Commonwood Leisure

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Secluded spots by private lake
Aracdia camping
Stunning sunset over the lake
Luxury pod

  • Lakeside site with 60 acres, 10 minutes' drive away from Wrexham
  • Chester, Llangollen and three golf courses within half an hour's drive
  • Fishing lake; café and licensed bar with background music on site
Finding a secluded spot surrounded by mature woodlands in north Wales is a fine idea in itself – but it gets even better here if you’re into your fishing. And that’s because Commonwood Leisure has 10 lakes around its 60-acre site, catering for everyone from kids and beginners to pros (who may like to wrestle with the 60-pound whopper that lives in the catfish lake…) Not fussed by fishing? This lakeside setting should be pretty splendid for you too: there’s plenty of space to relax by the water, taking in the views and lighting up a barbecue or firepit for warm evenings. Getting out and about should be straightforward as well: the site is five minutes’ drive away from the village of Holt (for pubs, cafés and an excellent farm shop) and 10 minutes from the centre of Wrexham. It’s all set up to be as straightforward as possible at this well-maintained park too. During high season only, there is a café serving tasty food and a licensed bar with background music (these two are open at select times on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays). On site, there are also indoor and outdoor seating areas and plenty of areas to walk (a plus for dog owners, as the site's dog-friendly). If walking’s not such a hit with the kids, they can get stuck into rural life by spending some time with the herd of friendly pygmy goats on site.

Site type

Tent sites 10
Caravan sites 22
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 4
Motorhome sites 31
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Facilities/activities including fishing are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • The bar is open between 25/02 and 20/12.
  • Guests must bring their own duvets, pillows, sheets and towels when staying in rental accommodation. You will not be allowed to stay if you do not bring these items.
  • 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 campground/park are unlit.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • No electric barbecues allowed.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.
  • Please note that the shower facilities are unisex.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.
  • Visitors cars must be parked in the bottom car park. During the winter, the café and bar is open Friday's 9-1 and 4-8pm Sat 9-2 and 4-8pm Sunday's 9-2pm

Languages spoken

English

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

Reviews

92%

would recommend this site to a friend

90%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

All all round nice site although I thought it was a little expensive

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 2
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fishing Canal powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: The plots were huge, clean and tidy.
Plenty of ponds to choose from for fishing
The swimming lake
friendly staff

Disliked: The road noise from the fisherman’s plots
very few and far between but still very noisy when they went passed.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review and nice words about our site, it is a shame you thought there was noise from the fishermens road, slightly confused as there are no fishermens roads, maybe you heard the actual road that does run past the canal lake pitches, this is not something we can control, it is a farm lane rather than a major road but tractors do go past during the day light hours and we are sorry this disturbed you.

Friendly. Fab if you fish

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

Fishing Canal powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Staff, on site cafe, clean facilities
Cheap taxis into Wrexham

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind words, we hope to see you again :-)

Will definitely come back , such a lovely place 💖

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

Madoc Lake unpowered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Beautiful place! The area is stunning. Everywhere is clean and the facilities are clearly looked after very well 💖 my favourite part of the stay was seeing the goats!!

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From the manager: Thank you Emily we appreciate your review, we love our goats to bits :-) hope to see you again.

Lovely setting and friendly people…

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

Fishing Canal powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Lovely setting and friendly people

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From the manager: Thank you Cathrin, we are glad you enjoyed our site :-)

Really enjoyed our stay would definitely return

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

Madoc Lake fully-serviced concrete slab caravan site (waterside)

Liked: Very well maintained site.Excellent fishing pools and cafe.Staff very friendly and helpful

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thank you for your kind review, we are pleased that you enjoyed our site we hope to see you again :-)

Everything, we were on the canal EHU pitch fishing included. Site is…

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

Fishing Canal powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Everything, we were on the canal EHU pitch fishing included. Site is lovely and immaculately kept. Staff really friendly bar handy and the home cooked pizza was just yummy

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind words, we are glad you enjoyed our site and hope to see you again :-)

Lovely atmosphere chilled out place…

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

Madoc Lake unpowered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Lovely atmosphere chilled out place

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Jean for your kind review, we hope to see you again soon :-)

Would go again

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

Madoc Lake unpowered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Very quiet, lovely bar/restaurant

Disliked: Pizza was very poorly made despite big pizza ovens

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From the manager: Thank you for your review. We are sorry that the pizza did not meet expectations, we would have preferred you to have said at the time so that it could have been made for you.

