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Awards and Sustainability
We are proud to have been recognised for our approach to nature and our surroundings, we have also been awarded a 4 pennant rating from the AA reflecting the ‘extremely high standards’ of the campsite and facilities.
Our commitment to sustainability and self sufficiency is part of our identity. We have a large solar panel infrastructure, draw our own drinking water, use green cleaning products, provide ample opportunity for our campers to recycle and have our own water treatment plant.
Working with nature rather than against it has always been our ethos but we are now looking further into reducing our impact on the planet. To ensure that our customers understand our sustainability commitment, we have been assessed by Green Tourism to validate our practice. This independent assessment brings reassurance that our practice is evidenced and authenticated. We are proud to have been awarded a Bronze award in our December 2024 assessment and excited to build on this award on our journey to Gold!
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Our Sustainability Policy through our partnership with TEVI, it can be found here.
In 2021 we were awarded Silver in the Caravanning and Camping Site of the year by Cornwall Touring awards. We are very proud of this result after competing with some of the largest parks in Cornwall, not a bad result for a small family team!
Green Tourism
What achieving our Green Tourism award means
We are supported in our sustainability practices, and in our improvement journey by the world-leading sustainability accreditation partner, Green Tourism.
Achieving a Green Tourism award means that our sustainability practices have been assessed and verified by a credible partner. It shows that we have an ongoing commitment:
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to sustainability standards and practices
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to work responsibly, ethically, and sustainably
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to contribute to our community
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to reduce our impact on the environment, and
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to be accessible and inclusive to all visitors and staff.
Green Tourism has assessed our business against 15 sustainability criteria grouped under the pillars of People, Places and Planet. These consider the social, economic, and environmental actions we undertake, providing a holistic assessment of our sustainability performance.
Our highlights
Green Tourism also helped us to highlight our areas of sustainability strength. At our last assessment our sustainability highlights included:
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Our commitment to biodiversity and enhancing our native species, we planted over 100 new trees in 2024 to replace trees that naturally came down and that we felled for risk management.
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We also became members of Kernow Conservation with a significant donation to their beaver reintroduction programme and are looking forward to working with them to provide locations for meetings and nature walks.
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Our commitment to reusing resources onsite was highly commended. From collecting leaves through the Autumn to break down and be used in our flower beds, chipping felled wood to use underfoot in our playpark and producing charcoal from larger felled wood for sale in the Camp shop.
What do the Green Tourism gradings mean?
Green Tourism provides an overall grading of Gold, Silver, or Bronze depending on the overall score achieved across the comprehensive criteria.
Bronze
Typically, an entry-level business, who are in the early stages of its green journey but has shown great commitment to making its business work more sustainably and is currently implementing a range of measures related to the 15 goals across all three pillars of People, Places and Planet.
For more information about our approach to sustainability and some of our plans please check out this Blog post-
