Stroke Barton Campsite
✓ Flat camping fields overlooking the sea on a working farm
🏖️ 0.73 miles from Hartland Quay (Excellent water quality)
Bude
Efford Downs Campsite
Bude
📍 Bude-Stratton, EX23 8LT
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.2 mi (Open Charge Map)
🌊 Summerleaze: Excellent bathing water 0.4 mi · Environment Agency
- Walking distance to beautiful beaches
- Closest campsite to Bude town centre and surfing beaches
- Direct access to the South West Coast Path
- Bell tents set up with electric and comfy beds
- Car-free holiday with everything a short stroll away
Efford Downs Campsite is a no-frills hillside camping site in Bude, Cornwall, offering simple, open pitches for camper vans, van conversions and tents, plus bell tents set up with electric and comfy beds on a raised platform overlooking the town. On site you'll find water, basic flushing toilets and hot showers. It's the closest campsite to Bude town centre and the surfing beaches of Summerleaze and Crooklets, with direct access to the South West Coast Path and nearby bus stop, Bude Seapool and Bude Canal, making it ideal for a car-free break. Summerleaze beach, rated Excellent for water quality, is just 0.4 miles away, and The Castle Heritage Centre is a short 0.3 miles from your base.
How far to…
- Coast path
- direct access
- Beach
- 0.4 miles
Practical details
- Families
- Well behaved families and groups of friends welcome
Accommodation on site
- Camper vans, van conversions and tents
- Bell tents
Details taken from the operator's own website on 22 Sep 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Swimming Pool
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- 🌊 Sea Views
- 🚌 Near a Bus Stop
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
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