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We arrived at this site whilst visiting Newquay. Our first impressions were great,reception staff helpful and friendly. We are a couple without kids so expected to be outnumbered but pitch where we were was quiet ,pitches a good size much bigger than other sites we have visited. Toilets and showers clean apart from later at night they were bit grubby. Both pools plenty of room for swimming and spectating. Bar serving food busy but ok, entertainment good for kids but that suited us as we used to be entertainers so know how important kids are. Singer on fri night was poor sounded like a karaoke singer(soz). We enjoyed this site and are planning another visit with friends. Keep up good work.
Stayed here for a week in June. Myself, my father and 4 children.
I feel that the brochure they send out could give a little more information of the fees (as in the cancellation scheme) as when I priced the site up online it was cheaper than when I called to book.
On saying that we had a brilliant week (helped of course by the gorgeous weather most of the time). We arrived at approx 11.30 and checked in very quickly, the reception staff seemed very efficient. Our pitch was the biggest I have ever had (but my tent is not exactly small) and level which is always a bonus. We were given instructions on where the tent should be pitched.
The toilet block was spotless and plenty of room, however they could probably do with another disabled/family shower as there were many people like myself with small children and the shower cubicles are quite compact. But I must stress that they were extremely clean and lovely hot water no matter what time of day we showered. The dishwashing facilities were also very good, they even provide each sink with a draining board.
The site itself seemed well laid out and pleaty for everyone to do. The shop is well stocked and not too badly priced for a site shop (I have known more expensive ones that's for sure). Morrisons supermarket is approx 5 minutes drive away and is huge.
The swimming pools were very well keps and plenty of changing room for the indoor one. My only grip with those were my 7 year old son who is autistic got kicked off the slides on the last day because one lifeguard thought he couldn't swim (unfortunately he has no co-ordination and does look a little funny when he is swimming) I did explain this to the lifeguard and pointed out his swimming style and that he was perfectly capable and also the fact that he had been on it all week, but this did not seem to make any difference. To top is all we then took him into the outdoor pool, stupidly while they had a diving session on and he desperately wanted a go. Try explaining to an autistic child that they are too little and they blow up like a bottle of pop. To pacify him I went to the site shop and brought him a mask and a snorkel, only to be told that they were not allowed in the pool! and to top it off, you are not allowed to video your children in the pool but can take still photo's of them? Hendra I think you really need to look at this policy, a still photo in the wrong hands can be just as dangerous as a video.
We only went to the entertainment one night, everyone seemed to have a good laugh and they certainly try to accommodate all age groups.
However, apart from my little grip about the pool situation, I would definitely recommend the site for its facilities and on the whole helpful staff.
Any chance of a discount next time Hendra. I would certainly go again.
As Hendra Management we would like to respond to some of the recent reviews.
We are delighted that so many of you enjoyed your holiday with us and that you appreciated what a fantastic site Hendra is with great local amenities nearby.
We would like to highlight Gbplumbing's review of our plentiful shower facilities. We are winners of 'Loo of the Year' and have received five stars in a variety of different award schemes. Therefore we strongly disagree with Judeobscure's assessment that there are not enough showers. Our ratio of showers to guests is 30% more than recommended by Visit Britain.
The cancellation scheme is put onto every pre-arrival booking at Hendra Holiday Park. This is a very generous and popular insurance plan that allows guests to cancel for any reason up until four weeks before arrival, and receive a full refund. It also covers guests between four weeks and arrival for redundancy and serious illness. Our feedback from most guests is that they appreciate us offering this to them. We are often put in a very difficult position due to circumstances beyond our control and we obviously do lose out in most instances when people cancel their holidays as in many cases, it is too late for us to re-book pitches or caravans. We believe a cancellation premium is a fair and justified way to legislate for this and to offer refunds for disappointed customers who have to cancel, in what are usually unfortunate circumstances for them.
Our booking staff are trained to apply this for every quote they give out and it is clearly listed in our terms and conditions. We do not feel it is a 'stealth tax' but a valuable product we hope to explain to all potential customers. If this has not been explained to anyone calling our booking hotline, then I must apologize for a one-off mistake on our part. However, I am sure you can appreciate that of course we need any opt-outs in writing. An email or letter is required so we have proof should any customers make a false claim.
