Campsites in Port Eynon for gallivanting around the Gower peninsula
If you’re bound for Wales’ gorgeous Gower Peninsula, cosy up at a holiday park, glampsite or campsite in Port Eynon. This village at the southernmost tip of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – the first region in the UK to be considered dazzling enough to receive the designation back in 1956 – is surrounded by a selection of stunning beaches.
Tick off the top places across this 70-square-mile area, which runs from Loughor Estuary to Swansea Bay and juts out into the Bristol Channel, at options ranging from touring and static caravan parks to glampsites and wild camping pitches.
Accommodation and campsites in Port Eynon to pick from
Camping in Port Eynon is a great choice when gallivanting around the Gower as it’s well located and has a bay edged by numerous sites and parks. Whether you want to set up your tent on a pitch in a simple field with fires permitted for a classic camping experience or step up your stay by selecting a glampsite with upscale accommodation ready for you to move straight in, this village has you sorted.
Pondering a balance between the two? Camp at an upgraded holiday park in Port Eynon with cushy extras like underfloor heating in bathrooms and manicured gardens to wander around.
If you’re a social sort, caravan parks in Port Eynon with bars or clubhouses organising lively entertainment like karaoke and disco nights are spot-on, while kids are kept out of adults’ hair at sites with play areas and large grassy fields to scamper around.
For easy access to village amenities, stay at a campsite in Port Eynon a short walk from the corner shops, chippies and seafood restaurants. Local delicacies to keep an eye out for while you’re perusing menus include seaweed-stuffed laverbread, cockles sourced from Loughor and salt-marsh lamb.
Fancy a serene stay? Bed down by the calmer Horton village on the other side of the bay or look out for a campsite near Port Eynon in more of a remote location.
The coast – all 19 miles of it – is never far away when you’re in the Gower, so it’s a breeze to find a campsite, caravan park or glampsite with soul-stirring sea views.
Things to do in the Gower when camping in Port Eynon
It’s the beaches that bring the tourists to the Gower, so start off your investigation of the peninsula on the coast. Port Eynon bay should, of course, be your first stop if you’re settled somewhere close by.
Less than a mile long, this dune-backed beach protected from the wind by a headland is popular for diving, sailing, surfing and windsurfing. It has a lifeguard service in summer and a car park, so families flock here when the weather heats up, and the sands are accessible for travellers with reduced mobility.
Roam to Rhossili, regularly voted one of the best stretches of sand in the UK, along the Wales-wide coastal path for five miles from your Port Eynon campsite, or drive to crowd-pleasing Llangennith (15 minutes by car). Into watersports and wildlife spotting? At Oxwich bay, surfers have been known to see seals while sitting in the swell.
For a shorter walk nearer the village, putter along to Port Eynon Point, a National Trust-protected limestone headland, passing the old Victorian lifeboat centre and renovated Salt House before reaching the raggedy Sedges Bank nature reserve.
There are also hotspots in the hinterland to hike through – veer away from the Bristol Channel for ambles in ancient woods, across heaths and through green meadows. There are also 1,200 archaeological sites across the Gower, a whopping number for such a small region, ranging from caves and Iron Age forts to medieval castles and 19th-century parks.
To amp up your adrenaline after all the chin-stroking visits to historical spots, have a go at coasteering while camping in Port Eynon, a guide-led adventure activity where you’ll make your way from one part of the coastline to another, traversing cliffs, jumping into rock pools and skipping across beaches enroute.
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