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Reviews of Snowdonia Parc Brewpub & Campsite
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Snowdonia Parc Brewpub & Campsite
Waunfawr
Caernarfon
Gwynedd (Browse area)
LL55 4AQ
Tel: 01286 650218
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Pitches: 25
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 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 <1 mile |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming On Site |
 No Indoor Pool |
 Outdoor Pool <5 miles |
 Horse Riding <1 mile |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 Beach <5 miles |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 Riverside Pitches |
 Public Transport <5 miles |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Bevunit |
1 review from this member |
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 Good: Ideal for travelling on the Welsh Highland Railway and a good bus service to Beddgelert and Caernarfon, flat pitches and well drained despite almost constant rain for last few weeks, pub is child friendly and food is reasonably priced, clean/modern toilets in main field, good washing up / laundry facilities and although you had to cross the railway line they were still only a minute walk away in the next field.
Bad: Although toilets were nice there were only 2 in the main field, the path to the shower / laundry / washing up block would benefit from some maintenance.
Minor quibble though not the fault of the site: Road noise, though I imagine the other side of the field would be better, midges though I wasn’t bitten they were annoying in the evening.
No comment: Showers (we were only there one night and didn’t use them), cockerel (vaguely remember hearing it but it didn’t disturb me… I think it affects certain pitches more than others and this sort of noise is to be expected when camping) 
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Silverstar552 |
1 review from this member |
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A lovely site, well kept with very friendly staff. We were made to feel very welcome and the Welsh breakfast is a must. Shower block and toilets were ok just a few steps from the main site. Plenty of choice to drink and eat. We will be coming here again.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Mcfishy |
6 reviews from this member |
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I will be as simple as I can
Good Points
Nice Bar staff
Nice Welsh Highland Bitter
Nice Looking Site
Nice Views
Nice Food in pub - slightly over priced for what you get
Steam trains are nice
Toilets - okay but not brill
Bad Points
That cockerel just doesn't know when to shut up morning, noon, and nights all the time going on and on and on
Shower is in a bit of a silly location and out of site.
Must be lots of rocks under the site where you pitch, bit annoying when you are trying to knock in tent pegs.
A full tour of the site would have been nice when we arrived, especially when pitch no 37 wasnt signposted.
A couple of flies even when it was raining constantly for 4 days
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Other |
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| Reviewer: The Cockeral |
1 review from this member |
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This is a great site.
The shower block is being replaced so show a little patience while the new owner gets it done.
As for the cockerel - it doesn't belong to the site but what noises do people on this site expect in the countryside? It's far better than the sound of asmatic pigeons coughing every morning in town surely.
The food is brilliant, and there's lots of it.
The beer is great and there's a good choice.
The scenery is beautiful, and where else is there a train stopping on site to get you around so you can leave the car and not worry about drink driving.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Jellycamper |
3 reviews from this member |
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Here is our review of the site, I don't want too repeat to much of what people have already said before but here goes:
The good bits:
-Beautiful views
-Toilets and showers spotlessly clean
-Excellent pub grub
-The train going through the site was a real novelty.
-By day two none of us heard the cockeral.
The not so good:
-Pitches felt very crammed in together
-Only three showers, and two wash hand basins for all the ladies on site (and even less for the men!)
-Long walk over the bridge to the washing up rooms and shower blocks, through a field with two loose bulls!
-Expensive laundry facilities.
-Expensive site.
It does have the potential to be a great site but had the feel that it wasn't very well looked after by the pub. Most sites I have visited have got a warden who checks up to make sure everyone is a happy camper but we didn't see anyone from the pub. On out last night there were some really noisy people shouting and swearing until well after midnight, with a wardened site, this would not have been allowed to happen.
Some money spent on this site could turn it into a real gem. There are large out buildings on the site that could be turned into better shower and washing up facilities closer to the campers.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: DeadlyD |
3 reviews from this member |
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Stayed for a night in June.
All in all, it's a nice enough site.
Showers, as mentioned, a bit rubbish, and not cleaned very regularly. At the same time, they were free and the water was toasty hot.
Location-wise, it's not quite in the heart of Snowdonia. You can see Snowdon on a clear day but it's still a drive to get to the base.
The pub is ok. Didn't try the food, but decent ales and friendly staff. And hey, it's a pub serving real ale just seconds walk from your tent so who's complaining??
And as for that bloody cockerel.we were pitched right beside him and between himself and his geese-mates, we were woken very early (which hurt after sampling the real ales in the pub.)
There's a reasonable busy road running alongside the campsite which could be a bother for some but if you're not one of the pitches beside the road, it's probably not a problem. Very pretty river by the site and kids will adore the narrow gauge steam train that pulls through the site every so often.
We paid £12 for one night's pitch with a 2-man.
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Retiredtranmere |
2 reviews from this member |
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Stayed here for the Easter weekend and didn't feel too overcrowded.
Site - Very Good,
Showers - Rubbish, all has been said in previous reviews.
Pub - Great, good food, good beer, child friendly.
Area - Magnificent, great walks up Snowdon ,if a bit surreal to think you are on a fairly quiet walk only to get to the top and theres leterally hundreds up there.
The Cockeral - He was there every morning but didn't particularly bother us and we were only 30' away.
