The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site

View prices & book 7.5 61 reviews
Plenty of space on the pitches field (added by manager 30 Aug 2022)
Plenty of space on the pitches field
Electric motorhome pitch
Lovely greenery, very helpful staff. we will visit again
Early morning on the campsite
Good level touring pitches
On
Lovely
Spacious pitches, warm and friendly environment
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Favourite
Electric motorhome pitch
Lovely greenery, very helpful staff. we will visit again
Early morning on the campsite

  • Friendly and spacious park 10 minutes' drive from Barry Island beaches
  • Close to a bus stop for trips to Cardiff city centre, 10 miles away
  • In the grounds of a hotel; barbecues are permitted
City breaks are fab. Beach hols are fab too. So it surely follows that combining a bit of both with a south Wales stay at The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site must be doubly fab. For your urban wanderings, it’s a 10-mile jaunt into Cardiff, where there’s heaps of stuff to keep you occupied for many a day on end: shops, museums, nightlife, the castle and rugby matches should get you off to a good start. One city aspect you’ll not need to experience is the search for a parking space, for there’s a handy bus that runs from a bus stop a few metres down the road from the site to the city centre. Time to make a break for the beach? It’s a mere 10 minutes’ drive to get to Barry Island for days of sandcastle building, fish and chip scoffing and family-friendly hours at the amusement arcades or Barry Island Pleasure Beach. And if it’s more exotic beaches you had in mind, you’re only 10 minutes’ walk from Cardiff Airport should the mood take you to leap on a flight somewhere more far-flung. Scoop up supermarket supplies while you’re in Barry and you’re welcome to stoke the coals of a barbecue back at base. Please note that the pitches here are next to a main road that may be busy.

Site type

Travel trailer sites 24
RV sites 24
Open now
Opens March 1
Please note
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Mar 1 to

Open from Tue, Jul 1 to

Reviews

7.5

Overall rating based on 61 reviews View breakdown

Budget/backpacker

Voted 58% of visitors View breakdown

67%

would recommend this site to a friend

66%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

All great place to stay friendly staff would recommend…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Brian m. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: All great place to stay friendly staff would recommend

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall a 4/5. Easy to get to. Would stay again.

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Daniel C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Very friendly. Pitch was good. Facilities were ok and staff made sure they were clean. Bus stop close by. Thank you for a great stay.

Disliked: Previous reviews stated about road noise but it was fine. Would stay there again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very friendly owners, Barry island just down the road, bus stop about…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
kevin p. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Very friendly owners, Barry island just down the road, bus stop about 30 second walk

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good grass pitches, plenty of space. Friendly staff.…

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Good grass pitches, plenty of space. Friendly staff.

Disliked: Facilities very tired. Need regular maintenance and modernising. Traffic noise from the roads.

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Was lovely and welcoming had a great couple of days quite and…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Tracey P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Was lovely and welcoming had a great couple of days quite and relaxing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Been to better

Overall 4/10
Location 2
Value for money 2
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: The 2 ladies are polite.

Disliked: The site is very rural there's no shops or pub near by there's not even a footpath so you can't even go for a walk safely. It's close to a main road so very noise when you try to sleep. The kitchen and toilet/shower are very basic. Are the bus only runs every 2 hours on a Sunday.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Take earplugs or get woken up at 5am.

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 4
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Friendly and helpful staff. Handy for Barry or the airport. Facilities fine. Can’t hear the airport for the road noise but at least traffic noise only ramps up at 6am at the weekend. Earplugs recommended.

Disliked: Road noise

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good Location nice little site staff very friendly…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
stuart m. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Good Location nice little site staff very friendly

Disliked: Nothing all good

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I’d stay here again

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Leanne D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Very friendly site, owner was so nice. Pitches were good. Good location even with the road being near it was still good

Recommend to friends Visit again

Just come back from a fabulous weekend at this site , they…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Lucy H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Just come back from a fabulous weekend at this site , they can’t do enough for you , definitely be back thank you

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Hikers’ paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Small (11-25 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site

Port Road

Rhoose

Barry

Glamorgan

Wales

CF62 3BT

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.40296°N
-3.32444°W

Nearest transport

Coach
13 km Bus Station
13 km Bus Station
13 km Bus Station
Rail
2.5 km Rhoose Rail Station
2.8 km Barry Rail Station
3.7 km Barry Island Rail Station
Ferry
3.5 km Barry Waterfront Ferry Terminal
11.6 km Penarth Pier
11.9 km Barrage South Waterbus Stop
Airport
1.1 km Cardiff International Airport
42.7 km Bristol 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

The beach at Barry Island is a smashing sandy stretch that’s fab for families, with its sheltered shallow waters, numerous cafés and amusements to play with; it also welcomes dogs in certain areas. If you’re looking for something a little different, head half an hour along the coast to Southerndown for surf schools, or to Ogmore-by-Sea to ride horses along the sand. Cardiff’s a cracking city to visit, too – on top of a generous range of shops, restaurants and the like, the Welsh capital is also home to all manner of leisure facilities including an ice rink, go-kart track and whitewater rafting centre. If you’re after something a bit more cultural there are always shows to take in at the Wales Millennium Centre, and visits to Cardiff Castle and the excellent (and free) indoor/outdoor exhibits at St Fagans National Museum of History. More? There are three golf courses within a 10-minute drive, a designer outlet village half an hour away and a bunch more castles to saunter around (Fonmon Castle, five minutes away, is always good for a foray).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Cold Knap Barry 2.4 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Whitmore Bay Barry Island 3.9 km Sea Good Excellent Good Excellent
Jackson'S Bay Barry Island 4.4 km Sea N/A Good N/A Good
Southerndown 20.1 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Brean 23.5 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

St Fagans: National History Museum 9.9 km

Millennium Stadium 13.1 km

Cardiff Castle 13.3 km

The Cardiff Story (opens April 1st 2011) 13.3 km

National Museum Cardiff 13.7 km

National Trust

Dunster Castle 26.1 km

Dunster Working Watermill 26.1 km

Holnicote Estate 27.5 km

Coleridge Cottage 30.3 km

Clevedon Court 34.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Porthkerry Country Park 1.2 km

Dinas Powys - Sully - Dinas Powys 7.3 km

Dinas Powys - Wenvoe - Dinas Powys 8.1 km

Dinas Powys - Michaelston le Pit - Dinas Powys 8.4 km

Sights of Cardiff 13 km

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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site? The beach at Barry Island is a smashing sandy stretch that’s fab for families, with its sheltered shallow waters, numerous cafés and amusements to play with; it also welcomes dogs in certain … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  11:30 a.m. –  9:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Vale Park Hotel and Touring Site? From $80.83 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.