Staff were all great, lovely site kids enjoyed the playing area and…

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

Fishing Canal powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Staff were all great, lovely site kids enjoyed the playing area and fishing.

Nice little bar lots of seating

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From the manager: Thank you for your lovely email, we are glad you and your family enjoyed your stay :-)

Superb dry pitches by a lake. The sheltered bar area was…

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

Madoc Lake unpowered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Superb dry pitches by a lake. The sheltered bar area was a god send in October and the staff were so welcoming we stayed much longer than we had planned. Big shout out to the guy who made us 2 large pizza's and chips late on, they were well beyond our expectations. Enjoyed walking our dog around the lakes and a cold night by the lake watching the stars and keeping a large waterside fire going.

Disliked: no dislikes from us at all.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind review, we are glad that you enjoyed our site, we hope to see you again in the future :-)


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 Wild swimming

Amenities on site

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Off licence Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Tents for hire 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

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market

Type

Medium (26-50 sites) Pub campground

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Commonwood Leisure

Buck Road

Holt

Wrexham

Wales

LL13 9TF

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.07115°N
-2.92739°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.3 km Bus Station
10.4 km New Inn
10.4 km New Inn
Rail
5.5 km Wrexham General Rail Station
5.5 km Wrexham Central Rail Station
6.1 km Gwersyllt Rail Station
Ferry
36.4 km Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal
37.4 km Birkenhead Ferry Terminal
37.5 km Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal
Airport
30 km Liverpool John Lennon 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

Fancy a different outdoor activity? Head to Farndon (five minutes’ drive) to launch kayaks, take your clubs along to Wrexham’s golf course (five minutes), or head to the eastern side of Snowdonia National Park for watersports and walks around Lake Bala (55 minutes). If you’re keen to explore historic places on your break, start with a wander around the huge manor and elegant gardens at the National Trust’s Erddig estate (20 minutes), then carry on to Chirk Castle (25 minutes) to see a medieval fort updated with 18th-century features. The area around Llangollen (25 minutes) has plenty to see too, including Castell Dinas Brân and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Kids after something more geared to their tastes? Try an outing to Chester Zoo (25 minutes) or a tasty trip to The Ice Cream Farm (20 minutes). Wrexham also has a swimming pool, bowling and the Xplore science museum for damp days.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
West Kirby 37.7 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Meols 40.4 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Moreton 40.6 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Wallasey 41.5 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Prestatyn 44.6 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Chester Castle 13 km

Cheshire Military Museum 13 km

Chester Cathedral 13.7 km

Chester Zoo 17.5 km

Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet 21.6 km

National Trust

Chirk Castle 18.6 km

Speke Hall, Garden and Estate 29.7 km

Mr Hardman's Photographic Studio 36.6 km

Attingham Park 46.5 km

Attingham Park Estate: Cronkhill 47.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Gresford Bells and Alyn Waters 5 km

Erddig Hall and Wat's Dyke 7.2 km

Erddig Hall - Wrexham Steeple 7.2 km

Aldford, the Dee and Farnbridge 7.5 km

EATON HALL 8.5 km

Local events

  • Creamfields (Thursday, 21 August 2025 – Thursday, 21 August 2025)

    Warrington, England 34.8 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Commonwood Leisure have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Commonwood Leisure dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Commonwood Leisure? Fancy a different outdoor activity? Head to Farndon (five minutes’ drive) to launch kayaks, take your clubs along to Wrexham’s golf course (five minutes), or head to the eastern side of Snowdonia … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Commonwood Leisure?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Commonwood Leisure? From $67.77 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.