Riverside Camping

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Touring pitches
Grass pitches
Touring pitch
Simple grass tent pitch without electric

  • Spacious site a few minutes' drive from the Snowdonia mountains
  • A short drive from the coast
  • Covered picnic area, communal bbq, den building and woodland dog walk
This Snowdonia site is a beaut. And so say the generations who've returned to Riverside Camping near Caernarfon in Gywnedd season after season: you'd be hard pressed to pin down just the one reason why, but it'd probably have something to do with peaceful riverside pitches among lots of open space... And the friendly helpful team, and the many little additions like free wifi, an undercover picnic area, a volleyball and badminton court, and a mini grass football pitch… yes, that's several reasons, but after all, this site is a beaut. Riverside Camping is in a sheltered loop of the River Seiont that's proved most suitable for fishing, birdwatching, boating and paddling, and is surrounded by woodland for yet more holiday adventures (short woodland dog walks are accessible on the site). The site's setting is tiptop: a few minutes' drive from the mountains of Snowdonia, two miles from Caernarfon and less than six from the coast. Steely-blooded campers also use Riverside as a base for the Slateman Triathlon and Snowdon Race in Llanberis five miles away. Other thoughtful touches (there are many) are the kids' playground; pocket-money toys (and sweets, drinks, ice cream and tourist info) in reception; a mini playhouse and a colouring table, and undercover table tennis and pool to partake of on rainy days. The hot showers on site are free and include family and disabled facilities. Riverside Camping also has an on-site bistro, The Mill, serving meals using local ingredients, light lunches, snacks, wine, local ales and Welsh breakfasts including laver bread. The nearest shop is about a mile away and plenty of pubs, takeaways and restaurants are at nearby Caernarfon.

Site type

Tent pitches 40
Touring caravan pitches 30
Motorhome pitches 13
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 6
Open now
Opens 14 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The restaurant is open between 14/03 and 31/10.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Reception is unmanned after 6 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • The games room is open between 14/03 and 31/10.
  • A cable measuring at least 15 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Electricity is metered on site at £0.45 per kWh and must be paid at check-out.

Languages spoken

English

French

Welsh

Open from Fri, 14 Mar to

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Grounds are beautifully kept, it feels like you’ve arrived on holiday.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Andrea B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional hardstanding campervan pitch (maximum 6 metres)

Liked: Greeting immediately and everything explained. We arrived on a Sunday for just one night and had the whole of the river side field to ourselves. Gorgeous setting next to the river, a quiet site for us but l imagine it gets fully booked peak season. Showers included are red hot and clean. We had a short but lovely stay. Wouldn’t hesitate to go back and highly recommend. The grounds are beautifully kept and it feels like you’ve arrived on holiday. Worth the money.

Disliked: Restaurant closed early so missed Sunday lunch but sure its opening hours reflected the number of people on site.

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Great clean and tidy site. Friendly staff. Will return for sure.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Craig N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional hardstanding campervan pitch (maximum 6 metres)

Liked: Great clean and tidy site. Friendly staff. Will return for sure.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely river views, very friendly staff with excellent communication, clean showers and…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Rich K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch (deluxe, TV aerial)

Liked: Lovely river views, very friendly staff with excellent communication, clean showers and toilets and a wide variety of facilities. The site is very spacious, as are the pitches! We will definitely be visiting Riverside again soon!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice and friendly staff Good facilities Play area Gardens Flexibility…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Catherine B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Nice and friendly staff
Good facilities
Play area
Gardens
Flexibility

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fab place to stay with children and pets 🥰

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Lyn A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch (deluxe, TV aerial)

Liked: Everything , the site is amazing , clean tidy and lots to do. Cannot wait to go back

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Sarah E. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

2 bedroom cabin (family)

Liked: Everything! We stayed in one of the cabans, it was stunning. Every single member of staff we met were really friendly. The weather wasn’t the best so we were grateful for the games room. The site is super clean and really well kept. Def my new fave place and our cockapoo Wilbur was spoilt rotten by the staff! We had everything we needed and more thankyou to Catherine and Adam and all the team we will def be back!

