When can I check in and check out of Y Giler Arms?

Camping and touring Arrive: 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Y Giler Arms?

From £17 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Y Giler Arms

View prices & book Last booked 17 hours ago 8.7 272 reviews

Quiet campsite with Eryri views 15 minutes’ drive from Betws-y-Coed
Adventure Parc Snowdonia and Zip World Llechwedd half an hour’s drive
Lakeside pitches behind a traditional pub with dining and a games room

Like the sound of holidaying under canvas with a backdrop of Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) peaks? Haste ye to the Y Giler Arms, a traditional country inn just off the A5 (a former coaching route), for tucked behind the pub is a camping field overlooking a lake and edged by the meanders of the River Merddwr. For exercise junkies, this peaceful spot is close to the outdoor-sports hub of Betws-y-Coed (15 minutes’ drive). If you’d rather stay put and drift around on site, the pub opens every evening, where you can be sure of a warm Welsh welcome along with local real ales and home-cooked food served in the lakeside restaurant. Hot breakfasts are also available – just be sure to order yours from the bar the night before – and there are plenty of distractions if the kids get restless, from a darts board and pool table to a variety of board games for you to borrow. Any accompanying dogs are welcome in the public bar and games room, but must be kept on a lead and under close control at all times on the camping field, as it is surrounded by farmland with lots of grazing sheep. And finally, a few practicalities: the site comprises two acres of level pitches, with easy access for towing vehicles. Facilities include modern shower blocks (one with disabled access), a washing-up area, electric hook-ups and water points.

Site type

Open now

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
The restaurant is open between 01/02 and 31/12.
Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
The games room is open between 01/02 and 31/12.
The bar is open between 01/02 and 31/12.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 1 Feb to Mon, 1 Dec 2025

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Amazing, cheap and way more beautiful than many other campsites!

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

Celine H. Mar 2025

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Very quite little campsite, beautiful views of the sun set and sunrise! Staff friendly in the bar but we only went in to let them know we was here. (We prefer to be in our bivvy). Nice looking restaurant and stuff to do on site. Exceptionally nice all in one toilet facilities, drinking water was nice, it didnt taste of chemicals like other places ive visited. Fridge for campers food and washing up area ect. Nice area around the lake to walk the dog for the toilet. (Everyone picks up after dogs so its really clean!) car close to the camp field so not far to carry stuff. Our dog absolutely loved it here, he felt very safe and loved meeting the other campers. So much to visit near by, a lovely 10 mile road the B407 with a perfect sunset view point over the sea and moutains. Lots of rivers. Little shop just up the road and a londis and spar 13 min drive away. 45mins from the base of rhyd ddu track of snowdon! Which is beautiful! Bit scary at the top but amazing none the less! Very quiet track too. Less than an hour drive from porthmadog, nice quiet seaside town and less than an hour from llandudno with the beautiful marine drive for just £5.50. We had so much to do we woke up the day we was going to leave and booked another night.
Perfect place for people with anxiety who are not great with crowded places. Felt safe and i didnt feel like anything would be stolen although we did lock our stuff up just in case.
We visited around 6 waterfalls in 4 days too! All beautiful!
Will be returning!!

Oh and on a clear night you see so many stars! Ive seen stars this week i never knew existed thanks to the light pollution near cannock chase where we are from. Where here theres hardly any pollution and you see everything! Got some beautiful photos and beauitiful memories with my lovely partner and my gorgeous GSD.

Disliked: Said on here that theres fishing near by and a pool on site. The pool is lovely crystal clear but rather shallow. Searched the entire pool only to see 2 individual perch and nothing else. Asked in the pub they said no fish in there so was a bit disappointed i brought all my gear. The river on site had some dace in it but i was after something of a bit of size. I did see something jump in the lake but i could see the bottom with my glasses and i searched every nuck and cranny on that lake lol and only saw too perch so that disturbance could have just been something small. Definitely nothing of any size in there. Potentially more perch but i didn't bother trying for them. Im not complaining i had a great holiday im just putting this to save anyone else hauling more gear than what is needed for the holiday. Although theres a good carp fishery near by. So i got use out the gear. The conwy river was a bit dead too. Found a few small fish but nothing decent. (I visited in febuary when its cold so expected).

Toilets are lovely but being a shower room too i was bursting for a shite while they were both in use and they seemed to be in there so long lol so could do with a couple of single toilets aswell.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Amazing place and would highly 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

craig o. May 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Great Facility’s and fantastic host. Very clean site and quiet.
Pub food was amazing and great value for money (especially the beef and Guinness Pie)
Would highly recommend

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The hosts were very friendly and pleasant. The good in the pub…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	7
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	9
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	9

Wendy J. May 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: The hosts were very friendly and pleasant. The good in the pub was excellent and well priced.
The showers were clean and hot

Disliked: On the details it stated that there was a well stocked shop in the next village however this closed down at least 13 months ago

Recommend to friends Visit again

This campsite had lovely scenery and lots of space. The toilets and…

Overall	9/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	9
Facilities / Activities	9
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Alice H. May 2025

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: This campsite had lovely scenery and lots of space. The toilets and showers were clean and spacious. The bar onsite was great addition and the food was tasty. On the Saturday of our trip the bar was very busy and staff worked so hard to make sure everyone was catered to, remaining professional and polite whilst under a lot of pressure.
Our whole group was really impressed and will definitely stay at this campsite again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site with great views and lake onsite

Overall	9/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Alice H. May 2025

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: We had a lovely stay, the lake was gorgeous and there was lots of space on the campsite to pitch our tents. The toilets and showers were clean and right next to the campsite. The staff were very friendly and helpful even when they were rushed off their feet in the pub, which we really appreciated, thank you!

