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Blackberry Patch

Eco-friendly bell tent on a smallholding in a rural Welsh village
Four sandy beaches and castles within 25 minutes’ drive of the site
Cooking facilities, eating space and barbecue, plus pubs nearby

How’s this for an itinerary? An afternoon of pedalling across lush Carmarthenshire cycleways or surveying crumbling castles, followed by tucking into a cheesy pizza or barbecued skewers over your private woodburning fire and barbecue? Blackberry Patch might bring this vision to life… See, this is an eco glamping site with a bell tent, cooking facilities and a fully equipped eating space. There are no other campers on the smallholding, so it’s just you folk and the rural Carmarthenshire atmosphere (oh, and a gas-powered shower, an eco composting toilet and a cooking tripod over the woodburning fire and barbecue). The smallholding is in the centre of the rural Welsh village of Ponthenry, so that means that there are handy things within a five-minute walk of the site. That includes two pubs and a kebab and pizza takeaway shop (yes, really…). There are lots of local cafés about too – not in the village, but within a five- to 10-minute drive of the site. Whether you tackle the cycle ways and footpaths that criss-cross these parts or track down one of the four sandy beaches within a 25-minute drive of Blackberry Patch, you'll be certain of a cosy abode to come back to. The six-metre bell tent has a kingsize bed and two single beds, and all the linen is provided.

Campground type

Languages spoken

English

Nearby parks that are bookable on Pitchup.com

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Features

No dogs allowed

Pop-up campground

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 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 No dogs allowed

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Spectacular scenery 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 Public transportation nearby

Type

Farm Pop-up campground Tiny (1-10 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Blackberry Patch

Felin fach

Ponthenri

Llanelli

Carmarthenshire

Wales

SA15 5RD

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.76033°N
4.2108°W

Route directions

Pull over at the sign for the blackberry patch and telephone. The postcode is accurate.

Nearest transport

Bus

5.8 mi Library

5.8 mi Bus Station

Rail

4.9 mi Kidwelly Rail Station

5.5 mi Pembrey & Burry Port Rail Station

6.3 mi Llanelli Rail Station

Ferry

15.9 mi Swansea Queens Dock Ferry Terminal

21.8 mi Tenby Ferry Landing

22.4 mi Caldey Island Ferry Landing

Airport

12.5 mi Swansea 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

Beach day? Toss a coin between the four closest sandy beaches. There are beaches on both sides of Burry Port (25 minutes' drive), Hafan Lliedi (20 minutes) in lively Llanelli or the huge stretch of sand at Pembrey beach (25 minutes). The latter is part of a coastal country park with trails, a dry ski slope and tobogganing activities – plenty to fill a few hours with. If you're one who feels drawn to heritage days, these parts certainly are not short on castle ruins. There’s the Norman Kidwelly Castle (15 minutes), Castell Carreg Cennen (40 minutes) 300 feet above the river Cennen, and Kidwelly Castle (15 minutes) above the river Gwendraeth. Stop off at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (20 minutes) to sniff the flowers, or at Llyn Llech Owain Country Park (20 minutes) to count the wild creatures around the bog and forest trails.

(within 6.2 mi)

Castle, Aquarium, Theme park, Zoo, & Cashpoint (within 10 mi)

Food and drink

The Deli Bros Restaurant 0.1 mi
The Baltic Inn & Restaurant 0.3 mi
Square & Compass Pub 0.5 mi
Eatzen Chinese Restaurant 0.6 mi
Pontyates RFC Pub 0.6 mi
Pontyates Tandoori Restaurant 0.6 mi
Waun Wyllt Inn Pub 2.6 mi
The Farmers Arms Pub 3.2 mi
Mynyddcerrig Workingmen's Club Pub 3.4 mi
The Red Lion Pub 4.1 mi

Groceries

Co-op Food 4.3 mi
Co-op Food 5.1 mi
The Co-operative Food 5.6 mi
Asda 5.9 mi
Aldi 5.9 mi
Lidl 6 mi
The Food Warehouse 6 mi
Kubuś Polski Centrum 6 mi

Parks and play

The Tip Playground 0.5 mi
Pontyberem Park 2.2 mi
Parc y Bocs park 3.9 mi
Drefach Park 4.1 mi
Mynydd Mawr Woodland Park 4.8 mi
Llundain Fach Play Area Playground 5.1 mi
Memorial Park 5.2 mi
Parc Howard park 5.4 mi
Old Road School Nature's Den Playground 5.5 mi
Parc Y Gelli Playground 5.6 mi

Family days out

Ffos Las Racecourse & Convention Centre Visitor attraction 2.3 mi
Kidwelly Castle 4.3 mi
Festival Fields Visitor attraction 5.3 mi
The British Bird of Prey Centre Zoo 5.4 mi
Ice House Visitor attraction 6.2 mi
Carmarthen Castle 7.8 mi
Loughor Castle 8.9 mi

Public transport

Post Office 0.2 mi
Rhydyffynon 0.6 mi
Black Horse 1.3 mi
Meinciau Cross Roads 1.6 mi
Four Roads Post Office 1.7 mi
Libanus Chapel 1.9 mi
Haulfryn 1.9 mi
Bancffosfelen Primary School 2 mi
Heol y Parc 2 mi
Bancffosfelen 2 mi

Beaches

Tywyn Bâch 5.5 mi

Other nearby

Glyn Abbey Golf Club Golf course 1.7 mi
East Dock Marina 5.7 mi
West Harbour Marina 5.7 mi
Outer Harbour Marina 5.8 mi
St. Elli Shopping Centre 5.8 mi
Club Eden Nightclub 5.9 mi
Supersave General shop 6 mi
Ashburnham Golf Club Golf course 6.1 mi

Local services

Lloyds TSB Cashpoint 5.8 mi
Santander Cashpoint 5.8 mi
Lloyds Bank Cashpoint 5.8 mi
Pontyates Surgery Doctors 0.6 mi
Asda Fuel station 0.6 mi
Harlow & Knowles Pharmacy 0.6 mi
Coalbrook Surgery Doctors 2.2 mi
Well Pharmacy 3 mi
Well Pharmacy 3.1 mi
Oil4Wales Fuel station 4.2 mi
Nigel Williams Pharmacy 4.4 mi
Murco Fuel station 4.4 mi
Tumble Surgery Doctors 4.6 mi

Must see

National Botanic Garden of Wales 6.3 mi

Pembrey Country Park 6.9 mi

National Wetland Centre Wales 7.7 mi

Aberglasney Gardens 10.3 mi

Carreg Cennen Castle 11.8 mi

National Trust

Aberdeunant 12.4 mi

Rhossili Visitor Centre and Shop 13.7 mi

Aberdulais Falls 19.3 mi

Tudor Merchant's House 21.8 mi

Dolaucothi Gold Mines 22.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cwm Ivy - Whiteford Point - Whiteford Sands 10 mi

Laugharne - Sir John's Hill - Bird Board - Laugharne 10.8 mi

Laugharne - Dylan's Way - Laugharne 10.8 mi

Laugharne - Broadway - Coast Path - Laugharne 10.8 mi

Penmaen - Parkmill - Three Cliffs Bay 13.1 mi