Bryn Bwch

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  • Quiet dog-friendly site by the Four Waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons
  • A 20-minute drive to the base of Pen Y Fan; another waterfall nearby
  • Wood available to buy for firepits; shops and pubs a short drive away
Whether you’re hunting down the Four Waterfalls or taking the scenic drive to the base of Pen Y Fan, your break in the Brecon Beacons National Park will be off to a splendid start with a stay at Bryn Bwch. This quiet, dog-friendly site is a great base from which to go waterfall spotting, as it’s next to the Four Waterfalls and the Sgwd Yr Eira Waterfall is within walking distance too… and as you might expect from a site in the national park, there are stunning views from this place. Dogs and children are very welcome to use the site as their base, so simply set down with all the gang in the large, well-maintained field (which has some level sections and some with slight gradients or inclines) and park next to your tent. On the facilities front, there are four toilets and two showers to go around. For anyone who wants to light up their own firepit in the evening, wood can be purchased from the bungalow when you check in. Ready to take on South Wales’ biggest mountain? The car park for routes up Pen Y Fan is 20 minutes’ drive away. It’s a fair way up to the top, so to pick up any snacks for the climb, you might want to stop by in Glynneath first. A 10-minute drive away from the site, this town has shops for picking up supplies along with pubs to reward your climbing efforts. When you're looking for a pub slightly closer by, there's also one five minutes' drive away from the site.

Campground type

RV sites 10
Tent sites 30
Open now
Opens April 1
Please note
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 7 consecutive nights.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Minimum spacing of 5 metres between pitches.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, Apr 1 to

Reviews

9.1

Overall rating based on 362 reviews View breakdown

Hikers’ paradise

Voted 66% of visitors View breakdown

95%

would recommend this campground to a friend

93%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Good budget site for exploring the area.

Overall 8/10
Location 9
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass campervan campsite

Liked: Good toilet and showers, lovely views.

Disliked: No noise curfew. Group next to us came back at midnight and started playing music, talking/shouting until early hours.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location - great views, quietness.…

Overall 8/10
Location 9
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 9
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 3
Helen K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Location - great views, quietness.

Disliked: Lack of showers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very good site I will return

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: The area, peace and quite
Very relax check in times which was ideal

Disliked: None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site very clean

Overall 9/10
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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: The ease of check in time, the peace and the views

Disliked: Walk to the toilet

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great little campsite. Would definitely stay again.

Overall 9/10
Location 9
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: The washing up area is fantastic if you have things you need to dry and there are bins for any kind of rubbish. The shower was hot with good pressure and there's loads of space to stash your clothes while you're in there. I walked to the waterfalls from the campsite and it was very conveniently located.

Disliked: There is only one shower in the men's and two toilets, when it got busy there was a bit of a queue. There's also limited shelter on site from the wind, though it looks like there are some trees coming up in the next couple of years that might help with this.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Exposed site with good basic facilities.

Overall 7/10
Location 8
Value for money 4
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 7
Cleanliness 9
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass campervan campsite

Liked: Hot shower and clean toilets, nice sheltered area for washing up which was appreciated in the stormy weather! I'm sure the views would have been wonderful it if had stopped raining. Able to walk to 4 waterfalls walk (on quiet road)

Disliked: Pretty exposed! Didn't really see the staff, everyone was hunkered down in the weather.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Spacious, plenty of space, easy to find. Very close to 4 waterfalls…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Guoste T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass campervan campsite

Liked: Spacious, plenty of space, easy to find. Very close to 4 waterfalls walk.
Mostly quite clean facilities.

Disliked: Noone was there to greet us and show us where to park, another guest kindly helped us.
Bathroom and shower block is a bit far, and there were queues at times.
There was no facility for grey/waste water

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great views, lots of space, clean facilities, laid back camping.…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Will B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great views, lots of space, clean facilities, laid back camping.

Disliked: Could have more toilets and a noise curfew, but only a problem during really busy times.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will be back for sure

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: How close it was to Four Waterfalls Walk.
Facilities.
Peaceful.
Owners.

Disliked: Nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really nice place to stay. Basic but completely adequate and clean.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful location. Basic but clean facilities.

Disliked: A bit of vehicle movement late at night.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

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 Rallies welcome Scouts welcome 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

Budget/backpacker Forest Hikers’ paradise Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Bryn Bwch

Glynneath

Pontneddfechan

Powys

Wales

SA11 5UT

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.79254°N
-3.56905°W

Nearest transport

Bus
7.7 mi Bus Station
8.7 mi Bus Station
13.2 mi Interchange
Rail
7.6 mi Aberdare Rail Station
8.4 mi Treherbert Rail Station
8.9 mi Merthyr Tydfil Rail Station
Ferry
19.8 mi Swansea Queens Dock Ferry Terminal
27.1 mi Cardiff Castle Waterbus Stop
27.5 mi Taffs Mead Waterbus Stop
Airport
25.1 mi Swansea Airport
29 mi Cardiff 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

Break into the Brecon Beacons however you please… taste the whisky from the copper-pot stills on a tour of Penderyn Distillery Visitor Centre (15 minutes' drive) perhaps? Grab a co-adventurer and strap yourselves in for a one or two-person zipwire ride from the tower of a former Colliery coal mining site at Zip World Tower (20 minutes)? Or board the Brecon Mountain Railway (40 minutes) and make your way into the mountains on the original mountain line? Mountain biking might make it onto your itinerary in these parts, as there are a couple of options within driving distance of the site. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a newbie or a pro at BikePark Wales (35 minutes), as there are lots of different forest trails. Dare Valley Country Park and Gravity Family Bike Park (35 minutes) is another good option for families, especially those who are new to the game. At this site, you’ll only be a short drive from the National Showcaves Centre for Wales (25 minutes). Here, kids are likely to love the lifesized dinosaurs and the caverns. Plus, there are lots of things to learn about the history of the dinosaurs and other cool parts of the past in the museum and Iron Age farm.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Aberafan 17.4 mi Estuary N/AGoodGoodGood
Swansea Bay 20.9 mi Estuary GoodGoodN/AGood
Rest Bay Porthcawl 22 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Sandy Bay Porthcawl 22.4 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Trecco Bay Porthcawl 22.4 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Penderyn Distillery Visitor Centre 2.8 mi

National Showcaves of Wales 5.5 mi

Brecon Mountain Railway 8.8 mi

Aberdulais Falls 11.9 mi

Carreg Cennen Castle 17.4 mi

National Trust

Aberdulais Falls 11.9 mi

Aberdeunant 19.3 mi

Dolaucothi Gold Mines 23.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Porth-yr-ogof, Nedd and Mellte Waterfalls 0.8 mi

Waterfall Circuit 0.8 mi

Ystradfellte and the Nedd Valley 1.3 mi

Ystradfellte and Cwm Porth 1.3 mi

Pontneddfechan - Hepste Waterfalls - Pontneddfechan 2.3 mi

Local events

  • Green Man Festival (Thursday, August 14, 2025 – Thursday, August 14, 2025)

    Crickhowell, Wales 17.5 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Bryn Bwch have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Bryn Bwch dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Bryn Bwch? Break into the Brecon Beacons however you please… taste the whisky from the copper-pot stills on a tour of Penderyn Distillery Visitor Centre (15 minutes' drive) perhaps? Grab a co-adventurer and strap … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Bryn Bwch?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  11 a.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  Anytime
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Bryn Bwch? From $33.89 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.