Disliked: Going home!

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From the manager: Hi Sarah
Thankyou so much for your lovely review.I know its wrong to have a favourite glamping dog but Wilbur is definitely our face of Caban Derw! I maybe cockapoo biased but we all thought he was gorgeous.
So glad you enjoyed your glamping stay- it was the right place to be over a wet Easter with the fire going & the hot tub
We look forwards to welcoming you again soon!
Kind regards
Catherine, Adam, Sue & Lisa

Stayed with my two childrem 9 and 12. they both loved it.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Friendly and helpful staff
Games room
Play area
River
Useful shop
Clean Toilet block

Disliked: Nothing

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Pitch was very nice, clean shower block, friendly staff

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass tent, touring caravan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The toilets were nice, the site was very tidy and neat, the staff were friendly and facilities such as games room and shop were good, liked the fact that we could park the car on our pitch by the tent

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From the manager: Thankyou for your review Saffron- it was lovely to meet you both- such a shame about the weather!
Yes we thought you would like pitch 8 where it has a little parking space, there's only 2 tent pitches where you can do that on site so seemed a good idea in the wet weather! Hope to see you again
Kind regards
Catherine & Team

Location and amenities…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Stephen B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch (deluxe, TV aerial)

Liked: Location and amenities

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Site facilities…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Paul M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

2 bedroom cabin (family)

Liked: Site facilities

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Riverside Camping

Pontrug

Caernarfon

Gwynedd

Wales

LL55 2BB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.14115°N
-4.23516°W

Nearest transport

Coach
2.6 km Bus Station
10.5 km Povey's Garage
10.5 km Povey`s Garage
Rail
9 km Llanfairpwll Rail Station
11.2 km Bangor (Gwynedd) Rail Station
14.1 km Bodorgan Rail Station
Ferry
32.3 km Holyhead Ferry Terminal
Airport
23.6 km Anglesey Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

There's simply stacks to do around here as well as Snowdonia mountains walks and climbs, like the beaches and coastline of the (also beaut) Isle of Anglesey and the Llŷn Peninsula, nature spotting, getting active on land or water, or investigating centuries' worth of Welsh history at nearby castles, museums and mines. The best known attraction of ancient and royal Caernarfon, a couple of miles from Riverside Camping, is ancient and strapping Caernarfon Castle, but you should/must also make time for its old and lovely pubs or for crabbing from the harbour walls; wherever you end up in this scenic city, take many photos. North Wales is steam railway country, so if you don't fancy getting to Snowdon's summit (Copa'r Wyddfa) under your own steam, take the Snowdon Mountain Railway to the peak instead from its base at Llanberis. Alternatively, the Welsh Highland Railway puffs the 25 miles from Caernarfon to Porthmadog; you should make many pub pitstops along the way.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Morfa Dinlle 9.3 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Llanddwyn 10.2 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Aberffraw 16.1 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Llanddona 19.4 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
St Davids - Benllech 19.4 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Caernarfon Castle 2.9 km

National Slate Museum 8.3 km

Snowdon Mountain Railway 8.3 km

Penrhyn Castle 11.4 km

Beaumaris Castle 16.5 km

National Trust

Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens 6.9 km

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 28 km

Bodnant Garden 30.8 km

Aberconwy House 31.2 km

Plas yn Rhiw 43.7 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Ceunant Bach - Moel Eilio - Foel Goch 7.6 km

MALLTRAETH MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 05/07/2002) 10.2 km

Newborough Forest and Llanddwyn Island 10.9 km

Gwastadnant - Elidir Fach - Elidir Fawr - Gwastadnant 11.4 km

Bethesda - Ogwen 12.4 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Riverside Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Riverside Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Riverside Camping? There's simply stacks to do around here as well as Snowdonia mountains walks and climbs, like the beaches and coastline of the (also beaut) Isle of Anglesey and the Llŷn Peninsula, nature … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Riverside Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Riverside Camping? From €32.97 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.