All in all if the owners could do something to sort the showers out would be a great site.
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| Date of Visit: March 2007 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Rachel8077 |
13 reviews from this member |
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I liked it - very clean, flat, no hard-standing but field seemed well-drained and we didn't get stuck. Hook-ups are well spaced, and as we were there so early in the year there was no problem with overcrowding.
Yes, the facilities are basic - a toilet block and disposal drain in the main field and a shower block a short walk away over a foot bridge. But all were scrupulously clean and fully functioning.
There is a smallholding next to the site but it didn't bother us in the slightest - maybe the cockerel was lying low? We could hear him through the day but it wasn't at all troublesome, he certainly didn't wake us up.
There was no noise from the pub (surprisingly, as we were there Friday and Saturday night), and although we didn't eat there, we did stop in for a drink. Staff and customers were very friendly.
The train doesn't start running until mid-morning so caused no disturbance, and what a lovely thing to see it steaming through the site!
The scenery is glorious, and the location is almost idyllic - close enough to Caernarfon to be easily accessible but set amongst beautiful countryside so there was an illusion of remoteness.
My only quibble.it was a tad expensive - £16/night + £2/night hook-up. Worth it though, we had a lovely time!
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Freebirdy |
4 reviews from this member |
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Sorry, wont be going back! 2 stars, just, in my opinion. So wish had checked the reviews on here first. Live and learn. Cockerel is still there along with his two other cockerel chums, laid awake every morn from 4.30 - 5ish playing big cockerel, middle cockerel, little cockerel, each sounded different! Soon joined by their geese friends and the huge bulls in the bottom field. Lovely. The views are spectacular but that does not make up in any way for the lack of customer satisfaction, had to go into pub for pitch location, was just handed plastic tag with number on it. Pitches with EHU are around edge of field and no pitches are clearly marked, non hooks dotted around all over place which made it very difficult to get access to our tent in the car if went out anywhere. Our pitch sloped slightly which in itself is not a problem but it was extremely lumpy and uneven, quite stony too, pitched in pouring rain so not time to fully clear, hence hole through both the bottom tarp and the inner ground sheet. Brand new tent, first time pitched so not happy. Water points are now marked drinking water but there was no where to dispose of waste water unless you trekked over the rail bridge and down to the toilet/shower/laundry room. There were two toilets in the main field but for the first 3 nights the light in one was broken so down to one loo for everyone to use, mix sex loos, not pleasant for any woman and sorry to say quite worrying with all things going on today. Not happy letting my teenage daughter use them. When the light finally got fixed they were put on a timer. I in desperation one very wet night used the loos and was plunged into complete darkness in less than a minute! Not nice at 2am! Ladies also be warned these toilets do not have seats, you know what it's like with men leaving spray everywhere! No hot water for washing hands. The toilet block in other field (which is much less used so couldn't quite work out why main block was in the back field) was no longer clean or neat as described in earlier reviews. Spiders! They grow them big in Wales!I was reduced to using one cubicle only as the other two had eight legged lodgers, The showers either burned several layers of skin off you or you spent rest of time playing press the button to get wet. No where to hang towels, clothes or put your toiletry bag, floor or no-where I'm afraid. Also no hot water from sink taps here too. Amazing how you can soon learn to wash your hair in a washing up bowl in the tent and strip wash to keep clean. We soon learnt to not drink too much after 9pm to avoid the walk over the bridge as neither I or my daughter felt particularly safe in the pitch blackness. We resorted to using the pub toilets during opening hours, at least they were clean, flushed properly had loo paper and soap and hot water to wash your hands.The pubs dog meandered around the site all day, other folks had dogs on site but cleaned up the mess but the pub dog just went wherever and there it stayed, including leaving us a gift right outside our tent! Plus side, yes we did find some, pub is a real ale pub and plenty of choice changing barrels almost daily, food excellent, very generous portions and all superbly cooked. The Welsh lamb and beef is a must try. Site is well located for hiking throughout area and ten min car drive to Caernarfon. Mt Snowdon a must do, but very very expensive, cost £78 for a family of four, (and we couldn't see a thing from third of way up because of cloud) we walked it the next day, free but what a haul! DO NOT believe what the guide books tell you about the time it takes to ascend and descend the mountain. It took us 6 3/4 hours round trip so leave plenty of time for your walk as coming off the mountain in near darkness is not funny! Experienced walkers but this was a shock to us, the top third of the ascent is particularly hard, the track has been newly covered with stone, not shingle but dirty great big loose rocks. Don't attempt this climb if you are not reasonably fit, I myself ripped a thigh muscle and I am fitter than most as long distance runner. Views are worth the effort but not your life! The Welsh countryside was beautiful and the people always so happy, I think Wales should be awarded a certificate for having officially happy people!
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Beggers |
1 review from this member |
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The pub was nice. The staff were friendly.
The campsite facilities weren't the best though.
Our pitch was right next to a farm with cockerels kicking off at 04:17 each morning. I know camping is about being outdoors. But running a business is about being honest and giving your customers all the information to make a choice.
The showering facilities were 2 converted toilet cubicles - hmmm! Call me wild whacky and crazy but how much effort does it take to put in a decent shower block for your customers?
The surrounding area was lovely and the views were amazing
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