , quiet road a few people on walks went past but had no bother from anyone , lovely walks along the cliffs and great views
Very peaceful & felt safer here than trying to camp in a NT car park as the rangers were checking. Bit on a slope though. Very quiet road at night. Pretty easy walk down to Chapel Porth although I did move to one of the NT trust car parks during the day. No height restrictions just a narrowish lane
beautiful spot but the national trust man did come round and tell us techincally we're not meant to stay overnight. in his words, "im yet to find the stone that says no camping but technically youre not meant to, its not on our route". he told us to stay and was very kind and said it should be okay to stay here but warned us that other NT officers might not be so kind!
We wanted to continue to the place by the sea, but found out that it now has a height restriction. We spent a quiet night here.
Great location. You might need leveling blocks. The road is very quiet during the night, with no issues. Great walks.
The view from this place is magnificent. There is no parking ban, but since the land belongs to the National Trust, they can require campers to leave. The ground is slightly sloped. We preferred the spot in a car park above the town of Saint Agnes.
