Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park

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Beautiful corner of heaven (added by manager 01 Aug 2022)
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  • Family-run park between the mountains and the sea
  • In Snowdonia National Park, five miles from Harlech
  • Pitches over 12 acres, with 28 acres of woodland and fields to wander
Bored with being boxed in on a campsite? Space, space and more space is the order of the day at Snowdonia's Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park: it's in a secluded and sheltered vale where you'll have 12 acres' worth of camping area to pitch up in, and then another 28 acres of oak woodland and open fields to wander around and spot the wildlife. Barcdy is a select (and very friendly) family-run park where the owners have seen generations of small and excited campers go free range among these natural surroundings (there's a play area and wifi on site too, but it's likely the sprogs will prefer to roam). The grounds are a wildlife haven where nature spotters of all sizes can see badgers, owls and migratory birds, and loads more walks can be had in the hills leading off from the site. There's a good collection of pitches among the 12 acres and amenities are kept in tiptop condition with access to plenty of showers and loos, dishwashing sinks and a launderette. Shaver points and hairdryers are available too. Barcdy doesn't have a shop as it prefers to support local businesses: the nearest places for supplies are Harlech four miles away with food shops and newsagent, and Porthmadog five miles away with supermarkets and several smaller shops.

Campground type

Camper sites 7
Tent sites 55
Mobile homes for rent 2
RV sites 7
Opens April 1, 2025

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Minimum spacing of 6 metres between pitches.
  • This is a quiet park: no music is allowed.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, Apr 1 to

AA 4 pennants

Campsite types & availability

Reviews

97%

would recommend this campground to a friend

95%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Brilliant site, will visit again

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

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked: Beautiful site, very clean and tidy! Will be back again for a longer stay next time to take abit more in.

Recommend to friends Visit again

lovely site, very helpful and clean amenities.…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked: lovely site, very helpful and clean amenities.

Disliked: grass mowers very loud and were running all friday afternoon till 6.45 pm and 7pm on saturday couldnt relax noise unbearable. understand grass should be cut but in working hours 9 till 5.

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Lovely quiet pitch in an ideal location, surrounded by amazing views.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Welcoming reception on arrival, Facilities and location were perfect! Cant fault the site, stunning views, peaceful surroundings. Close to local amenities, shower/toilet facilities were cleaned to high standard.

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very clean and friendly bus stop outside the campsite very good for visiting…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked: very clean and friendly bus stop outside the campsite very good for visiting various places, I went to Harlech castle it is very nice to look around and great views. nice walks through the woods to nature reserve and then into a little town for a pint and food

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Nice quiet caravan site, plenty of room for…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Lawrence H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nice quiet caravan site, plenty of room for the caravan

Recommend to friends Visit again

The facilities were amazing, modern and clean. I liked that there were…

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: The facilities were amazing, modern and clean. I liked that there were clearly defined areas for you to pitch up with picnic benches in most of them.

Disliked: The fact that the coffee machine was cash only was a bit of a bummer.

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Pleasant , quiet and well maintained with helpful staff.

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Janet H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked: The views were excellent ; the grounds were well maintained, the toilets were clean, good access from main road; central location to access beaches and towns; good size pitches.

Disliked: Awkward access to water and drainage as the services were all on the wrong side of the pitch.. this required assembly of pieces of piping to connect the wastewater. Our pitch also had a wide sloping strip of grass to drive over to access the hard standing pitch , which could have caused a problem after the torrential rain but we had 4 wheel drive vehicle to cope with that. Very poor phone signal and needed to purchase internet connection which was acceptable and reasonably priced.

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I camped, friends stayed in a caravan on a hard standing pitch…

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: I camped, friends stayed in a caravan on a hard standing pitch with an amazing view out to sea, tent pitches were a good size, didn’t feel cramped, good play park for the kids, toilets and shower blocks were clean and fitted out to a good standard, the site catches the sun all day. 10-15 minutes drive to black rock sands

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Amazing site, very clean, well located for sightseeing!

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Laura B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked: Have done a fair few sites now, but this was our first time away in the caravan. We only live 20mins away. Have always passed it but never stayed. Ideal for testing it out. Hardstanding, fully serviced pitch with STUNNING views of the sunset. Shower blocks were very clean, cleanest we have seen in a while!! Felt as if they were just constantly cleaned. Every time i passed it seemed she was there cleaning. Kids loved the park, but mostly the hill with their scooters and bikes.

