Cwmsoar Camping

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Wild camping field surrounded by woodland between Usk and Pontypool
A 20-minute drive to Raglan Castle, and 40 minutes to Tintern Abbey
A 10-minute walk to Llandegfedd Reservoir for watersports and fishing

A small and dog-friendly pop-up site in Monmouthshire countryside near Pontypool, Cwmsoar Camping has well-maintained, spacious field and orchard pitches on a working farm surrounded by ancient woodlands. Quiet and rural it might be, but it’s also close to the lovely old village of Usk (10 minutes’ drive), with its fab – and handy – selection of pubs and takeaways to keep you fed and watered. As this is wild camping, facilities are few – mains water, portable toilets and a toilet-emptying station. For those going down the self-catering route on their break, barbecues and firepits are allowed on site and you can pick up goodies in Usk’s convenience stores too. Alternatively, you can try your luck in New Inn, a mile away, which has shops and places to eat. This peaceful spot is within easy distance of Llandegfedd Reservoir (10 minutes’ walk), where you can soon be out on the water for wild swimming, paddleboarding and canoeing adventures. Not brought your gear? No worries, simply hire boards and boats from Llandegfedd Visitor & Watersports Centre (10 minutes’ drive). For more sedate pleasures, the lake is a hopping place for fly fishing for trout from the bankside, and you can follow a circular walk along the water’s edge through quiet woodland or enjoy a short stroll with the kids through fields.

Site type

Open all year

Languages spoken

English

Features

Portable toilet

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Lake and/or mountain

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wild camping

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

No hot water

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Seasonal pitches

Location

Cwmsoar Camping

Cwmsoar

Glascoed

Pontypool

Monmouthshire

Wales

NP4 0TX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.70154°N
-2.98442°W

Nearest transport

Coach

2.3 mi Town Hall

3.4 mi Trussel Road

7.8 mi Queensway Q1

Rail

1.3 mi Pontypool & New Inn Rail Station

3.4 mi Cwmbran Rail Station

6.5 mi Llanhilleth Rail Station

Ferry

9.5 mi Newport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal

17.4 mi Portishead Pier

17.5 mi Cardiff Castle Waterbus Stop

Airport

24.7 mi Bristol International Airport

25.9 mi Cardiff International Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

You’re never short of an ancient building in this corner of Wales; start off a day off castle-bagging at Usk (10 minutes’ drive) where medieval ruins border landscaped gardens, or head for Raglan, once a mighty defence castle and now open for self-guided tours. Moated Caerphilly Castle (35 minutes) has a trail of underground passages to explore, and if you haven’t had your fill of history by now, try glorious Tintern Abbey (40 minutes) for a stroll among peaceful ruins. If you’d rather be yomping than mugging up on history, there are plenty of challenging hikes in the Brecon Beacons National Park (15 minutes) or stroll to Symonds Yat Rock in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (40 minutes). The whole area is full of places to get out for a great walk or bike ride, and there's dry slope skiing in Pontypool too. If the kids are behaving, treat them to subterranean mine tours at Big Pit National Coal Museum (20 minutes), and if you all fancy a big city day out, Cardiff (45 minutes) hits the spot with rip-roaring RIB cruises around the bay and international musicals at Wales Millennium Centre.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Clevedon Beach	18.9 mi	Estuary	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay	23.3 mi	Estuary	N/A	N/A	Good	Good
Jackson'S Bay Barry Island	24.6 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	N/A	Good
Weston Main	24.9 mi	Estuary	Poor	N/A	Poor	N/A
Whitmore Bay Barry Island	25 mi	Sea	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Caerleon Roman Fortress & Baths 6.5 mi

Blaenavon World Heritage Centre & Tourist Information Centre 6.5 mi

Blaenavon Ironworks 6.9 mi

Big Pit: National Coal Museum 7.1 mi

Raglan Castle 7.5 mi

National Trust

The Kymin 14.7 mi

Skenfrith Castle 14.8 mi

Clevedon Court 19.3 mi

Blaise Hamlet 20.1 mi

Westbury College Gatehouse 21.2 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Eastern Car Park - Circuit of Llandegfedd Reservoir - Eastern Car Park 1.5 mi

