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Snowdon Base Camp Cwellyn Arms
Was Snowdon Valley Camping
At The Foot Of Snowdon
Rhyd Ddu
Gwynedd (Browse area)
LL54 6TL
Tel: 01766 890321
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Open: 01/02/2024 to 17/11/2024
01/01/2025 to 24/01/2025
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 Tent Pitches |
 No Caravans |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 No Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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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 |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports On Site |
 Boat Launch / Mooring On Site |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: June 2018 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Philip carter |
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 Fantastic campsite owners and family run business and good people to chat with on this scenic countryside site is all we ask for, especially for our tent stay. And this is the campsite for us.
With great facilities and affordable prices,
Most important disciplined to perfection rules to be obeyed at all times, and with a local pub literally on site with amazing food and drink what more could we ask,
Yours Sincerely, very happy campers, 
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| Date of Visit: September 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Living-the-dream |
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You have to check in at the pub first (1 mile south). Especially if you want firewood. Apparently the warden regularly checks you're using their wood but I didn't see him after dark.
They do provide these fantastic fire pits as well.
The site is very pleasant with a stream along the edge.
No vehicle access to the grass but its not far to walk if you're tenting and they have barrows. It started getting a bit boggy in heavy rain but did drain away after a while.
The amenities block was very nice with four large warm flowing showers. Loo's were clean and a spacious washing area at the rear. There is another block with washers and dryers but out of order. Warden said they were buying new ones.
The pub is 10/15 minutes down the road with good beer and others said the food was great.
Some great walks nearby with the Nantle ridge and Beddgelert Forest and 2 or 3 routes up Snowdon. T
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Wheelsy |
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Stayed here whilst supervising a DofE group. You can't park your car next to your tent but the fields are quite narrow so it isn't a big problem. We noticed that a couple of the fields were a bit waterlogged so pick your pitch carefully.
The toilet/shower block was clean and tidy. Showers were the push button type (never understood why campsite owners think we can't be trusted to operate a tap) but you got a decent amount of time between pushes.
Each shower had a couple of hooks and caddies for putting your bottles in, which saves putting things down on the floor. A nice touch was the provision of a changing room style bench with coat hooks in the centre of the block.
There were two places for washing up, each with a few sinks and the areas were again clean and tidy.
The only problems with the site were the midges (the river running down the side of the site probably encouraged these) and the fact that its quite a trek back down the road to the pub.
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| Date of Visit: June 2016 |
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| Reviewer: KodaOnTour |
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First camping trip to Wales. Easy check in in the pub over a well earned pint after a 6 hour drive ! Campsite about half a mile down road from pub with absolutely fantastic views of snowdon and the valleys.
Total peace and quiet. Toilet and washing facilities were very good and kept very clean. Great wood burning braziers/bbqs although wood must be bought from pub.
The only downside was that we were there right on midge season and ended up getting bitten to bits ! Best camping trip we've had and would deffo return !
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| Date of Visit: June 2016 |
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| Reviewer: Wirral Camper |
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Fantastic location and lovely shower/toilet block. However, the over bearing owner patrols the campsite, into the late evening.
Making sure you've paid, and that your only burning wood you have bought from them.
3 or 4 times we were 'checked on' You are effectively being treated like children.
Oh and most of the trolleys for moving your gear, are broken.
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| Date of Visit: October 2015 |
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| Reviewer: Mitzi16 |
13 reviews from this member |
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Glorious site, almost tempted to revert to canvas just to experience the fabulous lakeside tent-only pitches!
We sited our motorhome, as pre-arranged, on a perfectly level spot in the car-park and filled a jerry can at the nearby utility block to fill our tank with enough water for a couple of days (the fabulous shower block and washing-up sinks meant we needed very little water in the van).
Great walk up Y Garn and we plan to return to climb Snowdon from this side.
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| Date of Visit: September 2015 |
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| Reviewer: Mikede |
31 reviews from this member |
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Visited in early September so the site was nice and quiet but I imagine the facilities could get a bit stretched at busy times. The showers are a bit tatty and would benefit for a bit of TLC
This is really a tent only site although we were ok with the motorhome in the carpark, but again if the site had been busy there is a good chance you could get blocked in- cars are not allowed on the field so everybody has to park in the parking area.
An important point worth noting for campervan/motorhome visitors- there are NO water standpipes so you cant fill up your on board tanks. Neither is there a CDP.
On the whole a nice site in a great location but EXPENSIVE at £20/night without EHU
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| Date of Visit: July 2015 |
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| Reviewer: Naich |
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This is the most spectacular site we have ever been to. Tucked into a valley directly beneath Snowdon, the stunning views extend all around the site. On one side you have the mountain (on a clear day you can see the cafe at the top and the mountain railway), on the other the woods and at the far end of the site is the beautiful lake Llyn Cwellyn, over which you can watch the sunset. The Ffestiniog Railway passes nearby and you can often see the trains chuffing past.
