Trevornick's History

Trevornick was a working farm right up to the early 1980s, successfully producing vegetable crop, barley and oats. There was also a working dairy, pig unit and chicken rearing shed.

The old barn, which now forms the new Stables restaurant, housed the oats crushing machine on the first floor. A traction unit would sit outside with a long belt connecting it to the crushing machine. The oats produced on the farm were put into the machine and ended up on the floor below, ready to feed the farm livestock.

The current owners parents took over the farm in the early 1960s and they were very keen on breeding horses, but there were no stables, so something had to give. The crushing machine was retained to provide the feed for the horses and a tack room was created on the ground floor and the sheep pens (where the Stable's kitchens are now) were converted for use as stables.

Through the 60s and 70s the Hartley family were extremely successful with their horses. They produced a string of racing horses, which were raced and ridden by members of the family.

As the camping business began to take off, the stables were also used for pony trekking, with up to 20 ponies setting out from Trevornick on four treks a day in the summer. In truth, the horses were the Hartley's hobby, but it was proving somewhat difficult to keep the stables running in the middle of what was now a thriving and busy holiday park.   So, in 1981 the horses and ponies were put out to grass. The directorship of the company was handed to Richard and Robert Hartley in the same year.

As touring and camping grew in importance, so did the need to provide improved facilities and entertainment and this culminated in the development of the Holywell Bay Golf Course and Holywell Bay Fun Park. Trevornick Holiday Park has now developed into a specialist touring and camping site with facilities including the Farm Club, with nightly cabaret entertainment; Trawlers Family Bar, Farm Shop with bakery, Harry's Den for daily supervised children’s activities, outdoor heated swimming pool, Hungry Horse takeaway, centralised launderette, three fishing ponds, 18-hole pitch and putt course and 18-hole golf course with its own Club House and bar.

The company has a continuing programme of capital investment in order to maintain and create quality facilities and employment as well as a long-term commitment and strong desire to maintain a level of excellence that can be handed on to the next generation. Trevornick is also committed to providing the very best possible in terms of facilities and amenities and to be a customer led business.