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I have a friend who lives near the Gower and its beautiful, but we have never camped there.

We  camped at a woodland site called Trellyn, in Pembrokshire this summer, fab site and there are several others in the area that looked good. Beach at bottom of site, and huge sandy surfing beach about 5 minutes away called White Sands.( Carpark, toilets and basic shop)

We don`t do commercialised either, and were very happy here, kids, aged 6 and 9 were well happy playing in the woods on site. Weather was awful, and we found plenty to do.

My six year old has been bodyboarding in her wetsuit for 3 summers now, she occ. goes blue, but its character building!!

Hope tis helps

Caswell & Oxwich bay - gorgeous

Had a childhood brought up on the gower and playing on the pier at mumbles

I know Oxwich has a campsite

Nearby is Oystermouth which has a castle and shops etc

Swansea's not too far for shopping etc

Saundersfoot/Tenby way is also a nice area

Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower is my favourite beach in the whole of Britain and there's a nice campsite overlooking it. It's on a clifftop though, so is windy, but you can get out of the wind a bit if you camp over on the right as you enter the field.

The site shop sells fab homemade cakes.

We went to this lovely site last year. It's near Newcastle Emlyn and within about a 20 min drive of poppit sands (lovely beach) and lots of castles!

There are lots of good reviews for this site, including mine!

Look here for reviews of Wiseman's Bridge campsite . I have not stayed there but did walk on, had a look around and decided that I personally would not camp there. It is well located as it is handy for the pub, just across the road from the beach and walking distance to Saundersfoot.   But it felt very unsafe to me - wide open to anyone and everyone visiting the pub or the beach to just walk on and off. The facilities looked basic at best and not clean.

A shame, with a bit of thought, TLC and investment the site could really capitalise on its excellent location.

Quote: Originally posted by anadin on 28/10/2008

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The best site in West Wales is without question Dolbryn near Newcastle Emlyn read the reviews

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Yep I will second this - we go to Dolbryn every year without fail. It's a rare family site which focuses on your family's enjoyment rather than how much money they can squeeze out of you.

You have beautiful New Quay within a 20 min drive which has a fabulous sandy beach, a castle, lots of lovely walks etc.

In reply to your question about Aberdovey - it's a nice little town with a great sandy beach & sand dunes but the water is VERY deep with strong currents  - there are no shallows to speak of. Not the safest of beaches for a family holiday in my opinion.