Riverside Caravan Park

View prices & book 5.8 112 reviews
Touring pitch
Touring pitch
Electric pitch
Touring pitch
Swimming pool
Adventure playground
Adventure playground
Aerial view of the site
Patio area
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  • Well-located site in the Swansea valley just off the M4 corridor
  • A 15-minute drive to Swansea and 30 minutes to the Gower peninsula
  • Coffee shop, bar, live entertainment and fishing
Centrally located just north of Wales’ second biggest city, Riverside Caravan Park makes a brill base for touring both the country’s south and west. This family-run spot with an indoor swimming pool (open during high season only) and fishing facilities is in between the Swansea valley and the M4 corridor, about half an hour’s drive from the stunning scenery of the Gower peninsula... Before hopping around the beaches though, it’s best to get in a good feed at the chip shop (open during high season only), grab a takeaway or – if it’s Sunday – try one of the traditional dinners at the park. A bar’s on site for drinks post-explores and entertainment ranging from bingo to live music is put on in the nights as well. Fodder figured out, start your adventures in the west after a pick-me-up coffee from the café, beginning with the Mumbles half an hour’s drive away for its pretty pier and fancy houses – the abode of well-known Welshwoman Catherine Zeta-Jones is around here somewhere... Wide and sandy Llangennith (about 40 minutes’ drive) could be next or you might want to amble along the coastal path at Rhosilli (50 minutes) for epic views over the ocean. Surf with the seals at Oxwich Bay (also 50 minutes) or curl up on a blanket at a smaller cove, Broughton Bay, about 40 minutes away. Closer beaches that have a bit more of a built-up setting include Swansea’s very own bay (20 minutes) and Aberavon (the same distance) with its Aquasplash pool. Kids not tired out yet after full-on days? The play area back on base should get them feeling sleep enough for a good night’s rest, ready to do it all over again the next morning...

Site type

Tent pitches 20
Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 20
Open now
Opens 21 January
Please note
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The grocery shop is open between 01/03 and 06/11.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 18/04 and 06/11.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 21 Jan to

Reviews

5.8

Overall rating from 112 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
 7
Child friendliness
 6
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Budget/backpacker

46% would recommend this site to a friend

46% would stay here again

What customers say

This site offers a range of facilities including a swimming pool, cafe, and entertainment, with many guests highlighting the friendliness of the staff. Pitches are generally described as a good size. However, a significant number of reviews express concern over the site's appearance, describing it as scruffy and resembling a travellers' site. Issues raised include noise, cleanliness, and a feeling of being unwelcome.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 12
Arrival date (latest first)

Great site, lots to do, cheap, fun.

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 10
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
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Ruairi B.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Lots to do. Indoor pool was fun for the kids, not staffed though. The park was great, there is a lovely lake where you can go fishing. Just behind the site, there are several pathways to the river, which was a beautiful walk in the sun. The club house was nice, they served a good pint and had free entertainment for the children, then later on, the adults . The chip shop on site was delicious. There is a small shop for essentials and a cafe where we had breakfast, one morning. All in all, we had a fun few days here. Staff were friendly, toilets and showers were clean. We managed to book last minute, which was convenient and it was really cheap! Lots of people complaining on here, but what do you want for less than £30 a night! Hardly noticed the road that people moaned about, some sited caravans are looking a bit shabby, but what difference does that make? Some saying the toilets/showers need updating, but they work and they're clean. Honestly, don't let the reviews put you off. If you want a quiet site, I suppose this is probably not the place for you, though.

Disliked Cafe was a little expensive (in my opinion) but obviously you don't have to go there. Some people were loud, late into the night.

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Do not stay here it’s an absolute dump

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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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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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Absolutely nothing except maybe the drive out

Disliked Pitches so close together could hear neighbours either side of us swearing and arguing well past 1am kids were left on their own while parents were in their caravans or tents Filthy dirty everywhere I can honestly say in over 40 years of camping and motor homing this is the worst site we have ever been on.It’s basically a gypsy site and we should have been told this when we booked. Both sides of our pitch the men were coughing up their hearts in between smoking then spitting all over the grass swigging from can after can of beer and constantly swearing .The place should be condemned not fit for animals let alone a so called riverside farm park. I will put it on every review site I can to warn other people not to make the same mistake we did 😡😡😡

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Nur als Notlösung

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 8
Accommodation
 4
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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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Kurzfristige und späte Buchung möglich.

