Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park

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Llyn Tegid & Gwersyll Pen Y Bont
Llyn Tegid & Gwersyll Pen Y Bont
Hardstanding touring pitches
Gwersyll Pen Y Bont
Aerial view of the site
Fully Serviced Hardstanding Touring Pitches
Touring pitches
Aerial view of the site
Bala Lake
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Hardstanding touring pitches
Gwersyll Pen Y Bont
Aerial view of the site

  • Family-owned Eryri (Snowdonia) site near the shore of Bala Lake
  • A short walk to watersports, boat hire and Bala Lake Railway
  • Within walking distance of Bala’s shops, restaurants and golf course
Got Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park in your sights? You can add a little sailing or windsurfing – and relaxation on a family-run site – into the mix when staying at Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park. This peaceful place is just a few hundred metres from the shore of Bala Lake (also known by its Welsh name Llyn Tegid). The fresh air of the national park is sure to aid that well-awaited relaxation… and when you’re feeling fully rejuvenated (and full of tasty food from the shops and restaurants in Bala town centre, 15 minutes’ walk away), there are activities like sailing, windsurfing and boat hire around the lake. Switch up Bala Lake’s gentle ripples for the whitewater of the Tryweryn at the National White Water Centre, 10 minutes’ drive away. Adventurous souls can zoom down the 1080-metre zipwire at Zip World Llechwedd (40 minutes’ drive) or climb Eryri's mountains. If you’d rather move at a more leisurely pace, putting a few balls as you go, head to the golf course on the other side of Bala, half an hour’s walk away from the site. Spa days and massage treatments are available about 10 minutes' walk away too.

Site type

Rent a tent 6
Motorhome pitches 41
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Touring caravan pitches 41
Tent pitches 16
Open now
Opens 1 March

Tourist board rating

Please note

Admission

  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 2 or more units travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Reception

  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • If bringing a rooftop tent, please book one of the hardstanding pitches.

Languages spoken

English

Welsh

Open from Sun 1 Mar to

Open from Mon 1 Mar to

This site is a member of Bala Holiday Parks group.

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

9.5

Overall rating from 1,244 Pitchup.com customers

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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Lake and/or mountainPeaceful

96% would recommend this site to a friend

94% would stay here again

What customers say

Pen Y Bont is praised for its excellent, immaculately clean facilities, including modern, heated shower blocks. Guests consistently highlight the friendly and helpful staff. The campsite's location is highly rated for its proximity to Bala Lake and town, offering pleasant walks. Pitches are generally described as spacious, well-maintained, and level. While generally peaceful, some guests noted occasional road noise on pitches near the entrance. The site is recommended for its cleanliness, location, and overall quality.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Would stop again.

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10 out of 10
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 Stuart T. 8 reviews

Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked Very well set out, shower block very nice.

Disliked Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Stuart!

A lovely campsite

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9 out of 10
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 Hannah P. 7 reviews

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked Lovely and clean, beautifully landscaped grounds, nice large pitches, friendly staff, close to local town and activities

Disliked Never knew if shop would be open or shut, road noise if a pitch by the road but wasn’t too bad, quite an expensive campsite but it was bank holiday

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your lovely review and for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed our clean facilities, landscaped grounds and spacious pitches, and that you found our team friendly and our location convenient for exploring the local area.

The on-site shop is open from 9am-5pm unless we are out cleaning on site, in which case our contact number is always displayed on the front door of Reception should you need anything.

We understand that our Bank Holiday rates can feel a little higher, but we hope you felt the facilities, location and overall experience offered good value. The price for your stay was clearly shown at the time of booking in January, so we’re a little surprised to see the cost listed as a dislike several months later. We always aim to be transparent with our pricing, and the rate you paid was the rate agreed when your booking was made. We’d be very happy to welcome you back again in the future!

Everything was great.…

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 Amanda A. 5 reviews

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (XL)

Liked Everything was great.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Amanda! 👌

Beautiful location great facilities friendly staff…

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 Patrick B. 1 review

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (maximum 6 metres, small)

Liked Beautiful location great facilities friendly staff very clean site

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Patrick, it was a pleasure to welcome you to Pen Y Bont and we hope to see you again soon!

Always a great pleasure staying here.…

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 Andrea F. 2 reviews

Electric grass tent pitch (deluxe)

Liked Always a great pleasure staying here. The location was good and the new patio areas installed for camping is amazing. We did cut our time short by 1 day due to the weather. But all in all it was amazing

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your lovely review! We’re delighted to hear that you always enjoy staying with us and that you loved the new camping patio areas. We’re sorry the weather meant you had to cut your stay short, but we’re so pleased you still had an amazing time overall. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon — hopefully with better weather next time!

Was a really nice hut well…

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 Craige B. 1 review

Little Green shepherd's hut

Liked Was a really nice hut well worth the money

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much Craige! 😊

Clean site Modern showers and toilet.…

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10 out of 10
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 Nichola M. 8 reviews

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (XL)

Liked Clean site
Modern showers and toilet. Very clean site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback.Hope to see you again soon !

Facilities…

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 sarah k. 1 review

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (medium)

Liked Facilities

Disliked Road noise

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for talking the time to leave us a review and we are glad that you liked our facilities on offer. Unfortunatley we are unable to do anything about the noise from the road but what we can do is when you decide to come and visit us again, give us a ring and we can allocate a pitch for you on the upper side of our site.

