Chyan Cultural Centre

Chyan Cultural Centre is a back-to-basics wild camping site at Chyan Farm in Halvasso, near Penryn in west Cornwall, where there is no reception and no marked pitches: you find your own space in the fields and pitch up. The farm sits about 4 miles from both Penryn and Falmouth, with a walking route across to Argal and College reservoirs, the subtropical gardens at Trebah and Glendurgan a short drive south, and Falmouth's beaches at Gyllyngvase, Swanpool and Maenporth for sand and sea. Tents, campervans and motorhomes are welcome, but bookings are limited to families and couples (no groups, no hen or stag parties, and strictly no dogs), and anyone wanting hook-ups, entertainment or a laundry room is in the wrong place: facilities run to compost toilets, fresh spring water and hot showers in the solar shower boat house. The setting is the draw, a quiet, no-music farm in Cornwall with a living willow playground of arches, tunnels and dens, a mud kitchen, a small playpark, campfires in metal firepits or braziers (hired on site for a small charge) and a sauna bookable at extra cost. Campers consistently praise the peace and the community feel. Booking is by email with the Chyan camping team, and pitches cost from £7 per adult a night for cyclists and walkers, or £10 per adult arriving with a vehicle.