Beacons View Camping

View from the front of the camping field

Peaceful off-grid campsite with far-reaching Brecon Beacons views
A 25-minute drive to BikePark Wales; 20 minutes to Caerphilly Castle
A 10-minute walk from a pub serving home-cooked food

With views stretching as far as Pen Y Fan, the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons National Park, it’s easy to work out how Beacons View Camping got its name. This Monmouthshire pop-up campsite is set in secluded fields down a 1.5-mile single-track lane with plenty of passing places to make life easier for drivers. Mountain bikers, listen up: this is a clever base for cycling holidays, with both challenging and gentle bike rides nearby. Walkers can amble through woodland in Cwmcarn Forest (20 minutes’ drive) – any canine pals can join in too, of course, but must be kept on a lead back at the site. For everything else, there’s a supermarket in Blackwood (10 minutes) for picking up barbecue stuff – just please, no disposable barbecues on the grass; they must be raised up off the ground. Campfires are allowed in firepits only; the site owners can hire them out if you don’t have your own, and they also sell kindling. If you’d prefer someone else to do the cooking bit, there’s a pub nearby (10 minutes’ stroll, leave the car behind and make a night of it) where you can order home-cooked pub grub. And as this is an off-grid site, there are no electric hook-ups or shower facilities – just portable toilets and a mains water standpipe.

Site type

Languages spoken

English

Nearby sites that are bookable on Pitchup.com

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Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Pop-up campground Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Beacons View Camping

Twyn Gwyn Farm Lane

Mynddislwyn

Blackwood

Monmouthshire

Wales

NP11 7BA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.63979°N
3.17665°W

Route directions

The best route to the site is off the A472 dual carriageway close to Sainsburys in Pontllanfraith. Take the exit for Mynyddislwyn – from here you can follow Google Maps or the site's own signs. This route is much wider than alternatives and has plenty of passing places.

Nearest transport

Coach

11.1 km Trussel Road

11.7 km Town Hall

13.5 km Queensway Q1

Rail

3.4 km Hengoed Rail Station

3.7 km Newbridge Rail Station

4.1 km Crosskeys Rail Station

Ferry

16.2 km Newport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal

17.6 km Cardiff Castle Waterbus Stop

18.3 km Taffs Mead Waterbus Stop

Airport

29.1 km Cardiff International Airport

42.9 km Bristol International 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

The pitches at Beacons View Camping edge the challenging Mynyddislwyn MTB trail, while there are routes for competent mountain bikers at Tirpentwys Mountain Bike Trails (20 minutes’ drive). At BikePark Wales (25 minutes), beginners can take lessons on gentle tracks, while experts can whizz down steep black trails. Tuition, gear and bike hire are all available. Walkers will have their share of the fun too, with scenic forest tracks in Cwmcarn Forest (20 minutes’ drive) providing hikes for all different levels of ability. Feeling energetic? Take the route up to the Iron Age hill fort of Twmbarlwm (two hours’ walk). Kids can wander woodland paths at Ynys Hywel Centre (10 minutes), and if they need more excitement, there’s archery and pond-dipping too. For a taster of Welsh heritage, take a trip to moated Caerphilly Castle (20 minutes), where you can see modern reconstructions of medieval weaponry and wander around the restored towers, or head deep underground at A Welsh Coal Mining Experience (half an hour) for guided tours of a former mine shaft.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Jackson'S Bay Barry Island	28.3 km	Sea	N/A	Good	N/A	Good
Whitmore Bay Barry Island	28.8 km	Sea	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent
Cold Knap Barry	29 km	Sea	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Clevedon Beach	31.1 km	Estuary	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay	33.9 km	Estuary	N/A	N/A	Good	Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Caerphilly Castle 7.7 km

Castell Coch 12.5 km

Big Pit: National Coal Museum 15.5 km

Caerleon Roman Fortress & Baths 15.7 km

Blaenavon World Heritage Centre & Tourist Information Centre 16 km

National Trust

Clevedon Court 32.6 km

Skenfrith Castle 37.5 km

The Kymin 38.6 km

Tyntesfield 38.6 km

Blaise Hamlet 40.1 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cwmcarn Visitor Centre - Mynydd Maen - Nant Gwyddon - Cwmcarn 4.3 km

Cwmcarn - Twmbarlwm - Cwmcarn 4.4 km

Ystrad Mynach - Senghenydd Dyke - Llanbradach 4.5 km

Machen - Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Footpath - Machen 5.6 km

Twmbarlwm 6.4 km

Local events

Green Man Festival (Thursday, August 20, 2026 – Thursday, August 20, 2026)
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Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (Friday, August 7, 2026 – Friday, August 7, 2026)
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