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Pencelli Castle Caravan & Camping Park
Pencelli
Brecon
Powys (Browse area)
LD3 7LX
Tel: 01874 665451
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Pitches: 80
Open: 10/02/2024 to 30/11/2024
10/02/2025 to 30/11/2025
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 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <1 mile |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Daihowells |
3 reviews from this member |
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 Just returned from a 2 night break. We'd been trying to get in here for quite a while, but it always seemed to be booked up - which is a good sign!. Pros:
1. Great facilities, very clean and tidy - toilet blocks are fantastic!
2. Quiet site, no dogs
3. Friendly, helpful staff
4. Great play area and goats & deers for the kids to look at
Cons:
1. Expensive
Overall I would really recommend this site, as you tend to get what you pay for. 
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Peter49 |
7 reviews from this member |
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A perfect site, with excellent facilities all round - a site to which others should aspire.
Well located for Brecon Beacons and walk along canal into Brecon itself.
Local pub closed during our stay, but not important.
Would not hesitate in recommending it to other users.
(Not sure if first review went through due to server going down).
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Jo wynne |
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First Class all the way. Lovely location great spotless facilities and well situated for counrty walks and pubs. All this and only 4 miles from Brecon. Can be highly recommended but it is a very expensive for a camp site. You certainly pay for the service you receive. Particularly expensive for families as you pay by the head.
Quite a few rules and regulations cannot be described as free and easy but certainly as a good quality impeccably ordered campsite with even well behaved wildlife! To our delight one night we heard a fox appreciatively munching his way through the remains of our crispy duck mistakenly left outside the tent in a tied up bag. We awoke to find a neat hole in the bag with the remaining bones piled at the side!
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Wheelsy |
29 reviews from this member |
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I stayed at this site whilst doing some walking in the Black Mountains, and was extremely impressed. The facilities are easily the best and cleanest I've seen. The toilet and shower block was so clean I'd have happily sat and eaten my lunch in there! Little things like trusting you to turn off the taps rather than having those press-down ones that soak you made all the difference. The facilities were a little walk from the camping field, but the track was well lit during the night. There were plenty of water points and rubbish bins around the camping field, and you were allowed to park your car next to your tent. The grass was well maintained and the ground was easy to peg into.
It was literally a 3 minute walk down the road into Pencelli, where there is a pub. As someone has mentioned before this was more of a 'eaty' pub than a 'drinky' one. I overheard a member of staff recommending that a group of people book a table a day ahead, so I guess it must get busy. There were several other pubs down the road in Talybont-on-Usk which seemed a bit friendlier. I visited Brecon on one afternoon, which was a bit naff, but Crickhowell in the other direction was much nicer.
To sum up, the facilities at this campsite were by far the best I've used. However, being more of a caravan park than a campsite, the site lacks the sort of atmosphere you get at somewhere like the National Trust campsites at Great Langdale and Wasdale Head.
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| Date of Visit: September 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Gemmab |
1 review from this member |
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We had a lovely stay in September 2008 for 5 nights with thankfully brilliant weather. The facilities are the best I've ever come across, there were plenty of showers and toilets for everyone on the campsite which meant no waiting. The shop was well stocked and the staff very friendly.
Very impressed with the drying room on site (for wet coats, shoes and towels etc.)and the ability to use 3 fridge freezers for keeping food if you didn't have a cool box or just refreezing your freezer blocks.
In addition to this it was great to hire a bike for the day, and we bought a map for a 6 or 20 mile cycle ride from the shop. I'm not the fittest person in the world and there was one part of the 20 mile journey that was very difficult (20% incline hill to go up) but once at the top totally worth the hard work, the view is stunning, and it takes you through the national park too (with hardly any peddling on the way back until you get to the canal again).
I can't wait to go again!
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| Date of Visit: February 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: AndyRomain |
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Stayed here for a very cold night in Feb '09, as a base for a walk up Pen Y Fan the next day.
Easy to find, with very friendly staff, and probably the highest quality amenities block I've seen. Pitches were good, with plenty of water points. Well manicured site, with plenty of space.
Pencelli is literally just outside the gate, but the local pub is more of an 'eaty' pub than a 'drinky' pub, and due to time, didn't venture to Talybont, which I know from previous experience has a bit more in that line.
Altogether a highly recommended site.
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| Date of Visit: February 2009 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Sparry1163 |
14 reviews from this member |
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Stayed overnight here on our first outing in our campervan. Very impressed by facilities on site. The toilet block is of the highest calibre, spotlessly clean and warm even in the middle of the night. Site was well maintained even after a long Winter, peaceful with many birds and a fair selection of squirrels to be seen. The dawn chorus was something else.
Local pub was closed on a Sunday night but we were told we could have gone down to Talybont and a number of pubs would have been open. We settled for a pleasant walk along the nearby canal instead.
We know this area well and would vouch for the vast choice you would have to do close by in Brecon and the neighbouring Beacons. Would recommend and will return
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| Date of Visit: October 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Shearers15 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Despite the weather, we really enjoyed our stay at Pencelli. A very quiet and well kept site. The washing facilities are excellent as are the drying rooms and there is plenty of fridge space for food storage.
The closest pub was shut whilst we were there but we went to the Star in Talybont and the food there was very good
I will certainly be returning!
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| Date of Visit: September 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Gaynor J |
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Our first visit although we know the area well. We were very impressed with this site. From the moment you drive through the gates past the manicured lawns and flower beds and pull up outside reception you have the impression of a well run, well maintained and professional organisation. The profusion of awards bears testimony to the hard work that is put in by the proprietors: the loo of the year award is definitely deserved. Booking in was seamless and directions to the well kept and mown pitch were concisely explained and a small map of the site presented.
The village is a joy to behold with the Brecon to Monmouth canal wending its way quietly behind the site and beyond the local pub. The site itself was quiet although this may be a reflection of the time of year and the temperature although the clear skies engendered one of the most glorious night skies with no light pollution. The Brecon Beacons can be walked with some effort from the site or after a short car journey. We will return!
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: PoliteEngineer |
7 reviews from this member |
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A very well run site with good facilities, especially the toilet block.
Pencelli village has the Brecon canel running through it and is quite nice, although apart from the Pub (excellent food) and the campsite there isn't much else.
Only downside is that the hookup points in the Oaks section of the campsite are in a few case a little distance from the pitch, we ended up having to squeeze tent over in the pitch and have the hookup on the wrong side of the tent.
Would happily go back, especially as right on the edge of the Brecon Beacons.
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