Disliked Hundehaufen auf dem Stellplatz.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff pleasent…

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 5
Value for money
 1
Accommodation
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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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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Staff pleasent

Disliked The site is a travellers camp clearly
Very out dated vans
Scrap vans and work wagons as you enter

, motor bikes every night revving up, music really loud, disabled bathroom very dated and was not cleaned regular
At 3am a lot of people shouting
Site does not feel safe at night

Shop has barely anything in it
Disabled facility you need to leave deposit for key
Cafe was not open

Not as perceived by pitch up images
Should not recommend
I was booked for 3 nights I came home on Sunday night had enough

Recommend to friends Visit again

Easy to get to.…

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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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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Sharon D.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Easy to get to.

Disliked On arrival at site it looked like a gypsy camp, tatty caravans all around the edge, everything seemed unkept, untidy and neglected. No standards what so ever

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Very dirty

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1 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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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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CLIVE J.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Very disappointing it was like a travellers site

Disliked Everything

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Traveller site

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 1
Value for money
 1
Accommodation
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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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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Nothing

Disliked It’s a traveller site. - loud music, messy. Wasn’t made to feel very welcome. Completely mis-advertised.
Pitches are right next to the motorway so the noise from the road is also terrible

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Nothing…

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1 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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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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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Nothing

Disliked What a shit hole lòoks like a traveller's camp would not recommend it keep well away.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good convenient site

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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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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Steve C.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Plenty to do on the site

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Poor service and not worth the £30 fee at all

Overall

3 out of 10
Location
 5
Value for money
 2
Accommodation
 3
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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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Ability to book last minute

Disliked Arrived at 5.30pm - nobody to meet us- just a sign saying please wait here near bins at entrance. Phoned reception but just answer machine. Had to just pick a spot in the litter strewn corner of the field.
Scruffy site more like a semi permanent traveller site. Weren’t interested when we raised the issues as a complaint

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Features

Dogs 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 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

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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

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

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Riverside Caravan Park

Ynsforgan Farm

Morriston

Swansea

Glamorgan

Wales

SA6 6QL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.67495°N
3.91229°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.3 mi Bus Station
4.3 mi Bus Station
4.3 mi Bus Station
Rail
1.5 mi Llansamlet Rail Station
3 mi Skewen Rail Station
3.7 mi Swansea Rail Station
Ferry
4.3 mi Swansea Queens Dock Ferry Terminal
Airport
8.4 mi Swansea 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

It’s not just beaches that lure people to this lovely area: the country parks are also swish, including Gnoll in Neath (15 minutes) with its 100-acre early-18th-century landscaped garden. Visit for Aberdulais Falls and the sizable waterwheel or to have a knockabout at the golf course. The Neath and Tennant Canal’s around here too for woodland walks beside water… Go south to Swansea for more nature at Plantasia (15 minutes), a big public hothouse with all sorts of plants to see; the city’s main museum will also keep you occupied for a fair few hours with its film showings and photography exhibitions. Weather looking a bit iffy? Get on over to the National Showcaves Centre for Wales (30 minutes’ drive) for underground antics in the Brecon Beacons’ 17-kilometre-long cave system.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Swansea Bay 4.8 mi Estuary GoodGoodN/AGood
Aberafan 6.9 mi Estuary N/AGoodGoodGood
Bracelet Bay 8 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Limeslade Bay 8.1 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Langland Bay 8.5 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

National Waterfront Museum 4.2 mi

Aberdulais Falls 5.7 mi

National Wetland Centre Wales 9.1 mi

Carreg Cennen Castle 11.8 mi

National Showcaves of Wales 14.5 mi

National Trust

Aberdulais Falls 5.7 mi

Aberdeunant 14.8 mi

Rhossili Visitor Centre and Shop 17.8 mi

Dolaucothi Gold Mines 25.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

CWM CLYDACH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 29/09/1995) 3.9 mi

The Secret Valley of Bishopston 8.7 mi

Abercregan - Glyncorrwg - Abercregan 10.7 mi

Abercregan - Coed Morgannwg Way - Pontrhydyfen 10.7 mi

Penmaen - Parkmill - Three Cliffs Bay 11.3 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

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Riverside Caravan Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Riverside Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Riverside Caravan Park? It’s not just beaches that lure people to this lovely area: the country parks are also swish, including Gnoll in Neath (15 minutes) with its 100-acre early-18th-century landscaped garden. Visit for Aberdulais … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Riverside Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11 a.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Riverside Caravan Park? From £27.50 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.