We waive the cancellation scheme automatically for all casual bookings and bookings made less than seven days before arrival. If Judeobscure was charged a cancellation scheme on arrival this is absolutely a mistake for which we apologise. We also waive the booking fee for all casual arrivals.
There is a £15 specific pitch fee which is applied only for holiday-makers who want to guarantee where they go on the park. This does not apply to casual arrivals and if this has occurred in the case of the reviewers below we would gladly offer a refund if they would like to contact us.
We absolutely refute allegations that we are not concerned about health and safety. In fact it is completely the opposite. Our insurers use Hendra as an example to other parks for health and safety best practice.
In the last year alone, we have invested significantly in even stricter fire regulations. We have the most rigorous pitching standards of any holiday park we are aware of in the area. In the last year we have lost 56 pitches to increase sizes overall and Hendra already has the largest of any site around. Larger pitches are not more expensive. The tariff is per person per night. Every tourer or camper has to give us their unit dimensions before we make a booking. We will not take any bookings until they have done so and until we allocate a pitch with a large enough fire break. There are no charges for us finding you a bigger pitch for a bigger unit.
I can only assure you of the many, many hours spent setting up this new system and the time and effort that all our staff go to, to book everyone onto safe and spacious pitches.
If units are overlapping pitches, our wardens who patrol the site will ask guests to re-park or re-pitch. We do hand out our fire-safe pitching instructions on check-in. If their unit does not fit onto the pitch because the dimensions they gave are inaccurate, they will be moved to another pitch subject to availability. This is checked regularly and I can assure Judeobscure that any over-spilling units presenting a fire risk will have been picked up by our wardens and corrected.
Finally, we believe the bar prices are in line with similar venues and that they represent fair value for money.
Been here a few times now and we love it. Great site with some great pitches, loads to do, our little girl loves the train rides with Henry the Hippo. Childrens entertainment is fantastic but the adult entertainment can be a bit ropey depending who's on.
Facilities are clean and plentiful, plenty of free hot water in the showers and never had to queue. Ideally located just outside Newquay, there's a couple of pubs within walking distance and a Morrisons just down the road although the on site supermarket is well stocked.
The only downside, as has been mentioned in other reviews, is that over the years they seem to have become very adept at parting campers from their hard earned cash. Prices at the bar are a bit steep, ok I understand that the entertainment has to be paid for somehow but if you're sitting in the downstairs bar with no cabaret why should you have have to subsidise those upstairs?
Also, when booking on line look out for the 'stealth' £10 cancellation fee. It's never mentioned until you get to checkout and then if you want to have it removed you have to notify them in writing. A bit naughty if you ask me, they must make thousands from it! That aside it is still a very good campsite with something for everyone
Excellent Will definitely be returning, toilets and showers incredibly clean, excellent drainage on the pitch. Shop on site, reasonable prices, bars overpriced. Paid for electric hook up with very low amps they could do with increasing the amps they give you. Newquay is a great place with great shops and brilliant nightlife only £6 in a taxi each way.
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This peaceful park is home to an outdoor heated swimming pool with waiter service, tennis court, adventure playground, outdoor football table, table tennis, pool table, large shop and take away service. FREE WiFi, dog walking meadow. Pentewan Beach is just five minutes away! Find out more here
Stayed at this camp over Easter 2009, my review includes positives and negatives
Positives
• Excellent amenities on site • Appeared plenty for children to do • Food very good and reasonably priced • Shop well stocked, again reasonably priced • Most staff extremely helpful & friendly • Good pitches • Newquay is a great place for a holiday
Negatives
• Would benefit from more showers • Site appears resourceful in extracting additional money from visitors, ie. We did not pre-book but when we arrived and cancelling was not an option, we still had to pay the £10.00 cancellation fee. £15.00 fee for choosing specific field • Some concern about disregard for Health & Safety Fire Regulations, ie. Advocating necessity for more expensive adequate pitch sizes, but ignoring vehicles overlapping pitch boundaries
Conclusion
Positives outweigh negatives, and would stay here again, most probably at Easter or early / late season due to the availability of facilities during these periods. I would avoid high season due to concern about probability of insufficient showers and queuing and it would be necessary to pre-book a pitch incurring additional fees above the normal booking fee, which increases overall costs making the site less attractive than some of it's local competitors for most of the season
It is a beautiful park set in good surroundings and the hardstanding pitch was very good, but nobody spoke to each other or helped each when moving a caravan etc people were more likely to stare instead not proper caravan folk, very strange and never experienced anything like it on any site previously visited.