The site is split into two fields, one has a babbling stream running next to it, the other is next to the Lake. Between the fields is one of the car parks, the toilet block and laundry block. The other car park is near the gated entrance. There were plenty of trolleys available to carry your stuff from the car park, and they all looked in pretty good repair. Fire pits are dotted around the site, if it stops raining long enough to light one up.
We pitched in the non-lake field, next to the stream so we could hear it murmuring away all night. That is, when the sound wasn't drowned out by the rain pounding away at the tent. That part of the site is on a very slight slope and well drained, with the ground sogginess disappearing within an hour or two of the rain stopping. Nearer the lake, things got a bit more squishy and there are boggy bits. It rains a lot there, but the site is fairly well protected from the wind, unless it comes straight up the valley.
The toilet/shower block is modern and heated, which was very welcome. It was clean and well stocked during the week, but started to feel the strain of the extra campers when it got busy at the weekend. By the time we left on Saturday morning it was getting a bit scungey, with the toilet paper and soap starting to run out. The showers were good and hot but the water tended to run all over the floor. There is a laundry room with two tumble driers, which is very good for drying out soggy clothes. There are plenty of washing up sinks but no freezer for ice packs, which would have been helpful. However, it was pretty nippy when we were there, so it wasn't difficult to keep things cold.
There are plenty of things to do in the area. On rainy days we visited Penrhyn Castle, the Anglesey Sea Zoo and the impressive Slate Museum in Llanberis. Of course, there is Snowdon to climb up and we chose to go up the Llanberis Path. As well as the stunning views, you can see the camp site from the top and it's quite fun to try to see your tent. There are also various railways to take trips on. If you need camping supplies there is a decent shop in Beddgelert. If you fancy a curry, chinese or fish and chips, there are take aways in Penygroes, a 15 minute drive away down the awesome but scary 'Road of Death', as we called it - the B4418 from Rhyd-Ddu.
There are a few down sides to this site. Due to the general dampness of the area, there are midges galore, especially when it stops raining, so bring lots of Deet. It does get a bit boggy in places, so pick your pitch carefully. We stayed from Monday to Saturday and while it was nice and roomy during the week, it got very busy at the weekend. The car parks filled up, overflowed, and it ended up with cars taking up every spare inch of road space. It wasn't noisy at night, thanks to the no music policy, but there was definitely a bustling air to the place.
But these are only minor problems. We loved staying here and will definitely be back.
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| Date of Visit: July 2015 |
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| Reviewer: Hoofer |
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We stayed here with our 2 boys, 7 and 10. We loved this site. Stunning views of the mountains, including Snowdon. Our tent was pitched in the first field, by the stream. Every so often a steam train would wind it's way along the mountain opposite. We had the odd sheep pop in for a visit, the forests were great for a walk, and the the sunset over the lake is beautiful. The toilet and shower block is fantastic, with lovely hot showers. We had plenty of nice, dry wood for the fire pit too. It was jam packed on the Friday (we could tell due to the amount of cars) but there was still plenty of room for everyone's tents. Everyone pretty much kept to the rules regarding music and noise. We bumped into our neighbours going up the Llanberis pass route on Snowdon, who showed us our campsite down below. We had a fair bit of rain, so wellies were very helpful. There is a camping shop in nearby Beddgelert, where we were able to buy wellies and a waterproof coat. We visited the Slate Museum, Sea Zoo, Penrhyn Castle and Plas Newynnd. We had a fantastic 5 nights and will definitely be back. Just with more Deet to combat the midges!
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| Date of Visit: April 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Anon854hd |
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This was an amazing campsite!
The facilities are lovely, plenty of toilets and showers, really clean and modern and best of all they had underfloor heating so were warm and lovely with no dank cold corners!
Lots of lovely little attention to detail was spent, such as attaching wheels to one end of the picnic table so you can easily move them to where you want, and the fire sleds were brilliant.
The site itself is level and next to a lovely stream with amazing views of mount Snowdon itself, as well as lovely hills all around. Easy to get to most of the places we wanted to visit and we saw bus stops on the main road very close to the turning for the site so it seems getting around by public transport might have been possible.
The campsite is a little further from the pub than we expected (we thought having a campsite next to a pub would be great in April so if it was a cold and rainy night we could warm up in the pub all evening and then within minutes be tucked up warm in bed. In reality its at least a 5-10 minute walk so if it were rainy and cold you'd be wet and cold by the time you got back, but the distance does mean the site was incredibly peaceful (plus it turned out to be dry when we went so the short walk wasn't a problem).
Owners were helpful and friendly and easy to find if we needed them.
Overall, a wonderful place, we'd definitely visit again and recommend to friends
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