Sor Brook Car Park - Llandegfedd Reservoir - Coed y Paen - The Forest - Sor Brook CP 1.9 mi

Goytre Hall Wood - Goytre Wharf - Goytre Hall Wood 3.3 mi

Usk - Conigar Walk - Cwm Cayo - Usk Castle - Usk 3.4 mi

Usk - Bettws Newydd - Chain Bridge - Usk Valley Walk - Usk 3.5 mi

Local events

Green Man Festival (Thursday 15 August 2024 – Thursday 15 August 2024)
Crickhowell, Powys 14.1 mi
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (Thursday 8 August 2024 – Thursday 8 August 2024)
Bristol, Greater Bristol 22.4 mi
The Hay Festival (Thursday 23 May 2024 – Thursday 23 May 2024)
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire 26.4 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Quiet spot, friendly host…

Overall	8/10
Location	6
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	No rating

Rebecca S. Oct 2023

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked: Quiet spot, friendly host

Recommend to friends Visit again

A really nice wild camping site.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

stephen B. Sept 2023

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked: Location and site were perfect for wild camping, having toilets on site a bonus. There was a small stream that ran down the west side of the site and the walks were stunning. Our hosts were extremely helpful and friendly, small town of New Inn 30 minutes walk away with a local pub and a gastro pub. The reservoir was just a short walk from the site with some spectacular scenery.

Disliked: Access to the site was 1 mile down a country lane for the motorhome, it could do with a few more wider passing points, having said that it is easier to navigate if you approach from the east section of the lane coming from New Inn.

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Good space Hosts we lovely…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	6
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked: Good space Hosts we lovely

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely remote site, simple, well looked after.

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	6
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Well looked after site, lovely area, quiet, simple, basic facilities but accurate description. Relaxed atmosphere and we were left to just get on with our camping. Good surrounding countryside.

Disliked: Slight slope in camping field, but difficult to change that.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent stay will come again

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Cassie S. Sept 2023

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked: Was a great stay, toilet were so clean, lady was very welcoming.

Disliked: Wi-Fi was an issue and signal

Recommend to friends Visit again

Portaloo was spotless with plenty of toilet roll *****

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Karen B. Sept 2023

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked: Lovely lady owner, who couldn’t be more helpful. We were booked for two nights but only stayed one as we were at a wedding in Usk and stayed in the car park in town. Flat’ish spot

Disliked: Thought there would be a toilet block but maybe didn’t read the description properly. Not that we were worry really as we are self contained.

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Lovely tidy clean location. Grass pitches which were all kept very well…

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

Melanie Y. Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely tidy clean location. Grass pitches which were all kept very well maintained. Pitches were nice and flat considering you’re in a beautiful hilly location. No shower block which is stated in booking and has two porter loo toilets, but we took our own anyway so wasn’t a problem. Quite site with many beautiful walks paths to enjoy.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Small, well presented site with toilets and water.

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Michael E. Aug 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Very well presented campsite and a warm welcome received upon arrival. The campsite owner also came around in the evening for courtesy check to see if everything was OK with our stay, which was a nice touch. This is a small campsite with roughly 20 pitches available. Port-a-loo toilets are available along with a water tap. The site is surrounded by beautiful green fields and trees. Llandegfedd reservoir is within a 10 minute drive down the road, along with two pubs in close proximity as well, by car. Nice enjoyable weekend. Will return next year.

Disliked: This site could do with a small shower block, but as we only stayed for the one night this didn’t bother us. We knew when we booked, there were no showers. If we were looking to stay 2 or 3 nights, we would probably look at another site with showers. The owners said there are plans to install shower block. I wish them well.

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Excellent

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

Anonymous Aug 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Everything lovely place and people

Disliked: No showers

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice clean site with a good location for lots of good walks

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

christina h. Aug 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Quiet site, very clean toilets and friendly owners. Close to food shops and restaurants that will deliver. Does what it says on the tin 👍

Disliked: The rain 👎

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Does Cwmsoar Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Cwmsoar Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Cwmsoar Camping? You’re never short of an ancient building in this corner of Wales; start off a day off castle-bagging at Usk (10 minutes’ drive) where medieval ruins border landscaped gardens, or head for … Read more