The Laurels Holiday Park

The Laurels is a small campsite between Wadebridge and Padstow in Cornwall, adjacent to the A39, so bring some ear plugs for the road noise. It has approx. 30 pitches, 50/50 grass / gravel. The pitches are smaller than most campsites, but separated by mature hedges, which give an element of privacy. We didn't put up our awning, as in doing so we would have needed to place our ropes onto adjacent pitches. There is a small toilet/shower block, with 2 showers, 3 toilets and 3 basins for male / female guests. The showers are similar to most campsites, with a button for 5 seconds of water at an indetermined temperature; these seem to spray in all directions except onto yourself, and cover everything in water. There are 2 very small hooks in the showers, so I suggest you bring a bag to place your clothes and towel in to stop it getting wet. In the gents there is a small useless step, which I couldn't understand its purpose. There is a very small dog exercise area, which unfortunately isn't very well constructed as my 10 month old puppy escaped under the fence. So too small for big dogs, and not suited to small / medium dogs. Very few lights, so bring a torch. Good communication via email and text, in fact we didn't see any wardens / owners during our stay? My biggest complaint was the response to a request to change our booking to 1 day later. The admin fee for this was as much as booking an additional night (?), and it was suggested I should book direct rather than via a third party. None of this made sense to me, and in the end we just stayed a night less rather than pay the fee. There are lots of campsites in this area, and we will probably go elsewhere than return.
Jan 15th, 2023