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I shall start with the bad points as there are so few and they are not really bad points just the usual, 2 extra showers and toilets for ladies and gents but that is minor and the only bad points.
Now for the good
Spotlessly clean everywhere.
Toilets and showers fantastic.
Pitches are all weather pitches but they will supply you with a tarp to put down as a footprint at no extra cost.
Lovely and quiet
Very friendly and helpful staff
They sell preserves and eggs in reception as well as having a lot of local and regional info leaflets.
The shop over the road is well stocked for a small shop although you will need you own shopping bags as they are reluctant to supply them as Hagrid (the owner )pointed out.
There is a camping and caravanning shop in the small ind estate next door (very quiet did not know it was there).
This site seems to attract very friendly people as every one we met were very friendly.
Unfortunately the weather beat us and the tent so we came home 2 days early.
I can thoroughly recommend to everybody not matter what type of unit you have.
Showers/loos, plenty of loos, clean & fresh. Showers separate, clean, & mop supplied for any puddles on floor. Never queued over our 10 days & plenty of vans/tents on site. Separate mens/ladies toilet blocks.
Washing up facilities were good, always had plenty of hot water whatever time you went.
Pool was good, not crowded, sometimes only us 2 in, has outside area as well so can read/watch youngsters or sunbathe when warm enough to open it up.
Although there isn't a dog field you can walk along river or go up through the woods, both accessed from site.
Nice play area for the kids.
Owners were very helpful, informative & polite.
Very handy storage facilities, we went back again in Sept. So left the van there, & the charge was reasonable.
There is no clubhouse which is a blessing, but there is a local pub & also a restaurant just a few minutes up the road, which is walkable.
I would recommend this site for all age groups. There is plenty to do/see locally, & the bus stops outside the site so you can leave your car & go galivanting further afield.
Had an excellent large private pitch near the facilities and adjacent to the dog walk path. Water tap and grey waste disposal point also close at hand. They had a special offer which meant I paid less per night than most CLs!
Their facilities include a first class toilet / shower block. Heated, well ventilated, piped music and very powerful showers with hot water. One of the 'wet floor' cubicles is larger than the other two, containing a toilet, basin and large shower. Excellent.Lovely clean swimming pool available within the price. This year I had to pay £2.00 an hour for using their computer. A good wi fi available in my own caravan may be more attractive to me at a reasonable cost.
Again the same gripe as previous years although nothing to do with River Valley themselves. On leaving the site entrance, looking right, is a massive sign for Polgreen Farmhouse. It completely obscures your vision towards St Austell making leaving the site very dangerous in my opinion. If the sign were raised by say 18 inches then there would be no problem.
I'l be back again next year to this lovely gemstone and of course Alison's daily blackboard weather reports and what to do today suggestions.
We have stayed in Cornwall many times but this is one of the best sites we have ever been to. As we were staying in peak season we expected the site to be busy and although it was full it was lovely and quiet. No club house helped.
The site is by the busy main road to Mevagissey but you can’t hear any road noise due to the large bank of trees next to the river on the edge of the site.
This is a barriered site (refundable deposit for the card) and there is a small touring area a short drive through the statics.
We stayed in one of the static caravans, which was spotless and well kitted out. All of the caravans looked to be no more than one or two seasons old, and it seems that all the caravans have DVD players and Freeview boxes.
Although there is no on site shop, there is a great little shop just over the road which sells most things you are likely to need. Plus there are two large major supermarkets about 4 miles away near St Austell.
There are lots of free facilities on site, swimming pool, games room, laundry room, kids play area, and for the touring site showers / toilets and a washing up area. All of which are very clean and well maintained. There is also a board outside the Reception with useful info e.G. Daily weather and useful suggestions of things to do in the area.
The cycle path that runs passed the site (you can access it directly from the site) has a very pleasurable walk to Pentewan, which has a great beach and a very good pub (The Ship). It is also possible to walk to Heligan and Mevagissey on this path if you cross the main road and pick the trail up just after the Garden Centre.
All in all a very pleasurable holiday and we shall be returning next year.
Pitches great on pea gravel so even tents were on them, lovely kept grass.
Facilities were very clean, laundry room with iron and some books to read, computer room, which you have to pay for,
Pool a tad cold, but clean and it kept my son happy, park ok.