The so called family bar upstairs was not very good either as you were sat in complete darkness and if your children like to wander around like our 2 year old does you lose them if they go further then 3 metres!
Very expensive bar prices as well.
Shower blocks always seemed very clean and well presented even with plasma tv`s
We would prob go again but I think I will have a look at whats on offer in the surrounding area first before making a decision.
Big site,good facilities,but 180 sheets for one week of mud. Towed onto unsuitable pitch,then towed off,towed onto another mudbath by very helpful staff. They need to spend some money on drainage and better roadways. Complained at reception but no one interested. Can't blame hendra for weather . More like motocrossing than motorhoming! Apart from that,it was the best holiday I have ever had!
Have been to Hendra on many occasions and this site is fantastic. Ok nobody can control the weather and this summer was pants, but staff did all they could to help and gave out free groundsheets when pitches got muddy. Toilets have always been spotless and showers lovely and hot, but not easy to keep clean when people are in and out in muddy wellies! Kids entertainment fab, cabaret bar good but busy,but there again what do you expect in peak season. Marios pizza very reasonable and fantastic entertainment, Mike Norfolk is a legend. Newquay has loads on offer for all ages, town centre is about 25 min walk, £6 in a taxi or there is a bus stop right outside. Beaches are second to none. Harbour restaurant is fantastic as is The Meadery. All in all a fantastic holiday and will be going again next year. (have been 3 times this year)
To be brutally honest, I wasn’t impressed in the slightest with Hendra holiday park, don’t be fooled by the sunny pictures of families enjoying themselves on the parks website, this is far cry from our experience this August Bank holiday weekend.
I can only describe my experience with my family of 4 as Glastonbury!
We have all seen the news reports of ankle deep in mud. This is Hendra!
I can’t blame Hendra for the UK’s poor British summer time, but they could at least make the stay a little more pleasant.
Our car got stuck in the mud trying to get to our allocated pitch, as did so many, we reluctantly pitched out tent on the muddy, slanted ground we paid well over the odds for. We booked in advance so we could be close to the nearest toilets, but was placed nowhere near and to top off the 3 night stay, any entertainment, whether it was eating out or just going for a drink was overly expensive.
I can tolerate virtually any experience, no matter how bad, but would have to say Hendra did itself no favours in my book, I am not a hardcore camper but for the cost I expected a lot better.
The cleaners tried their best to keep the showers and toilets clean but was fighting a losing battle, the entertainment in the cabaret bar was good but not brilliant and finding a seat was near on impossible. Like us if you have children the late night bass from the club can be heard across the park and about the only good thing I can say was regarding the oasis indoor fun pool, it was the only time we felt clean and warm the whole stay.
I am sure if we had a summer like back in 2006 the site might be able to cope and could be more pleasant, read other reviews on this site, drainage is a problem and so are the make shift roads, or mud tracks!
There are probably better pitches, at a lower cost, on level ground, close by. Be worth taking a look at other campsite before booking here.
I had a look around the park and found the static caravans would be far the best option if you are going to stay and trust me, make the most of Morrisons (left out of park and turn right at next round about) it will save you £££’s
Hendra would benefit from tarmac or gravel roads in and out of fields, more toilet facilities scattered around the camping fields, field rotation and better drainage if it is to survive from any more poor reviews.
To summarise, would I go here again? Probably not, not unless we had a 3 week heat wave.
Has this experience put us off camping? Very much so.