Disliked: Through no fault of their own (you can’t control the weather) kids couldn't use the football goal because of the pitch being so boggy from previous weeks rain!

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We had a very relaxing weekend. Excellent site very clean and well…

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked: We had a very relaxing weekend. Excellent site very clean and well maintained. Would definitely recommend.

Disliked: None

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Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowed

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Gray water hook-up for caravans Seasonal sites Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park

Talsarnau

Harlech

Gwynedd

Wales

LL47 6YG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.91261°N
-4.05048°W

Nearest transport

Bus
3.6 mi Sportsman
3.7 mi Tesco
4.2 mi Market Square
Rail
0.6 mi Llandecwyn Rail Station
0.9 mi Talsarnau Rail Station
1.3 mi Penrhyndeudraeth Rail Station
Ferry
13.4 mi Barmouth Ferry Landing
13.7 mi Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing
28.7 mi Aberdaron Ferry Landing

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

Coastline, castles, caverns, museums, steam railways, sailing, horse riding and hiking are all nearby, as is fishing at the two Tecwyn lakes within walking distance and sea fishing for mackerel and bass from Llandanwg Beach. For wanderers, the local walks accessible straight from site can take you roaming around Welsh woodlands with wondrous views of the Llŷn Peninsula in one direction and Snowdon in the other. If you're spending the day at Llandanwg, have a walk too across the causeway at low tide to Shell Island, where over two hundred different types of shell including oyster, whelk and cockle are washed up each winter; go from January to June for the best bags. Delve into days at Harlech, Porthmadog and Barmouth too, all popular pulls on the north Wales coastal trail. Harlech has a beaut beach backed by sand dunes, the famed Royal St David's Golf Club and the even more famed Harlech Castle, scene of the longest siege in Welsh history during the Wars of the Roses. (Wales is of course castle country, so get to Cricieth, Caernarfon and Conwy as well.) At Porthmadog, it'll quickly become apparent that these parts are also steam railway country: the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway and the Ffestiniog Railway, the oldest narrow-gauge railway journey in the world, both start in Porthmadog and the Welsh Highland Railway finishes here. Barmouth, the seaside town with another beaut beach, adjoining estuary and the Mawddach Trail, is about 13 miles to the south. Also within easy reach, you should count on a day out at decidedly individual Italianate village Portmeirion, the National Slate Museum at Llanberis or Llechwedd Slate Caverns, three more popular north Welsh pulls (take another puffy trip on the Snowdon Mountain Railway from Llanberis up to Snowdon's summit). You could also up the ante with activity day out at Glasfryn Parc and Greenwood Forest Park, visit King Arthur’s Labyrinth (underground boat trips!) or the Centre for Alternative Technology, both near Machynlleth.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Harlech 4.8 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Craig Du Beach Central 5.3 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Llandanwg 6.5 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Criccieth 7.4 mi Sea Good Good Excellent Excellent
Dyffryn (Llanendwyn) 9.6 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Portmeirion Gardens 2 mi

Ffestiniog Railway 3.3 mi

Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) 3.7 mi

CADW - Harlech Castle 4.5 mi

Criccieth Castle 7.6 mi

National Trust

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 13 mi

Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens 21.3 mi

Bodnant Garden 24.5 mi

Plas yn Rhiw 24.6 mi

Aberconwy House 27 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Viewpoint - Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf - Llyn Tecwyn Isaf - Viewpoint 0.7 mi

Penrhyn - Ty Obry - Penrhyn 1.8 mi

Portmeirion - Minffordd - Boston Lodge Halt - Portmeirio 2 mi

Llanfrothen - Vale of Festiniog - Llanfrothen 2.7 mi

Llyn Mair - Tan y Bwlch - Llyn Mair 3.3 mi

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.

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park? Coastline, castles, caverns, museums, steam railways, sailing, horse riding and hiking are all nearby, as is fishing at the two Tecwyn lakes within walking distance and sea fishing for mackerel and bass … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Barcdy Touring Caravan and Camping Park? From $32.96 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.