Asda just a mile up road. And even closer is a pizza hut macdonalds and kfc. Put we love the pasties, so never went.The site is well situated for most of cornwall, if you busy rawdy this is not the place, small and quite.
Two things that I would say is, no mops in showers, very strange for such a clean place, (get some gang, )and the speed ramps are terrible, we were having to brake on the top of them and roll off slowly.
Will be back though as its great place, just up our street.
I had a lovely two weeks. The staff were very helpful including a sign outside reception with weather reports and ideas of what you can visit that day. The shower blocks were always very clean, the site is also clean and tidy with lots of regularly emptied bins, great recycling bins too.
The children's play areas were very good and well maintained with a great swimming pool which is free to use and a well constructed flying fox. The children will love the farm animals and aviary. The free internet room is also a bonus.
There is a dog walk on site although its only a trail along the river so doesn't take very long! There is a cycle path though that you can walk which is nice and I recommend the 45min walk to Pentewan Sands were you can have a couple of pints in the dog friendly Ship Inn. There is also a nice beach although you can't take dogs at peak times so we didn't spend much time on it. Be careful along the path to Pentewan - there are very boggy parts in the trees like quicksand and our dog got stuck in it up to his neck in black sludge!
St Austell is two miles away with a number of supermarkets and high street shops, well known restaurants and cinema, parking is very good in town centre.
Mevagissey is a few miles in the other direction. There is a bus service but is rather expensive. You can take the dog on the bus, again for a charge. There are some lovely shops, pubs, restaurants and a picturesque harbour with boat trips. Catch the ferry to Fowey - dog friendly.
We would definitely stay at River Valley again. Reasonably priced, clean, good facilities and friendly.
Another pleasurable visit to this little gemstone. Very private and quiet yet ideal for all ages. Excellent dog walk along the River St Austell.
A 4 mile round walk will take you to Pentewen village and back. Dogs loved it. Excellent clean swimming pool. The hard working wardens, if I can call them that, George and Steve are on hand to help. The Clemo family do their fair share. At reception you can buy eggs and jam but not much else.
The real problem is the extremely dangerously placed B&B sign for the farm next door. As you leave the site you turn right for St Austell. This stupid sign is directly in your field of vision. So you have to inch out, very dangerous. I actually witnessed a near miss.
Otherwise the place is in my book for a return visit.
An excellent site, spotlessy clean facilities and nice swimming pool. Marvellous for doggy holidays as the cycle path to Pentewan can be accessed direct from the site and takes you on a fab 3 mile walk or cycle through woods and alongside the river to the lovely village.
Good pub there too! No shop on site, but it doesn't really matter as there is one opposite the main entrance.. Only issue was if you want a meal out at night there is not a lot within walking distance, so you would have to drive and therefore can't partake in the wine!
I stayed at this site only for one night but it was very clean. Toilets were immaculate. The camp was nearly full and very popular with the cyclists as it is on the pentewan cycle trail. Nice walks from site.
Pitches were spacious but seemed a bit crammed in as people directly opposite and paths quite narrow inbetween. But overall it was a pleasant stay. No clubhouse but there is a pub just down the road. And a pool on site. We didn't use. Prices were reasonable.
Useful information was posted on board outside reception as to weather for day and suggestions of things to do in the area. A nice touch. Everything was well signposted,
Staff polite and friendly. A good site to visit close to all attractions eden, heligan and beaches.
I choose this camp site based on the reviews on this web site so its only fair that I add my own comments.
My wife was working in St Austell for a week so rather than her come home after the week, I came down to her and pitched the tent, hence needing a site near St Austell. In fact it ended up with my mum, daughter, son in law & 8 year old grandson joining us and we were lucky enough to have pitched both tents side by side even though the bookings wernt made at the same time.
I was impressed with the cleanliness of the site & especially its very sensible layout of the main facilities separating the static caravans from the touring park, unlike the site we have just returned from whereby the campers were in one corner & all the facilities were diagonally opposite. The amenities block were clean & I never had to wait for a shower cubicle although admittedly we were here before the schools break out. For a relatively small site I was pleasantly surprised to find it have a lovely indoor heated swimming pool which on one occasion we found ourselves to be the only ones in there. When a site has a swimming pool you would normally expect it to have some sort of food or drink outlet but this site doesn't. That never bothered me as I am happy to go to the supermarket (10 minutes up the road) for our supplies although there is a small shop opposite for basic supplies.
