Visitor Reviews - Henrys Campsite
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The Lizard
Helston
Cornwall (West) (Browse area)
TR12 7NX See Map
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Tel: 01326 290596
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9/10 from 38 Reviews
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| Date of Visit: March 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Flugel |
3 reviews from this member |
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This site is a little different. Not the bog standard sterile (imho) open field with a toilet block in the middle. Most pitches are surrounded by plants and bushes- and even the odd palm tree. There is a small building with 2 toilets and 2 showers in it, along with another couple in 2 smaller 'outhouses'. There is an on site shop and a galley that sells breakfast and a small selection of evening meals. Great walks (not too taxing) to various coves, and the village is 5 minutes walk. A little expensive? Maybe, but worth it. If I could wish for anything more- it would be for better showers!
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| Date of Visit: March 2012 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: JimandAnn |
3 reviews from this member |
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Lovely site but we felt expensive for the facilities provided at the time of our 3 night visit, though the location is superb and the site layout itself and the laid back ambience is really good. Particularly liked being able to have a roaring fire basket at our pitch. We did not appreciate the lack of cleanliness at the shower / washroom facilities. These were a 'work in progress' during our visit, and I am sure will be very smart once complete, but could have been kept cleaner for those of us expected to have to use them during the refurb.
A few more lights to show the way home after a night down the pub would be welcome. (we had a torch, but the tracks are uneven)
For pub atmosphere avoid Top House, an absolute horror, and Housel Bay (no real ale) and go to Witch Ball, which is excellent. Lizard butcher has top quality stuff and Ann's Pasties are really very good.
Walk to Cadgwith (5m return) and to Kynance for stunning cliff top scenery.
Glad we stayed. The site would be brilliant with just a little more attention to detail.
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| Date of Visit: September 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Rebarre |
4 reviews from this member |
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We arrived to a warm welcome from Ron (his sister is Jo who co owns this site)and were shown to our pitch (Sugar loaf) and we were shown where the facilities were. It is a very bohemian site with lots of long stayers.
The views I imagine would have been spectacular however it was cloudy and foggy when we went.
The only gripe I have is the cost as were were charged per person rather than per unit (like eveywhere else) and this was £23. 50 which was £5 more than most of the other places we stayed.
Also with the cost being so steep I really expected free showers! its a shame there was not another site in Lizard as this makes them a monopoly for the immediate area.
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| Date of Visit: September 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Sleedale |
8 reviews from this member |
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As others have said, this is a lovely, quirky campsite. Fab location, lovely walks, coves and so on and Lizard village has just enough along with the shop on site. Toilets, showers are fine, although 20p or even 60p doesn't last long. Beautifully laid out with impromptu acoustic music session. It was quite busy and you are quite close to your neighbours, although with the layout it's not cramped. My one major let down regards dogs. While I appreciate the problems some dog owners may cause on sites, I would prefer site owners to have a no dog policy so I know where to camp. On this site there are notices warning dogs owners that if your dog poos on site, even if you clean it up properly, you will be asked to leave. This left me stressed and our dogs found themselves being dragged up the site and over an impossible stile onto the track. I do understand that there are thoughtless owners and I hate dog poo as much as the next person, but I found this spoiled my stay here, and I wouldn't return with dogs.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Gatesy |
20 reviews from this member |
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I read lots of reviews about this site before booking, and to be honest it was a bit of a case of 'fingers crossed' because I wasn't sure what 'quirky' really meant! Anyway, very friendly welcome, the site had a nice atmosphere, we had a spacious pitch and location is really good. However, I think it is more geared up to tents and campervans rather than our high motorhome - the track through the top of the site was a squeeze, with overhanging trees and lots of ominous scraping noises! There were a couple of caravans there, but I would have thought access might have been a bit tricky. We could see the sea from our pitch (when the mist rose!), and it's an easy walk down to the Lizard point.
We had a lovely cream tea in Britian's most southerly cafe, and there is also a very nice gift shop there - really helpful lady serving, told us about the local artist (we bought one of her prints). We also walked to Kynance Cove, and had another cream team overlooking the beach. Seemed very popular, but worth noting that it's quite a steep walk down to the beach from the path (or car park). We also visited Flambards whilst we were there (about half an hour's drive). The indoor displays are great, but the outside area with the rides is a bit tatty. We were glad we'd been able to use Tescos clubcard vouchers to cover half the cost of getting in, as quite expensive for what it is.
Back to the site, the real downside for us were the toilets and showers. We weren't expecting five star loos, as already warned in a previous review, but they didn't feel clean, and to be honest that's a basic requirement as far as I'm concerned.
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| Date of Visit: September 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Liveaxle |
7 reviews from this member |
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I have to go agree with some of the other reviewers in as much that although the site is in a nice location and the layout and atmosphere is pleasant I think it is overpriced.
£22 a night in late September is quite high considering the facilities are dated and quite shabby and at the time of our visit were not particularly clean and although I expect to pay for showers on a lot of sites you would normally expect 20p to last more than 1 minute!
Access is fairly tight for large motorhome.
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