Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park

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Llyn Tegid & Gwersyll Pen Y Bont
Hardstanding touring pitches
Fully serviced hardstanding touring pitches
Shepherd's huts

  • Family-owned 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 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 Snowdonia 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), climb Snowdonia’s mountains or catch a few swells at the surf lagoon at Adventure Parc Snowdonia (50 minutes). If you’d rather move at a more leisurely pace, putting a few holes as you go, there’s a 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 3
Tent pitches 19
Motorhome pitches 37
Touring caravan pitches 37
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Opens 1 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • 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.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • If bringing a rooftop tent, please book one of the hardstanding pitches.

Languages spoken

English

Welsh

Open from Sat, 1 Mar to

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

96%

would recommend this site to a friend

93%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Good showers toilet facilities, campsite well lit at night, very clean &…

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Good showers toilet facilities, campsite well lit at night, very clean & tidy, friendly staff good communication. Will stay again & recommend to others.

Disliked: Continuous generator running before 8am each morning very loud

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we're glad you enjoyed your time with us and the facilities on offer and we hope to see you again during the 2025 season!
We don't have a generator but wonder if you're referring to the leaf blower or collection machine that may have been operating during your stay... This can be noisy but is essential to keep the site looking tip-top!

Kind Regards, Team PYB

Very friendly staff and helpful, site well maintained and clean…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked: Very friendly staff and helpful, site well maintained and clean

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much 😊

Very clean site, lovely welcome and nice and clean shower and toilet…

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Very clean site, lovely welcome and nice and clean shower and toilet facilities. The site is close to Bala lake and rivers walk. Only a 10 minute walk Into Bala town itself. Beautiful location and lots of nature

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Louise, we hope to welcome you back again next season!

Excellent site clean facilities staff friendly pitches are level

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked: Easy to get to, Staff very friendly and helpful. Pitches large, showers and toilets very clean and tidy

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind words, we really do appreciate it and hopefully we will see you again.

Kind Regards

Team PYB

First class

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Friendly welcome, hard standing pitches with water, waste and electric, superb toilet / shower block and very clean, walking distance from Bala town, 10 out 10, will visit again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much about your really kind words and we are so glad that you had a good time with us and we look forward to welcoming you back here .

Team PYB

Extremely fiendly and helpful staff. Very clean site and facilities.

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Extremely fiendly and helpful staff. I had an electrical problem which they helped correct. Very clean site and facilities. Pitch was nice and level

Disliked: Couldn't connect to the wifi at the pitch

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From the manager: Thank you Chris for your kind words, very much appreciated and we hope to see you back here next year when hopefully the WIFI problem will have been resolved. We are in negotiation with a company who can hopefully upgrade the current system we have.

Team PYB

Really clean site, friendly staff and the range of pitches were accurately…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Graham g. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked: Really clean site, friendly staff and the range of pitches were accurately described.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind words, very much appreciated and we hope to see you again in the future.

Team PYB

Excellent value for money beautiful site thank you so much.

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked: Absolutely amazing site, shower and toilet block spotless and warm.
Absolutely will definitely be visiting again.

Disliked: Going home.

Recommend to friends Visit again

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

One for a revisit, fantastic site.

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked: This site is top notch, location, space, facilities and one of the cleanest sites I stayed at.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do appreciate it and we hope to welcome you back in the future.

Kind Regards

Team PYB

Five star clean nothing to fault

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)

Liked: We booked short notice for a few days glad we did it was so beautiful the site was spotless toilet block was brilliant we have already told r friends and definitely will be booking again next year

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Well, what a good start to the day! Thank you so much for your kind words very much appreciated and we look forward to seeing you and your friends here next season.

Kind Regards

Team PYB


Features

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 Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport 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 Disabled facilities 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 GMT (GMT+00:00)

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.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Harlech 22.6 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Llandanwg 23 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Barmouth 23.2 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Tal-Y-Bont 23.6 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Dyffryn (Llanendwyn) 23.8 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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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.
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  • 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.