North Wales · 42 pitches · Open March to October · Dark sky site
Woodsmoke, cold rivers, and no wifi in the field.
A forty-two pitch campsite on the edge of Snowdonia, with grass pitches, hardstanding for vans, four bell tents and two cabins. Fires allowed, dogs welcome, showers hot.
- Fires allowed
- Dogs welcome
- Hot showers
- Dark sky site
Pick your ground
Five ways to sleep here
Choose a pitch type to see what you get, what it costs and which nights are still open.
Tent pitch
Sleeps 6 · Grass, no hookup, fire pit allowed
Grass pitch in the meadow or the woodland. Car beside the tent on most pitches, and a raised fire pit allowed on every one of them.
- Grass, pegs fine
- No hookup
- Fire pit allowed
- Car beside tent
£24
per night · 16 of these on site
One night is fine, most people stay two.
Availability
Open nights for the tent pitch
Greyed nights are already taken for this pitch type. Change the pitch above and the calendar changes with it.
Minimum stay: one night midweek, two nights on bank holiday weekends.
Arrival 1pm to 8pm, departure by 11am. Ring 01248 555 0161 if you want a specific field.
Book direct, no booking feeThe layout
Five fields and a stream
- 1
The Meadow
Open grass, best for groups and families, closest to the play area and the loudest field by some distance.
- 2
The Woodland
Twelve pitches among the pines. Shaded, sheltered, quieter, and slightly harder to get pegs into.
- 3
The Van Field
Fourteen hardstanding pitches with hookups, level, and a five-metre gap between vans.
- 4
Glamping Row
Four bell tents and two cabins along the top edge with the best view down the valley.
- 5
Facilities Block
Central to everything. Nothing in the site is more than a hundred and forty metres from a hot shower.
What is here
Facilities, plainly listed
Hot showers, 20p for 6 minutes
Covered washing up sinks
Laundry, £4 a load
Drinking water points on every field
Chemical and grey waste disposal
Fire pit hire, £8
Logs £6, kindling £3
Fenced dog field
No surprises
Things we would want to know before booking
01The ground after heavy rain
The meadow drains well. The woodland turns soft after two days of rain and we will move you rather than let you get stuck.
02How far are the showers?
Longest walk on site is about a hundred and forty metres, from the far corner of the van field.
03Is there phone signal?
Patchy. EE works in most of the site, others mostly do not. There is free wifi at reception and deliberately nowhere else.
04When does it get quiet?
Music off at ten, quiet from eleven, and we do enforce it. If you want a party site, we are honestly not it.
05Can we bring the dog?
Yes, two per pitch, £4 each per stay. There is a fenced field for off-lead running and dogs must be on a lead everywhere else.
After dark
Fires are allowed. Properly.
Every grass pitch can have a fire in a raised fire pit, which we hire for eight pounds a stay. Logs are six pounds a net and kindling three, both from a plantation nine miles away. Fires out by midnight, and never directly on the grass.
We sit inside a Dark Sky reserve. On a clear moonless night you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye from the top of the van field, and the site lighting is deliberately low and downward-facing to keep it that way.
Fire pit hire
£8 a stay
Logs and kindling
£6 and £3
Dark sky reserve
Lights out by 11
Off site
Walks from the gate, pints down the road
Walks
- Cwm Idwal circuit12 min drive · 3 hours
- Aber Falls20 min drive · 90 minutes
- The river path from the gateOn foot · 40 minutes
- Moel Wnion summitFrom the gate · 3 hours
Pubs
- The Bull1.4 miles · Food until 9
- Ty Gwyn2.8 miles · Dog friendly
- The Slaters Arms4 miles · Best pint locally
The short version
Rules
- Arrival 1pm to 8pm
- Departure by 11am
- Music off at 10pm, quiet from 11pm
- Two dogs per pitch, on leads except in the dog field
- Fires only in hired pits, out by midnight
- No single-sex groups over four, sorry, we learned this the hard way
- Free cancellation up to 14 days before, 50% up to 7 days, non-refundable after that