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Beddgelert Campsite
Beddgelert
Caernarfon
Gwynedd (Browse area)
LL55 4UU
Tel: 01766 890288
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Pitches: 89
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Caravan Pitches |
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 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 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 |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 No Bar |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 Wild Swimming On Site |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 Riverside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
 Electric Car Charging Point |
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Rob ashcroft |
12 reviews from this member |
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 Worth staying here to see the most revolting thing ever. They capture midges in special 'midge magnets' and to demonstrate their efforts in catching the little blighters, the staff placed a month's worth from one device into a pretty large glass specimen jar in the reception area. Not for the faint-hearted.
That aside. The site is brilliant. Staff are great (especially the one that makes the pizzas to order). The location is about the best available for climbing the major peaks. There is a very nice tranquil feel with all the trees around. Loved having the steam railway stopping at the site.
There is a mixture of ground for camping - grass, gravel, or in our case, wood chippings. I found the bark good, but as we were there in 'that' week (the one with the really hot dry weather, I got a bit concerned about fire risk.
There is a new path of excellent quality that goes from the site to Beddgelert about 1 mile away, and takes in fine views of Moel Hebog which is behind the site.
9/10 for the site, and 20/10 for the midges! I might try Easter next time. I can recommend the Gelert Mosquito hat/net that they sell in the shop. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Ghislaine |
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We stayed here for 4 nights whilst touring the uk. Pitches for electric are in the forest, under trees, on slate chippings. Most need blocks and can be uneven. You need rock pegs. Tent pitches are on more open ground. You are directed with a map to choose your own. Good idea but a very poor map and in torrential rain very difficult. We eventually pitched and then found a better pitch the next day. Midges everywhere. Need lots of repellent and cover up. Shower blocks good. Keypad on entry. Enjoyed wildlife. We visited Caernarfon by Steam train from site. Good fun. Beddgelert village pretty. Wardens were helpful.
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
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4 reviews from this member |
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Great site in amongst the trees. We had two days of sun, and were glad of the shade, and a day of rain, which drips on the roof like cannonballs!
The midges are a nuisance, but we just learned to spray and cover up.
Fantastic walks all around, down to the village or up into the forest. It will be even better when they link up the path toward Ryhd-Ddu. You could then get on the train just a few stops in either direction and walk back; we did campsite to Nantmore, two stops down, and walked back up the hill, fantastic!
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Wcpasman |
4 reviews from this member |
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Just had an other great week here. In Stockport the kids still get two weeks at WHIT so site was nice and quiet on the main family field. The site is set in a beautiful area and the staff are so nice always cheerful and polite.
Beddgelert village is a short walk away, or get the bus (bus stop at campsite entrant) to Caernarfon.
Showers and toilet block clean and tidy. Good washing up area inside so can get out of the sun for a bit :)
Will be back soon.
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Tmac6 |
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We have just returned from two nights at the Forest Site. We paid for the superior pitch with a picnic table this is classed as a larger pitch. , some of the other pitches do look very narrow so we were glad to have paid for the bigger.
No allocation of pitches so are able to choose our own.
Area was quite shaded in the trees and as there was little sun getting through got quite chilly throughout the day.
Staff were very friendly and on site shop sold the basics, they did do daily orders for cooked pizzas and warm bread and baguettes.
Surrounding area has fantastic views and Beddgelert has a charismatic charm and worth a visit. Make sure you call into the ice cream shop in Beddgelert with a vast choice to choose from.
Only negative point I have which is not a fault of the site but the area and is worth mentioning. We had no phone service and that was with O2 and Orange the site does provide phone boxes by the reception.
Whilst it is nice to get away from normality I do like to check home is alright when I was away.
For the TV lovers definitely no satellite signal so make sure you stock up on DVDs
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Chrissamsdad |
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Just got back from a 4 night stay at this wonderful site, in the bank holiday week. We were told we wouldn't have to book, just to turn up.
We had a wide choice of where to camp, and choose down by the river. There were quite a few hard standing pitches for tents, but we didn't fancy this, though in wet weather I'm sure it would have made some sense. Apart from the midges, the riverside spot was lovely, the white noise of the river at night made for a good night's sleep for us all and the soft ground helped too.
The shop was well provisioned, and the baked stuff was very good, if only they wouldn't insist on you having to order it the day before, or would bake a few more extras, on the days we didn't order croissants or bread, we got to the shop just after 9am when they started selling them and everything had gone.
It's really well placed for Beddgelert (about a mile) and Snowdon's just a few miles away. The Wales Highland Railway going through the site was lovely and it would have been great to catch it to Portmadog or Caernavon, except it was £22 per adult for a day return, though kids under 16 were free, and as the first train was at 10. 30 and it took 1hr 40 mins you wouldn't even have got a full day.
All the facilities were spotless and hot water always available. The staff were very friendly and helpful.
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Cybercamperat |
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We love this site! Forest, waterfalls, mountains, a steam railway, marvellous friendly wardens and lovely facilities. The only thing which we could ask for. A mobile phone signal (just to have the peace of mind that we are contactable in an emergency). But despite this we will keep coming back as the site and area are truly magical.
