Lordryans

You wake to the salt-sharp air of St Ives drifting through the window, gulls calling over the rooftops somewhere between the harbour and the headland.

This is a small, straightforward setup — a guest house with a camping pod tucked alongside — so it suits couples after a base near the beaches, solo travellers walking the coastal path, or anyone who wants a proper bed but fancies something a bit different in the pod. St Ives itself is all cobbled lanes, art galleries, and that impossible turquoise water when the sun's out, so you're right in the thick of it here without needing to pitch a tent on clifftop grass.

Dogs are welcome by arrangement, and campfires need checking when you arrive — so it's worth a quick conversation when you book. Open all year, which makes it handy for off-season breaks when the town's quieter and the light's low and golden. Facilities aren't listed in detail, so do ask what's included with the pod versus the guest house rooms. It's more urban bolthole than wild camp, but sometimes that's exactly what you need.