A small south facing camping and caravanning site situated on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor near Liskeard, Cornwall with views over surrounding countryside. Two areas for tents, caravans and motorhomes with hardstanding or grass pitches, with or without electric hook ups. Glamping at Fursdon includes 3 stunning Pods, an authentic Shepherds Hut, as well as a fantastic communal cooking and social area.
Superb facilities including toilets, showers and laundry, site wide WIFI, designated dog-walking area, reception area and small shop and an electric vehicle charging point. Ideally situated for access to beaches and moorland in Cornwall and west Devon! Find out more here
Just returned from holiday in Cornwall and because of the awful weather everywhere we wanted to praise a park that made our holiday fabulous despite the rain and the mud - Hendra Park, our first visit there and what a great place! Although it rained and rained and rained we had a great time and we're glad we picked a park that had so much to offer and could clearly pull out all the stops when faced with conditions beyond their control! The staff worked tirelessly to minimise the impact of the weather, AND they stayed smiling even though we heard some campers blaming the park for the weather! We just got our wellies and umbrellas out and had fun!
Amazing indoor pools complex, very busy but you'd expect this in a wet August! Good restaurant and takeaway, we didn't use the club but we liked the nearby pub and the local supermarket within walking distance. Our grandchildren loved the kids club and the train, and splashing about in pool too!
Well done Hendra, we already planning our return visit - rain or shine!
We had high expectations for Hendra, but were disappointed!
The entrance to Hendra Holiday Park was very well manicured and impressive on arrival.
We went to check-in and were told all the rules and regulations,which was fine and normal. The receptionist was friendly and answered some questions we had.
We knew we were beside the club house and were told there might be some noise from the acts they had on,which we were willing to accept.
We went to our pitch, which was right beside the entrance to the club house where all the deliveries are received. The pitch was uneven and we had to salvage bricks from anywhere we could to make the caravan any way level.
Being next to the club house we were woke at early morning with bottle banks being emptied, lorries unloading beer kegs with their engines running throughout and had to wait until they had finished at times, as they would often block our exit.
The music coming from the club house was nothing compared to the constant roar of the air conditioning from approx. 5.00 in the evening til around 01.00 in the morning. It could be clearly heard over the tv and I had to purchase ear plugs to get some sort of peace.
As I said at the start the entrance was lovely, however the inside of the campsite with the rain was a mucky mess. The shower and toilet blocks were constantly filthy with people walking through the mess in welly boots and then showering in the boots, which meant the dirt from the boots went through into the adjoining shower cubicles.
I know there should be some mess, however I thought there might have been a bit more cleaning going on. The last site we stayed at outside Torquay suffered heavy rain too. Although they had mopes so people could clean up after themselves if they wished.
Now for the entertainment. If you have no kids and you like to talk to people and be friendly this site is not for you. It was the most impersonal camp site we have ever stayed in.
The music beside the pool was by some young guys who held an open mik night, and the ones that sang were better than they were. Mario's was not much better. We only went one night and didnt go back. The singer was terrible and they had no gas in the majority of the patio heaters. We left after our first drink.
The main club house was full of kids running round everywhere at all hours. It was hard to get a seat with all the groups of parents 'reserving' the good seats throughout the night. The heat in the club house was very hot, although as we know the air conditioning does work, not very well in a packed room.
The last nail in the coffin was when we asked if we could stay an extra few hours, (we had been there for two weeks) which we thought would be alright as there was a lot of empty spaces.
The receptionist informed us that if we wanted to stay on our pitch, which was empty until at least 12 noon the next day we would have to pay the full rate of £26. We explained that we only wanted to stay an extra few hours,as we had to travel to Liverpool to catch the boat. After all we had to put up with constant noise and dirt for two weeks, however there was no compromise with her and she then said the site was booked.
We reminded her that she had just said it was not booked and we could stay there if we paid the full 24 hour fee.
Check in was was quick (we had pre booked) & our allocated pitch was of generous size & appeared ideally located next to steps leading down to the toilet/shower block & with easy access to the site ameneties.
Torrential rain from the first night on meant the field quickly cut up & I had to take measures to try and force people away from our pitch to avoid the mud cutting up any further.