Premium/Select pitches with EHU are marked out. Select (I think) have their own picnic tables. Most pitches are on slate hard standing. Standard tent pitches are choose a spot in field or wooded clearing 3m from your neighbours. Bring rock pegs and decent mallet!
Loos and showers (free/push button) are located in two blocks. Both clean and modern. Dishwash area is indoors and good. There are laundry facilities but we have never used these.
There is a cabin 'den' with seating, local information etc. The reception is welcoming and includes a shop with all your basics plus camping bits/bobs (rock pegs!).
Outside the facilities block and the Den are picnic tables. The ones outside the facilities are undercover.
The on site bakery is great - we like the croissants and bloomer loaves. Order night before and collect at 9am.
Freezer block freezing in reception (30p per block when we were last there).
The kids playground is great and there are lovely walks from the site.
There is a bus stop at the entrance to the site. We didn't use it but met other campers who said it was a good service.
Top of site boosts the Welsh Highland Railway track and a request stop station. It's fabulous! Every day we checked the timetable and wandered up with our morning coffee to see this spectacular sight. The trip to Porthmadog is lovely. We got a discount on tickets as Camping and Caravan Club members.
There is no site WIFI. May be if possible something to be considered by Camping in the Forest. Even if it just covered the public areas such as the Den and Reception. It would help compensate for the lack of mobile phone signal and no doubt increase coffee and bakery sales as folk downloaded email and checked the latest weather forecast. In the meantime there are a couple of pay phones on site.
Beddgelert is charming with shops for the basics and some nice eateries. Ice Cream (Glaslyn Ices) being a favourite.
Such a wonderful site and stunning area - well worth a visit.
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: SWCowan |
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Arrived late at campsite but owner was friendly & helpful in locating a pitch for the tourer.
The hard pitches have electricity and there are well placed shower and toilet blocks.
Our car was playing up and we could not get the caravan off the site but Rob & Jeanette were very helpful and understanding and stored it for a few days till we got the car repaired.
We would highly recommend this friendly and picturesque site to anyone
We will definitely be going again
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Karenlouwood |
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We arrived(2 adults, 1 dog) and the staff were very helpful and friendly. Some of the pitches were very wet but you could take your pick and so we chose one of the dryer ones. Nice and picturesque campsite, woken to bird song every morning, quiet otherwise.
Bathrooms and showers were clean enough but strangely there was a keypad lock on the ladies bathroom but not on the shower?! The one thing that annoyed us greatly was the fact that we had paid for electric hook up and so taken all of our electric camping appliances. We had our fridge plugged in but every time we tried to use the kettle both ours and our neighbours electric turned off and had to be switched on again by someone from reception or (as we were told) we could do it ourselves if we had a screwdriver (which we didn't). Apparently this site has both 10amp and 16amp hook ups, unfortunately not informed of this and not labelled which is a bit rubbish so our electric appliances other than the fridge were useless. The chap who came to switch the electric back on for the second time didn't seem particularly bothered and simply informed us that some of them had been updated and some hadnt (nice to know) and in his opinion 16amp was too much! Luckily our friends were camping in a tent and lent us a kettle!
Nice site and some friendly staff but paid for something we couldn't really use. Bit disappointed really. But we requested to have a late leave as we had climbed mount snowden in challenging weather and were knackered. They were very good about it and didn't charge us extra. Lovely site, shame about electric though.
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| Date of Visit: January 2013 |
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| Reviewer: RJEPhoto |
10 reviews from this member |
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We visited (x2 adults and a dog) at the end of January for a few days despite their being weather warnings from the MET Office. When I called in advance the owners advised that the site was well sheltered and well drained, and when we arrived we found it to be exactly as such.
We opted for a hard standing pitch with EHU and the owner had advised us to bring rock pegs and believe me, you will need them to pitch up a tent on the hard standing-they sell them in the shop for £1 each if you are short. The owner borrowed us a steel hammer to get them in too, as we had a rubber mallet-good advice to heed!
Despite that there was only 1 other tent on the entire site, we had a lovely three night stay, the weather was unusually warm and dry and the site was sheltered by the wind to a certain extent by the trees. The showers/toilets were well looked after and clean with plenty of warm water; the washing facilities were brilliant too. The site was clean & tidy and the owners were really welcoming and helpful, even letting us use their gas bottle to cook breakfast one morning as ours ran out! Watch out for the potholes on the bridge over the river when entering the site. There is also a communal room where you can chill out of you don't fancy the pub or your tent. There is a shop on site although we didn't need it.
It is only a ten minute walk into Beddgelert so which has some nice pubs (only 2 are dog friendly, the Saracen & the Prince). The shop carries enough of what you would need and takes card over £10 purchase price (small charge otherwise) but Portmaddog is only ten mins down the road in car where there is a Lidl and other larger stores. The Gelert shop in the village has some nice stuff if you need an emergency waterproof as we did (some good offers on too). The post office is open until 12 midday and you can use your debit card to make cash withdrawals over the counter(not Santander though, unfortunately, something to do with the bank?). There is a wealth of walks from the village just waiting to be explored, including Snowdon on the Watkins path.
Watch out for rogue Squirrels however, if you have an opening, they will sneak into your tent & steal food-even in packaging as we found out!
Otherwise a really nice site and one which I would love to visit again.
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