Thank you again

Team PYB

Will be back! With friends and family!

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked The staff MADE it for us...Jan and the lovely lady from down south who's name i can't remember were show stopping! So helpful and funny and just really kind.
I was on my own with my little girl and Jan leant us a brilliant card game for our rainy day and it opened up so much conversation and I think brought us closer. Amazing.
Toilets/shower facilities were beyond 5*...I felt a fraud calling myself a camper!
The site is beautifully laid out and very close to the lake and pubs/takeaways doing good food!

Disliked Not applicable

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your kind words and thrilled that you are thinking about visiting us again. You also made us laugh a lot and what a pleasure it was to have you here. Our aim is to make customers feel as comfortable as possible when staying at Penybont and we are glad that you felt happy here . We look forward to seeing yourself and family back at PYB in the future.

Grace and Janice

Great location and well laid out site but noisy road at night

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8 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 Steven B. 1 review

8M fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Location

Disliked Pitch was next to noisy road

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review very much appreciated. As for the road, not a lot we can do but when you book again, give us a ring and we can allocate a pitch for you at the top of our site. Thank you again for your kind words.

Team PYB

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Hot tub 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 Local produce Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Tents for hire Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. 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 Forest Lake and/or mountain Leave the car at home Luxury Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal 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

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Smooth, hard roads e.g. tarmac Well-lit path

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park

Llangynog Road

Bala

Gwynedd

Wales

LL23 7PH

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.90153°N
3.59025°W

Nearest transport

Coach
18.2 mi Parade Street 2
21.5 mi Alma Road
21.5 mi Crossroads Stores
Rail
15.8 mi Betws-y-Coed Rail Station
15.9 mi Blaenau Ffestiniog Rail Station
16 mi Pont-y-Pant Rail Station
Ferry
23.1 mi Barmouth Ferry Landing
23.1 mi Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing

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

For those days where you can’t be bothered to walk too far, it’s very handy that the station for the narrow-gauge Bala Lake Railway is just five minutes’ walk away. Views of the water are a given, but count the mountains too: Arenig Fawr, Aran Fawddwy and Aran Benllyn are visible on the route. You may have your sights set on climbing Wales’ tallest mountain, perhaps. If you’re not climbing up Snowdon (an hour's drive) yourself, you might want to take the Snowdon Mountain Railway (an hour and five minutes), which has been making its ascent for over 100 years. A less strenuous trail than the Snowdon climb is the Mawddach Trail, which runs for just under 10 miles from Dolgellau (half an hour), crossing over the gorgeous Barmouth railway bridge on the other end. Coed y Brenin Forest Park (35 minutes) has plenty of trails too, through thick forest this time. You can take them on by mountain bike, standard bicycle or on foot – and there’s bike hire at the forest park.

Food and drink

  • Old Wives' Tales Restaurant 0.7 mi
  • The Olde Bulls Head Pub 0.7 mi
  • Y Cwrt Pub 0.7 mi
  • Bala Spice Restaurant 0.7 mi
  • White Lion Royal Hotel Pub 0.7 mi
  • Y Badell Aur Restaurant 0.7 mi
  • School House Restaurant 0.7 mi
  • Plas Yn Dre Restaurant 0.7 mi
  • Palé Hall Restaurant 3.3 mi
  • Bryn Tyrion Pub 3.5 mi

Groceries

  • Co-op Food Supermarket 0.7 mi
  • Stori Off-licence 0.7 mi
  • Bargain Booze Off-licence 0.7 mi

Parks and play

  • Pen Y Garth Lodge Park Playground 0.6 mi

Family days out

  • Tomen Y Bala Castle 0.7 mi
  • Llangower Visitor attraction 2.5 mi
  • Pentrepiod Halt Visitor attraction 3.3 mi
  • Llanuwchllyn Visitor attraction 4.4 mi

Public transport

  • Leisure Centre 0.7 mi
  • White Lion 0.7 mi
  • Y Badell Aur 0.7 mi
  • Llanuwchllyn Post Office 4.6 mi

What’s nearby

  • Bala Lake Hotel 0.6 mi

Local services

  • Moduron Y Bala Fuel station 0.7 mi
  • L Rowland & Co Pharmacy 0.7 mi
  • Henblas Garage Fuel station 0.7 mi
  • Essar Fuel station 4.6 mi

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Must see

Portmeirion Gardens 21.2 mi

CADW - Harlech Castle 21.8 mi

Ffestiniog Railway 22.4 mi

Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) 22.7 mi

MOMA Wales - Y Tabernacl 24.1 mi

National Trust

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 14.8 mi

Chirk Castle 20.9 mi

Bodnant Garden 24.6 mi

Aberconwy House 28 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Carnedd y Filiast 5.8 mi

Llandrillo and the Berwyns from the West 6.6 mi

Arenig Fawr Circular 6.7 mi

Rhiwargor Car Park - Pistyll-y-Meincian - Bird Hide - Rhiwargor 7 mi

LAKE VYRNWY (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 15/04/1980) 8.6 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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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park? For those days where you can’t be bothered to walk too far, it’s very handy that the station for the narrow-gauge Bala Lake Railway is just five minutes’ walk away. Views of … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park? From £25 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.