Despite the horrendous conditions the site was kept remarkably clean in all areas. The management took steps to try & keep campers entertained by opening up the nightclub by day & laying on various activities (Essential for some as it became impossible to move cars from some parts of the site.)
For the children there were no fewer than 3 activity playgrounds & an amusement arcade which had some machines which accepted 2p coins (amazing the amount of fun you can have for £1-00.
The shop was very well stocked, even having frozen vegitarian meals available and despite the captive audiance seemed to be very sensibly priced (2 pints of milk 86p) I'd struggle to beat that round here.
There are two pools the outside one supposedly heated, though I'd always believed the act of lowering a temperature was called refridgeration & the indoor complex with various flumes. Pick your time for this one ,it is open to the public & on bad weather days (ie all of them) queues quickly build up.
Catering was very expensive, so much so that we avoided it & the main restaurant/bar had the atmosphere of a railway station waiting room. Infact I wonder why anybody would eat there & very few did, especially when 1/3 of a mile down the road & opposite Morrisons was the Kings head which not only served some very fine real ales, it had an excellent menu & 3 days a week did an 'Early bird' carvery (4:30 til 6:30) which I have to say is the best I have ever had.
On the down side the shower block was looking a little dated & whilst there was plenty of toilet facilities (all very clean & with ample supply of soft paper) there were only 6 shower cubicles which resulted in queueing & when you did finally get in the water tended to dribble down the wall more than provide a good cleansing spray. The nightclub is noisy & despite the signs asking for quiet after 10 it was closer to midnight before things tended to settle down but many families seemed to love it.
OK the weather was a little extreme but there are clearly drainage issues on parts of the site. I lost count of the number of vehicles that were pushed out by fellow campers or indeed had to be towed out.
In conclusion a very well run site with a dedicated & friendly staff but maybe it's time to start spending some money on the infrastructure. Would I go back.Probably not, been there got the T-shirt.
We have just got back from a Week at Hendra. The staff were not very helpful at all. We just about got our tent on our pitch and our car there was no room for the children to play and nowhere to put any chairs outside so we were confined to sitting inside our tent, the weather was not great so was not too bad had it been glorious weather it would have been awful. We were crammed in and we had a caravan so close I felt as if I was on holiday with them! Whilst we were there a touring caravan caught fire and as they were packed in so close the tent next door went up as well.
As soon as its wet the field turns to bog and they try and throw a few stones down to no avail. The camp is generally quite noisy at night lots of teenagers running around and screaming and no signs of anyone to do anything about it.
The club was ok and the childrens entertainment was good. There is a train ride which is free! There is a kids club but it costs £2.50 after the first half an hour, trampolines £2 for 5 minutes, the swimming pool is £2.50 per person, basically you are paying a lot of money for a small patch of grass and to use the bathroom because they charge for everything! On this note the shower block on our field was good but some were just portaloos.
The shop is well stocked and they have a restaurant on site, the arcades are not up to much.
Ths site is massive and some of the fields are really exposed for tents like Cheshnut field (do go in there) - most of the tents the next morning were down in this field after s windly night and its really boggy.
The site was well maintained, however we were unhappy with our initial pitch allocation (next to bins and wasps!). We asked to swap and the reception staff were very helpful and found a more suitable location. The pitch was adequate size for a 4 man tent, but beware the ground hardness for your pegs! Located on bus route to Newquay but beware taxi's as they charge you tourist rates! Toilet block was exceptionally clean (with electric points for straighteners).
Entertainment good for kids, choice of beer poor for adults! Food average and average price. Would visit again.
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We arrived at this site whilst visiting Newquay. Our first impressions were great,reception staff helpful and friendly. We are a couple without kids so expected to be outnumbered but pitch where we were was quiet ,pitches a good size much bigger than other sites we have visited. Toilets and showers clean apart from later at night they were bit grubby. Both pools plenty of room for swimming and spectating. Bar serving food busy but ok, entertainment good for kids but that suited us as we used to be entertainers so know how important kids are. Singer on fri night was poor sounded like a karaoke singer(soz). We enjoyed this site and are planning another visit with friends. Keep up good work. 