The site does have an outdoor play area & small indoor games room and the balance of facilities is just about right in my opinion. If you have kids who need entertaining 24/7 then you are better off looking at one of these sites with clubhouse/dosco/bar etc. If you like peace & quiet but with a a few quality facilities then this site has got it right.
In fact the only negative I have re this site (although many will see it as a positive) is that the pitches are hardstanding. Having always pitched on grass I phoned the site first for advice. They told me that normal pegs will be ok but they have other types we could use. Obviously the pegs that came with my tent (Peakland) didn't have enough steel in them as some of them bent before being fully inserted in to the ground. I ended up going to the newly opened yeomans outdoors camp shop in St Austell (this is where my wife was down here working) to buy some rock pegs.
What should have been an easy tent set up ended up taking a couple of hours and a lot of cursing.
Would this stop me going here again? No. We rarely return to the same site but if we were to holiday in this area again, I wouldn't bother looking for another site, I would just book this one ( & buy a few more rock pegs & bigger mallet).
A great little touring site. Well presented and well maintained. Mix of pitches and statics. Excellent indoor pool but take your sunglasses, its a bit like being in a greenhouse but still lovely. Be aware the pitches are mostly hardstand and this may cause problems when pegging down. Also, we had major problems with mozzies. After about 8pm our awning became 'Mozzie Hotel', this is probably due to the nearby water course.
Great location, close to supermarkets, caravan repair shop, and great beaches. Local shop has all your essentials as well as a local chippie but this seems to open and close on an as and when basis.
Warning! There is a big sign post at the entrance to the site which obscures the road to your right on exit and a sharp bend to the left limits the view of oncoming traffic. Ideally the sign needs to be moved or removed (owners please note). Beware when pulling out of this site.
I will definitely go back but with a big can of fly spray and plenty of jungle formula mozzie repellent.
What a great little find this site was, close to home too! Friendly check in on arrival and info given on doggie friendly walks, pubs and beaches in the area. This is a barriered site (£10 refundable deposit for the card) and the small touring site is a short drive through very well looked after statics. The pitches are large and hardstanding with EHU and great hedging/fencing makes your pitch feel very private.
The central toilet/shower block is small and the ladies have 2 individual shower rooms both with toilet and sink and another separate shower cubicle. 5 toilets and the same number of sinks complete the set up. Piped music (Radio 2) is a nice touch! There is also an undercover washing up area and a chemical disposal point. For those of you with kids there is a neatly kept playground. They also have an indoor pool for all to use (free of charge). The dog walk run along the river and is very pleasant.
The village itself (London Apprentice) doesn't have much, a small village store (nice fresh pasties!) and a fish and chip shop (closed during our visit!) both just outside the site.
A flat 40/45 min walk will take you into St Austell town via the sewage works (!) (OK if you need essentials, nothing to write home about if you don't!). In the other direction is the lovely Pentewan Valley Trail - 2.5 miles flat river/woodland walk into Pentewan (this beach is NOT doggie friendly). We caught the bus from there into Mevagissey and had a smashing Sunday roast in the Ship Inn (very doggie friendly).
Plenty of info in reception of things to do in the local area and a lovely area it is too. We will be back for as many long weekends as we can manage!
Wow what a great week we have had. I can not fault this site. It is fantastic. Clean tidy, quiet and beautifully laid out. We have stayed at many sites and this one is top of our list. Everything was perfect. There is one toilet block with separate male and female sections. The ladies had 3 toilets and two toilet/shower cubicles and one singe shower. This was plenty for the 45 pitches and there was always hot water no matter what time of day you went in. There is also a family bathroom and a disabled wet room all with piped music! The swimming pool is covered with door and windows that open in the hot weather with a small terrace with sunbeds. The water in the pool was a little cold but the children didn't mind. All the pitches are hard standing so remember you will need different tent pegs. Again a fantastic site.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
Rallies Welcome 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <5 miles 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <10 miles 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool On Site 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
This is our third time at River Valley and there is nothing to fault it. The staff are friendly helpful and very welcoming. 
