Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse

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Amazing views from the highest pitch (added by visitor 27 Jun 2022)
Lovely sunny day
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The site

  • Popular place for hikers, bikers and Mach Loop viewers
  • Surrounded by woodland and farmland, 35 mins' drive from Zip World
  • Easy access to the Torrent Walk and Coed-y-Brenin mountain bike centre
Hiker, biker or both? Walk this way. Gywnedd’s Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse is a Snowdonia mecca for mountain bikers and walkers with trails for both all around. The Torrent Walk is only 500 metres from the site and the famed Coed-y-Brenin mountain bike centre is in the area with acres more walking trails around it. And, for the truly hardy, the mountain Cadair Idris and its three trails can be tackled nearby… and for the hardier still, the ziplines and airborne antics of Zip World Bounce Below are 35 minutes' drive away. Back at base, Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse is surrounded on all sides by woodland, farmland and mountain views, with pitches on a sheltered, level field. Site facilities include a toilet and shower block, disabled facilities, washing machines, tumble dryers, fridges, freezers, a microwave and mobile charging facilities. There’s also a power wash for bikes and equipment, and the Torrent Walk team can store your bike for you if needed. For stocking up, the garage just up the road sells essentials and Campinggaz, a shop and café are within a five-minute walk, and a small supermarket and a wide range of shops are in the village of Dolgellau a mile and a half away. Cooking your own dinner? Campfires are allowed but all the materials must be purchased on site.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 6
Tent pitches 69
Touring caravan pitches 71
Motorhome pitches 71
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • For items hired on site: a £30 deposit is required for electric cables and a £20 deposit for firepits (payable in cash only) and will be fully refunded upon return.

Languages spoken

English

Polish

Welsh

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

90%

would recommend this site to a friend

86%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Very clean and friendly helpful staff. Beautiful scenery and great facilities…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Very clean and friendly helpful staff. Beautiful scenery and great facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

all year around camping.. clean and great shower block.…

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

Electric optional grass tent pitch (small, two person)

Liked: all year around camping.. clean and great shower block.

Disliked: Tent pitches are a bit stoney and had to forego some pegs as they just wouldn’t go into the ground.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The campsite was quiet and self check in was available if you…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: The campsite was quiet and self check in was available if you got there later than the planned arrival time . Clean campsite accessible to local town and bus routes. Good accessible electric hook up and water tap next to hook up.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, facilities were clean

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

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Really enjoyed our stay, lovely location and views, excellent facilities. Will definitely be back!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Area and quietness…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass tent pitch (small, two person)

Liked: Area and quietness

Disliked: Didn’t feel welcome by the lady at reception, we had never stayed before so wasn’t sure how it all worked and was made to feel a little silly when asking questions such as tent pitch number, fire pit use etc

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice campsite in a great location for outdoor adventures. Clean facilities, good…

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

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Nice campsite in a great location for outdoor adventures. Clean facilities, good wifi. Lucky enough to have an area with true dark night sky and all the stars on view. Torrent walk and the Precipice Walk were stunning with all the autumn colours.

Disliked: We had pitch 18 and there was quite a lot of noise from the B&B and bunkhouse. People in and out of their cars that were parked at the side of our pitch and sounded like a party going late into Friday night. Nothing major that bothered us, but when we stay again in the future, we would rather be on the pitches that are further away from the B&B side.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely, clean ,well kept site. Friendly staff. Will stay again.…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely, clean ,well kept site.
Friendly staff.
Will stay again.

Disliked: Sunday's weather 😌

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, clean facilities, friendly staff, some level pitches.

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Excellent toilet, shower and dishwashing facilities. Friendly helpful staff.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nicely laid out site with brilliantly clean and functioning ablution block. Friendly…

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

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Nicely laid out site with brilliantly clean and functioning ablution block.
Friendly staff

Disliked: Other visitors being loud during quiet hours

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site...very sheltered and clean. Self check in worked wonders

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Sheltered pitch and close to facilities...but not too close.
Quiet..but there was only a few there when we stayed beginning of October.
Facilities clean and hot showers

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again


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 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 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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

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

Location

Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse

Dolgun Uchaf

Dolgellau

Gwynedd

Wales

LL40 2AB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.7501°N
-3.85601°W

Nearest transport

Coach
16.9 mi Sportsman
17 mi Tesco
17.7 mi Market Square
Rail
8 mi Morfa Mawddach Rail Station
8.6 mi Barmouth Rail Station
8.9 mi Fairbourne Rail Station
Ferry
8.4 mi Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing
8.5 mi Barmouth 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

The mountains and trails of Snowdonia, the beaches of Barmouth and the north Wales coast, and heritage attractions like the Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway and Harlech Castle are all within about half an hour’s drive of Torrent Walk, and Snowdonia National Park has activities for all sorts including whitewater rafting, horse riding, climbing and wild swimming. The closest activity to home is the popular Torrent Walk, a four-mile circular path following the River Clywedog through its gorge; keep an eye out for otters and lesser horseshoe bats along its route. For gentler strolls, the National Trust managed Cregennan Lakes are about five miles west of Dolgellau on the slopes of Cadair ldris, and the flat Mawddach Trail between Dolgellau and Barmouth along the Mawddach estuary has hiking and biking paths with cracking views. Cregannan also has two lakes for fly and worm fishing, one for brown trout and the other for brown and blue. Head to the coast for Barmouth and Fairbourne, both uncrowded and with miles of golden sand and Blue Flag awards. Beaut Barmouth Harbour, at the mouth of the Mawddach Estuary, is where to bag a boat for sea and fishing trips, while Fairbourne is a big pull for windsurfers and other watersport sorts. If sightseeing both seasides, take the Fairbourne Steam Railway from Fairbourne to Penrhyn Point and then the passenger ferry to Barmouth.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Barmouth 8.8 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Fairbourne 9.3 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Tal-Y-Bont 10.7 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Dyffryn (Llanendwyn) 11.5 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Llandanwg 12.7 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

MOMA Wales - Y Tabernacl 11 mi

CADW - Harlech Castle 13 mi

Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway 15.1 mi

Portmeirion Gardens 15.2 mi

Ffestiniog Railway 16.5 mi

National Trust

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 20.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Precipice Walk, north of Dolgellau 1.6 mi

The New Precipice Walk from Llanelltyd 1.9 mi

Cadair Idris by the Fox's Path 3.2 mi

Mawddach Estuary 3.2 mi

Cadair Idris 3.7 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.

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse? The mountains and trails of Snowdonia, the beaches of Barmouth and the north Wales coast, and heritage attractions like the Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway and Harlech Castle are all within about half an … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse? From £20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.