Must-see hotels in North Cornwall

  • Watergate Bay Hotel

    North Cornwall

    This stylish, popular beach hotel combines luxury with lifestyle: guests are positively encouraged to explore the many outdoor activities on offer at the…

  • Beach at Bude

    The Atlantic Highway

    This lovely hotel steals the show in practically every category: space, style, welcome and definitely view. It has a fine position behind Summerleaze…

  • Little White Alice

    North Cornwall

    This admirably ecofriendly getaway offers two stone cottages and a couple of wood-clad 'eco-arks' (otherwise known as cabins), built using sustainable…

  • Trewornan Manor

    North Cornwall

    It's adults-only at this upmarket B&B, so you can be sure of a peaceful getaway and a decent lie-in. The 17th-century house is Grade II-listed and…

  • Padstow Townhouse

    North Cornwall

    Owned by the town's top chef, Paul Ainsworth, this six-suite B&B pulls out all the luxury stops: open-plan layouts, brass bedsteads, copper bathtubs and…

  • Scarlet

    North Cornwall

    For out-and-out luxury, Cornwall's fabulously chic adults-only eco-hotel takes the crown. In a regal location above Mawgan Porth, 5 miles from Newquay, it…

  • Belle Tents

    The Atlantic Highway

    Six miles from Boscastle, these stripy big-top tents will make you feel like you're camping out with the circus. The 2½-acre site is divided into three…

  • Hebasca

    The Atlantic Highway

    Boutique-on-a-budget best describes this hotel, a sister establishment to Tommy Jacks at Crooklets beach. It's designed for grown-ups, with pleasant rooms…

  • Costislost

    North Cornwall

    In the wonderfully named hamlet of Washaway, this B&B is a rural gem. The detached house of Cornish stone is surrounded by gardens and boasts five fine…

  • Tommy Jacks

    The Atlantic Highway

    This cheery 20-room minihotel near Crooklets beach goes big on the surfy seaside decor – a surfeit of surfboards, murals and stripes adorn the lobby,…

  • Old School Hotel

    The Atlantic Highway

    A small hotel that was originally Port Isaac's schoolhouse. Eagle-eyed fans of the Doc Martin TV series might recognise it as the show's village school…

  • Althea Library

    North Cornwall

    If you want to stay in Padstow proper, this charming ivy-clad house is hard to better. There are two stylish self-catering suites: Rafters is accessed via…

  • Caroe Farmhouse

    The Atlantic Highway

    This prim and proper B&B is hugely comfortable, but it's the kind of place where everything's so beautifully arranged you feel like you need to walk on…

  • Gwel An Mor

    North Cornwall

    This collection of luxury timber-clad lodges makes for a fine getaway – as long as you're happy with the resort vibe, that is. The A-framed lodges are…

  • Elements Hotel

    The Atlantic Highway

    This hotel has a super clifftop position, but looks a bit bland and boxy from the outside. Fear not: inside it sports soothing sea colours, swirly…

  • Pencuke Farm

    The Atlantic Highway

    This organic farm, roughly halfway between Boscastle and Bude, is a super place to pitch a tent. The meadow is big and spacious, and has distant sea views…

  • St Enodoc Hotel

    North Cornwall

    Supremely sophisticated but certainly not cheap (hardly a surprise in uber-chic Rock). Rooms are elegant, with muted tones offset by bright scatter…

  • Old Rectory

    The Atlantic Highway

    This house, a short drive from Boscastle, was once the home of St Juliot's parson and the place where Thomas Hardy wooed his wife-to-be. It's heavy on the…

  • Bedruthan Hotel

    North Cornwall

    A few miles along the coast from Newquay, the Bedruthan has earned a reputation as one of Cornwall's top family hotels. The boxy concrete exterior looks…

  • Sea Vista

    North Cornwall

    What a swish little B&B this is! Million-dollar views of the beach at Mawgan Porth, and a selection of imaginatively furnished rooms that zing with…

  • Dormy House

    North Cornwall

    This bungalow B&B is surprisingly good value considering its location in Cornwall's most exclusive corner. The five rooms are decorated in Anglo-Swedish…

  • Carn Marth Hotel

    North Cornwall

    This hotel has one stunning selling point: a big, green, glorious view, looking out over the golf course towards Fistral Beach. It's not the last word in…

  • Cornish Tipi Holidays

    The Atlantic Highway

    Camp Sioux-style in a wooded valley near St Kew. Tepees are in communal 'village' fields, or you can pay a premium for a private site. All come with cool…

  • Symply Padstow

    North Cornwall

    There's no way around it – staying in Padstow is pricey, but this B&B turns the tables with rates that would be a bargain even in a less starry location…

  • Boscastle House

    The Atlantic Highway

    The best of Boscastle's B&Bs, in a Victorian house overlooking the valley. Five classy rooms have a bright, contemporary feel that mixes neutral colours…

  • Dylan's Guesthouse

    The Atlantic Highway

    This is the pick of the B&Bs in town, with a great location overlooking the town's golf course and downlands. Rooms are light and white, with stripy…

  • Bangor's Organic

    The Atlantic Highway

    This ecofriendly B&B sits near Poundstock, 7 miles from Bude. The house is elegantly Victorian, but the draw is the rural setting among 2 hectares. You'll…

  • Treyarnon Bay YHA

    North Cornwall

    A super 1930s beach hostel on the bluffs above Treyarnon Bay. Rooms are big, there's a good cafe, plus barbecues in summer, and the sunsets are…

  • Beacon Hotel

    North Cornwall

    As the name hints, this country-house hotel sits in a fine spot not far from St Agnes Beacon, surrounded by green fields and gardens, just uphill from the…

  • Treverbyn House

    North Cornwall

    This fancy house offers two colour-themed rooms (yellow and green) plus an extra-romantic turret hideaway. The style is classic – oriental rugs, brass…

  • Woodlands

    North Cornwall

    Offering green fields and distant flashes of sea, this is a great B&B base for Padstow. Rooms are a bit heavy on the creams and frills, but cosy…

  • Treago Farm

    North Cornwall

    Few campsites have such a swish setting as this one in the crook of the valley just behind Porth Joke. There are 81 grassy pitches, but it gets crowded in…

  • Trevellas Manor Farm

    North Cornwall

    One of three campsites scattered across the hills above Trevellas Porth, this is little more than a big grassy field with a couple of taps and a loo block…

  • Ocean Lodge

    North Cornwall

    A surf lodge this may be, but it's no dive. There's a selection of singles and doubles, plus communal 'surf pods' offering dorm-style rooms for groups…

  • Foreshore

    North Cornwall

    Staying in Padstow doesn't have to break the bank thanks to this tents-only campsite in a lovely field beside the estuary. It's on the southern side of…

  • Boscastle YHA

    The Atlantic Highway

    Boscastle's shoebox-sized hostel was all but washed away by the 2004 floods, but it's since been completely renovated. The dorms are very small, but in…

  • Wooda Farm

    The Atlantic Highway

    Huge, well-run campsite and holiday park near Bude, which accommodates everything from caravans to campervans. It's great for families – there are tractor…

  • Glendorgal Hotel

    North Cornwall

    A decent small hotel in a clifftop spot between Lusty Glaze and Porth Beach. Rooms are nicely finished, but a little on the small side and only a handful…

  • Beacon Cottage

    North Cornwall

    A mixed caravan and camping site, in a great clifftop spot between Chapel Porth and the Beacon.