First Ever time to Cornwall...

kemo_2002

Hi i hope you can help, we have decided this year to go to cornwall for a week hopefully in august (i know this is high season but we really want the weather!) we were due to go to Eygpt but our 17month old became very poorly and we cannot take her abroad.

There will be me,my fiance and our daughter going and we only want to go for a week.

The problem is i have no idea where to go, we definately want self catering and wherever we go its got to have something for our daughter to do/see (although she is 17 months, due to her illness she needs a special wheel chair and cannot get around like a normal 17month old would)

Can anyone recommend any places to stay that won't bust our bank too much, we have about £500 to spend on accomodation but any cheap would be better, not too fussed which part as long as its no more than 30-45 mins drive from newquay.

I would really like to try and keep the costs down but still make it a holiday to remember and fun for our daughter.

Also if anyone can give any recommedations of places to visit that would also be great

Sorry i have waffled on a bit, thanks

kerri x

v5076

Hi

My fiance and I are off to Cornwall to at the end of June (near Redruth). We found a 2 bedroom bunglow for less than £200 via the cornish tourist board.

http://www.visitcornwall.com/site/places-to-stay/morthana-holidays-p83553

I'm now counting down the days. If you are looking for recommendaitions, you can go to the Eden Project for free if you've got enough Tesco Clubcard points.

Hope you have a lovely time.

Vanessa

PasturesNew

kemo_2002 wrote: »

..due to her illness she needs a special wheel chair and cannot get around like a normal 17month old would) ...

Accessibility is key here then. Avoid the north coast - on the north coast it's very hilly, both on the roads, in the towns and to get to the beaches. Places on the north coast where it is partly flat/accessible would be: Perranporth beach, but most of the town is up the hillside; Portreath beach, half the places are up the hill, half on the flat, but this is a small place so not much to do actually there.

The south of Cornwall is different, while it has got some hilly bits, it does tend to have more flatter/accessible parts.

Places/beaches to definitely avoid on the south coast (for access) are: Carlyon Bay, Charlestown. Fowey, Polruan, Looe, Polperro.

Some on the south coast which are flat/ish are: Par, Penzance. Falmouth near Gyllngvase Beach is accessible, but most of the housing is up a hill across Falmouth.

I thought I'd be able to make a list, but it's quite hard when I think about it without knowing specifics ..... most places in Cornwall are built on hills though. Steeply rising hillsides above quaint harbours.

PasturesNew

v5076 wrote: »

Hi

My fiance and I are off to Cornwall to at the end of June (near Redruth). We found a 2 bedroom bunglow for less than £200 via the cornish tourist board.

http://www.visitcornwall.com/site/places-to-stay/morthana-holidays-p83553

I'm now counting down the days. If you are looking for recommendaitions, you can go to the Eden Project for free if you've got enough Tesco Clubcard points.

Hope you have a lovely time.

Vanessa

The Eden Project would be challenging with a special wheelchair. You park at the top, then walk to the entrance. From there it's a LOOONG way down to the bottom (or you can take the free road train, but that might be tricky with the chair). Then the biomes themselves are challenging sometimes even if you're walking. I've been a few times ... and, to be honest, it's not that interesting.

PasturesNew

I have noticed a lot of accommodation providers' price lists show the last week of August is significantly cheaper than the rest. That'd be the Saturday-to-Saturday that includes the Bank Holiday Monday.

Check this out as an example (not as a suggestion of where to go): http://trenanceholidaypark.co.uk/holiday-tariff.php
See the 21st to 28th is £430-£520 but the 28th to 3rd is £280-£375.

kemo_2002

Thankyou for your replies so far, when i say wheel chair, it is still a pushchair just a little bigger. Hills arnt that much of a problem, ill just het my partner to push!! :j