Adventure Basecamp Wales

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  • Spectacularly scenic rural site just outside Snowdonia National Park
  • A basecamp for adventures such as hiking, biking and wild swimming
  • Huge 1,600-metre karting circuit; café serving snacks and coffee
Adventure ahoy: Adventure Basecamp Wales is a scenic wild camping site in a peaceful rural location just outside Snowdonia National Park, with easy access to outdoor activities of all sorts within a short drive. If you're into karting, zoom to here sharpish: with one of the UK's largest Motor Sports Association-approved karting circuits, this is quite possibly going to be the park of all your petrol-themed dreams… Apart from the world-class karting, there are plenty more reasons to stick around here for quite some time: the site lays on e-bike, mountain bike and hiking adventures, with several wild biking trails and a whole heap of walking trails straight from base (activities vary by season and booking ahead is highly recommended – put your request in the 'special requests' section of the booking form). If that sounds too strenuous, there are several lakes in the local area to laze around at, and the site is in a Dark Sky Reserve for idling after dark. In between all that, Adventure Basecamp Wales guests have enthused about the team's excellent and friendly customer service and the utterly handsome views from the site. Another thing that gets a rave review here is the food: fresh bean coffee is served to keep you fuelled throughout your stay, alongside breakfast and lunch bites and homemade sugary treats. The team highly recommends that you venture out to sample local Welsh products too, including Welsh meat, cheese, wine and local honey. There are plenty of farm shops and country pubs that your cordial hosts will be more than happy to point you towards. Among the amenities are a sparklingly clean toilets and hot showers; free wifi is available in the main building.

Site type

Caravan sites 100
Motorhome sites 100

Languages spoken

English

Welsh

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Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

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 site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundry

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

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Themes

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump point

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

No hot water

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Adventure Basecamp Wales

Cerrig Y Drydion

Corwen

Conwy

Conwy

Wales

LL21 0RU

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

53.03369°N
-3.58446°W

Nearest transport

Coach
28.6 km Parade Street 2
29 km Station
29 km Post Office
Rail
15.9 km Betws-y-Coed Rail Station
18.3 km Llanrwst Rail Station
19 km Pont-y-Pant Rail Station
Ferry
47.1 km Barmouth Ferry Landing
47.3 km 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

From Adventure Basecamp Wales you can quite easily explore all the Snowdonia mountains, and, if you’re a keen scrambler, shin up epic Welsh ridges and the famed Tryfan mountain. The popular Ogwen valley, a hiking haven, is within easy reach: ask the site team for details. Take a wild swim in Wales’s wild natural lakes or try out the outdoor watersports on offer, from paddleboarding, canoeing and rafting to the world’s biggest inland wave lagoon at Surf Snowdonia. As well as natural glacier lakes, the region has acres' worth of natural forest with mountain bike trails. More peacefully, the site is surrounded by pretty villages, such as Betws-y-Coed, 25 minutes' drive away: stop at Conwy Falls for a photo opp or try freefalling, plummeting, ziplining and swinging at ZipWorld Fforest treetop adventure park. Right next to this are two underground attractions: Bounce Below, a trampoline park in the old slate caverns, and Go Below, where brave contenders journey through a mountain via a series of challenges ranging from ziplining through caverns to boating across a subterranean lake and abseiling down to the deepest point in the UK.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Abergele (Pensarn) 29.3 km Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias 30.7 km Sea Excellent Excellent N/A N/A
Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove) 31.2 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Marine Lake, Rhyl 31.5 km Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Colwyn Bay 31.8 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Bodelwyddan Castle 25.8 km

Bodnant Garden 26.5 km

Rhuddlan Castle 29.6 km

Conwy Castle 31.8 km

National Trust - Aberconwy House 31.9 km

National Trust

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 17.4 km

Bodnant Garden 26.5 km

Aberconwy House 31.9 km

Chirk Castle 34.8 km

Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens 46.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Clwydian Way (7): Pentre - Cyffylliog 4.8 km

The Llyn Brenig Circuit 5.8 km

Llyn Brenig and the Clywedog Reservoir 8.9 km

Carnedd y Filiast 11.6 km

The Lion Inn Gwytherin: Up the Hill and Back 13.3 km

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.

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  • Does Adventure Basecamp Wales have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Adventure Basecamp Wales dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Adventure Basecamp Wales? From Adventure Basecamp Wales you can quite easily explore all the Snowdonia mountains, and, if you’re a keen scrambler, shin up epic Welsh ridges and the famed Tryfan mountain. The popular Ogwen … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Adventure Basecamp Wales?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  11 a.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon

    If you are arriving between 5pm - 8pm, please pick a pitch and see reception the next morning.

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