Disliked: Only improvement would be a kettle in the kitchen room!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Amazing hosts on a very busy weekend outstanding

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

Craig S. May 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Such a friendly site everyone saying hello, the quiet period of 11pm was never broken even though there were some groups on site. Food great company great 👍

Disliked: Seriously nothing for the price we paid and the service provided.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff nice pitch

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	9
Accommodation	9
Facilities / Activities	9
Customer service	9
Child friendliness	9
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

kevin c. May 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Nice pub food. Clean site, clean o site toilets and shower.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely spot to stay with an easy check in proceas. The showers…

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

Emma W. May 2025

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely spot to stay with an easy check in proceas. The showers were great too!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very pleasant

Overall	7/10
Location	6
Value for money	8
Accommodation	9
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

jake p. May 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Pub garden was lovely ... food nice ... people were lovely

Recommend to friends Visit again

An enjoyable stay

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

Dawn N. May 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Warm welcome
Excellent service
Delicious food

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean, level, friendly

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

Tina W. Apr 2025

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Location, clean, easy to manoeuvre, good food on site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

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 Composting toilet 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

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome 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 Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal fridge Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Pub campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Horse riding nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Y Giler Arms

Rhydlydan

Betws Y Coed

Conwy

Wales

LL24 0LL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.0429°N
-3.6542°W

Nearest transport

Coach

17.6 mi Station

17.7 mi Post Office

17.7 mi County Court

Rail

7 mi Betws-y-Coed Rail Station

8.8 mi Pont-y-Pant Rail Station

8.8 mi Llanrwst Rail Station

Ferry

27.9 mi Barmouth Ferry Landing

28 mi Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing

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

Active sorts can soon be out on hiking jaunts from Betws-y-Coed (15 minutes’ drive), or adventures on trails in Gwydir Forest Park (20 minutes). If you’d like to increase the adrenaline levels further, try the artificial surfing wave at Adventure Parc Snowdonia (half an hour), or zipwire over the quarry lake and bounce around on subterranean nets in the former lead mine at Zip World Llechwedd (also half an hour). If you’re keen to mix in some cultural time, explore the rugged relics of Dolwyddelan Castle (25 minutes), or tour the towers and ramparts at medieval Conwy Castle (40 minutes). Nip over the Menai Bridge to the Isle of Anglesey (50 minutes), where you can wander the formal waterfront gardens at National Trust - Plas Newydd House and Gardens (55 minutes) and snoop around the 18th-century mansion. Treat well-behaved kids to sightings of endangered snow leopards and red pandas at the Welsh Mountain Zoo (45 minutes). Round off your day by surprising everyone with afternoon tea at The Riverside Chocolate House in Pentrefoelas (five minutes), where you can gorge on handmade chocs and take some home as Welsh souvenirs.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Abergele (Pensarn)	17.8 mi	Sea	N/A	N/A	Good	Good
Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias	17.8 mi	Sea	Excellent	Excellent	N/A	N/A
Colwyn Bay	18.4 mi	Sea	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove)	19.3 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Penmaenmawr	19.5 mi	Sea	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Bodnant Garden 14.5 mi

Bodelwyddan Castle 16.3 mi

Conwy Castle 17.9 mi

National Trust - Aberconwy House 17.9 mi

Plas Mawr 18 mi

National Trust

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 7.9 mi

Bodnant Garden 14.5 mi

Aberconwy House 17.9 mi

Chirk Castle 24.6 mi

Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens 26.1 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Llyn Brenig Circuit 5.3 mi

The Clwydian Way (7): Pentre - Cyffylliog 5.3 mi

Carnedd y Filiast 6.4 mi

The Lion Inn Gwytherin: Up the Hill and Back 6.7 mi

Betws-y-Coed and the Gwydyr Forest 6.9 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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Please pick any available pitch on arrival.

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 3 day(s) of arrival.

Dogs

Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.

General

Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Quiet hours must be respected between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
Refunds within the indicated cancellation period are only possible if the site is able to relet your unit/pitch.
The bar is open between 01/02 and 31/12.
The games room is open between 01/02 and 31/12.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.
The restaurant is open between 01/02 and 31/12.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
Open fires are prohibited.
Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Taxes

This area is not subject to city tax.

Vehicles

No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

Does Y Giler Arms have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Y Giler Arms dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Y Giler Arms? Active sorts can soon be out on hiking jaunts from Betws-y-Coed (15 minutes’ drive), or adventures on trails in Gwydir Forest Park (20 minutes). If you’d like to increase the adrenaline levels … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Y Giler Arms?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 12 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

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How much does it cost to stay at Y Giler Arms? From £17 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.