Belle grande laybay est restée ici avec de superbes vues, le coucher du soleil et la mer Pas bon signal mais si vous vous promenez dans la laybay, vous pourriez avoir des cartes pour voir où nous allions le lendemain
Nice big laybay stayed here with great views and sun set and sea
Not good signal but if you walk around the laybay could mange to get maps up to see where we was going the next day
Schöne große Laybay blieb hier mit toller Aussicht und Sonnenuntergang und Meer Kein gutes Signal, aber wenn Sie um die Laybay herumgehen, könnten Sie es schaffen, Karten zu bekommen, um zu sehen, wohin wir am nächsten Tag wollten
50.2869, -5.2344 (lat, lng)
N 50°17’12.8796” W 5°14’3.8616”
32 Atlantic Way
TR4 8AH Porthtowan,
United Kingdom
Stayed here for our first night in our (new to us) van as close to home if the kids freaked out in the night! Quiet apart from slight road noise, had the spot to ourselves (clearly not many people touring Cornwall in mid-November!) and beautiful view to wake up to. Great for a free stopover.
If you want free parking, over night stay, short walk to the beach, goodish surf, restaurants close by, pubs, shops within walking distance then this is your place. No complaints just when you want to go down to the town walk back down the hill till you see a smaller lay-by than the one your parked in, then your see a smaller lay-by than dirt track there, follow that down the hill but be safe
We stayed there last night. Great little spot plenty of room for 3 vans if parked considerately. Stunning veiws towards the beach. Hardly any noise from the road after 22.30. Will be visoting again.
Amazing park up with fantastic views, great tv signal, not much of a phone signal but more than you get down at the beach, really peaceful night, no other vehicles stopped just us, couple of peeps early morning, doesn't bother us in the slightest. Stayed Saturday night, some road noise but not too much.
1-2 really early beep beeps (people are jealous of our wonderful lifes i suppose) No phone signal at all, beautiful view. If you're looking for something more quiet you're not gonna like it, many people stop there to take pictures of the view and youngsters park there sometimes at night with music. But we don't mind, we enjoyed the view. and please park properly to leave space for everyone<3
Great view. Quite flat. Some pot holes. Lots of people beeping and honking throughout the night. Don’t recommend for light sleepers. Loud vehicles from 7am to 10pm. The occasional boy racer.
Fantastic spot to watch the sunset. Space for 4/5 campers. Second time in 4 yrs still doesn’t disappoint. If turn right and walk 100m there’s a steep path down to the beach too
Petit lay-by sur le côté d'une route assez passante, juste en-dessous de maisons. La vue est belle mais nous ne nous sommes pas sentis à l'aiE de rester
Great lay-by with a beautiful view! Road is busy but is quiet at night. Had a couple of people beep at us while here but other than that, no issues. No signs to say you can’t park or stay overnight, which we did. A few people came and parked next to us for a while but didn’t stay. Not close to anything and bad signal but the view was worth it.
Great lay-by. Got here after dark on a Friday and empty. 1 more can when I woke up but no trouble during the night. Wake up to great views.
Stayed here one night. We got here early evening was the only one. Woke up to 5 vans squeezed in. Lots of unfriendly locals beeping horns.
Stukje parking langs de doorgaande weg. Bovenop de berg dus mooi uitzicht op strand. Wel veel verkeer overdag. De nacht was rustig. Je kunt klein stukje over de weg en dan een smal pad naar beneden volgen en kom je bij strand. Ong 20 min lopen.
Stopped for 1 night with no problems. Quiet at night with a beautiful view. This is what van life is all about
Great spot to watch the sunset. Road was quiet on a Monday night. One other friendly camper. No phone reception.
Stayed here 2 nights with no bother, great view of the sea. There is no phone service but that didn’t matter too much. Can easily fit large campers/motorhomes
Lovely sea views and peaceful at night. Fairly level. We moved down to Porthtowan car park during the day and struggled to find anywhere else to park up the following night as most places are no overnight so stayed again. We had weak signal on EE & none on o2.
Lovely spot, great views , space for 3/4 vans, didn’t stay overnight but no signs to say you can’t, fairly flat too
très belle vue. emplacement pres de la route mais nous avons passé une nuit calme et profité d'un superbe couché de soleil. peu de voiture la nuit.
Beautiful views. We stayed one night here. Unfortunately it was fairly windy and the spot is quite exposed, but still managed to get a decent sleep considering. Otherwise no trouble and the road was quiet.
Cracking spot. Can fit 4/5 camper vans in. Overlooking houses but they’re all second homes/holiday cottages so not too concerning. Steep walk down to the beach just follow the road or off road it down the path
space for 3-4 campervans, 10 min steep footpath down to village. no signal.
Brilliant spot for an over night stay, nice and peaceful with a amazing view
Toller Platz um die Nacht zu verbringen. In der Nacht sehr ruhig. Bei uns war es leicht bewölkt aber wir konnten trotzdem einen tollen Sonnenuntergang geniessen. Viele Spaziermöglichkeiten. Wir waren alleine von Samstag auf Sonntag. Gut möglich mit 7.5m Länge.
Lovely view. Due to being close to houses and right on edge of cliff would be susceptible to strong winds. Ok for stopping for a spot of lunch but not an overnight stop.
There’s no cellular phone reception here for Vodafone users. Pretty spot for a layby but there’s zero phone service, so, for those that require it, nope.
Good spot mainly flat fits 3/4 vehicles. Lovely views. Stayed 1 night, 1 other camper there. Had no trouble, traffic died down by about 8/9 o’clock
Amazing view with breathtaking sunsets. Seen a LWB Sprinter reversed into the layby, so plenty big enough for multiple vehicles. Only ever busy at sunset in the summer with people parking up to quickly take photos. Peaceful and quiet the rest of the time.
Lovely stop over. Nice views. The little town is great too.
Great spot with stunning views. Caught a spectacular sunset. Took a short 10 min scramble down the cliff to the beach as well as the Unicorn restaurant & bar for dinner - highly recommend.
Great spot! Stunning views, stayed for one night with no trouble. Row of houses on the other side of the road so be respectful.
Lovely view and no upset from locals but we did have an isolated incident of someone turning up at 4am blasting music then not being able to start their engine for hours (no lack of trying). Feels slightly residential but arrive late leave early and there shouldn't be any problems.
Amazing place now traffic lovely view, we had a contained fire and were left alone, several other campers in a circle. homes behind are holiday let's and won't care about your presents if your respectful. driving to the sea front at 6 to get a space outside the bar, free from 6 till 12 midnight so you can be there all day.
Decent stop for the night. Fairly flat but no phone signal and overlooked by many houses. Space for 3 vans fairly tightly packed. Others pulled in for a while during our stay 9pm - 9am but did not seem to stay the night. Some cars driving past during the evening and morning hours. Good sea views!
Lovely place to stay greats view to wake up to. Quite near a busy road but still got some good sleep. 10 mins from the beach and toilets down by the beach
Had this to ourselves xmas eve and it was great! Bit exposed so wouldn’t be great if it was very windy but the view is amazing and we had a quiet night although I would imagine it would be busier in the summer. No service on our phones but the van wifi with 3db antenna got 4g fine. Toilets down the hill at the beach were good.
