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Glynbrochan Campsite

8.4 11 reviews

Peaceful rural Powys site less than 10 minutes' drive from Llanidloes
A 15-minute drive to Clywedog Reservoir; 30 mins to Devil's Bridge
Simple pitches with lovely views; dogs welcome

Take a look at the pics for Glynbrochan Campsite and you’ll probably note that they feature an awful lot of green – if restorative rural views are what you’re seeking, you’ve come to the right place. This peaceful pop-up site has been set up in an open field in the pretty Powys countryside, just under 10 minutes’ drive from the shops and pubs of Llanidloes. Pitches here are in the middle of a gorgeous green valley, with fine views all around over rural scenery, and a quiet, friendly atmosphere on site. It’s a simple setup here (in keeping with its rural surroundings), with just portable toilets and a shower tent in the pitching field and space to park your car by your pitch. Dogs are welcome to join you on your break here, and there’s plenty of space for them to stretch their paws on walks nearby. As you might expect when surrounded by such fine scenery there are lots of places to get out for a rural ramble or bike ride in the area – top spots are the Clywedog Reservoir (about 15 minutes’ drive away) and Devil’s Bridge waterfall (half an hour). Looking for adventure further afield? Glynbrochan Campsite is located just off National Cycle Route 8 and is 45 minutes' drive from Aberystwyth and its surrounding beaches.

Site type

Languages spoken

English

British Sign Language (BSL)

Welsh

Nearby sites that are bookable on Pitchup.com

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

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 pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer Communal fridge Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Shop nearby

Type

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

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Glynbrochan Campsite

Glynbrochan

Llanidloes

Powys

Wales

SY18 6PL

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.43135°N
-3.57596°W

Nearest transport

Coach

3 km The Groe

3.4 km Black Lion Hotel

3.5 km Post Office

Rail

13.6 km Caersws Rail Station

20.1 km Newtown (Powys) Rail Station

24.6 km Pen-y-Bont Rail Station

Ferry

45 km Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing

45.4 km Barmouth Ferry Landing

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

More of those marvellous Mid Wales views? There are plenty around… and a good place to start is at Clywedog Reservoir (15 minutes’ drive), which has a couple of signposted walking trails along the waterside and up to the huge 72-metre dam. You can stop off at the remains of the Bryntail Lead Mine while you’re in the area for a sniff of the area’s industrial past. Elsewhere, the Gilfach Nature Reserve (20 minutes) is another good spot for a wander, as is the route to the 90-metre Devil’s Bridge Falls (half an hour), taking in viewpoints to the Punch Bowl and Three Bridges. You may well spot some wildlife on your walks, but to be sure of doing so, visit the Red Kite Feeding Station (25 minutes) for close encounters with the big birds. Add a bit of history and culture to your break with a trip to the medieval remnants of Dolforwyn Castle (35 minutes) or an outing to Mid Wales Arts (20 minutes) to see what exhibitions and events are on while you’re in town.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Borth	33.1 km	Sea	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Clarach South	34.2 km	Sea	Good	Good	Good	Good
Aberystwyth North	34.6 km	Sea	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Excellent
Aberdyfi	34.7 km	Estuary	Excellent	Good	Good	Good
Aberystwyth South	34.9 km	Sea	Good	Good	Good	Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

MOMA Wales - Y Tabernacl 25.9 km

Vale of Rheidol Railway (Aberystwyth) 34.4 km

Powis Castle & Garden 37.3 km

Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway 38.7 km

National Trust

Cwmmau Farmhouse 46.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Pont ar Elan - Esgair y Llwyn - Cerrig Llwydion - Pont ar Elan 11.4 km

Rhayader - River Wye - RSPB Reserve - Gigrin Quarry 15 km

Rhayader - Glanllyn - Treheslog Farm - Rhayader 15.2 km

Penybont - Esgair Perfedd - Crug1 Ci - Penybont 15.4 km

Penybont - North Lookout - South Lookout - Penybont 15.4 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.

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

We arrived late and set up in the dark, facilities were clean…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Sept 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: We arrived late and set up in the dark, facilities were clean and well stocked. Very quiet site, we had a great sleep.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A lovely campsite in beautiful and peaceful surroundings.

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Jul 2024

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Wonderful setting, clean toilets and showers available.

Disliked: Toilet/shower doors should have something like a latch outside to keep them opening in the wind. Current campers use a stone to manoeuvre the vacant/engaged tab to engaged to stop the door opening. But difficult to know if there’s anyone in there? No wi-fi or signal available.

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From the manager: Rrr thank you soo much for your comments and I promise you we will rectify the doors ASAP . Safe journey and thank you for picking us it means a lot 😀

Recommend

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

Stuart J. Jul 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely pitch by a beautiful brook. The host and hostess were very helpful with my camping gear.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quiet site and clean.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

John C. Aug 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely views with a really nice drive to the site located near a good few towns and 1 hour away from Aberystwyth.
Exactly what we were looking for, a remote location with a great night sky view.
It has a really nice stream running at the back of the site.
Toilet and shower facility in one unit.
Very clean site and very friendly owners who helped us out at a very late time with a fire pit issue we had.

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Great popup!

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	No rating

Tina P. Aug 2023

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Exactly what it says on the tin a great little popup site we loved it. Lovely welcome from the owner and just an overall lovely vibe. Loo/shower was fine, it's a popup site it's functional.

Disliked: Nothing!

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Not a great site for rooky female lone camper

Overall	4/10
Location	4
Value for money	6
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	No rating
Child friendliness	No rating
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Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Aug 2023

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Very rural and remote. Just a field with a recently built hard track an toilet block.

Disliked: I was traveling alone and using the site as a stop off on long journey. There was noone else on the site., apart from three empty caravans with no-one home. Decided not to stay because even in daylight it felt too isolated for me. There was a new toilet facility that I didn't check out. I'd prepaid £20 which seemed steep for one person .. gt for a larger group

Recommend to friends Visit again

Had an absolutely brilliant time. Cannot wait to come back!

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

Leha J. Sept 2022

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Peacefulness, wide open space, little stream. Liked absolutely everything about this site and cannot wait to return.

Disliked: Nothing!

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Site was exactly how it was described. Nice quiet area, clean shower…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

David C. Aug 2022

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Site was exactly how it was described. Nice quiet area, clean shower and toilets. I’d be happy to stay again. Pity it’s not open till end of September

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Nice location, shame about the other guests.

Overall	6/10
Location	10
Value for money	6
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	2
Child friendliness	6
Cleanliness	4
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sept 2022

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Location

Disliked: Campsite was nice and peaceful on arrival and as soon as we booked, a car of people returned to their tent where they pumped music from their car. Had that happened before we booked we wouldn't have stayed. We then found out later in the day that our neighbours would smoke weed constantly. Not a fan of portaloos and on multiple occasions these were below standards. Had this been a manned site we felt like these issues wouldn't have happened or could have been managed better. But without any contact details we had no one to report any problems we had to.

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Overall great place to go if you want some peace and quite.

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	6
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Michelle M. Sept 2022

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Did like how it was just in a private field and you can chose where you want to go. Lovely view of the stars and nice surroundings. The location is great we ended up on an amazing route through to Hefron Forrest (maybe spelt wrong) even though it was a bank holiday weekend it was super peaceful.

Disliked: I did expect a shower/toilet block but the toilet is a Porto cabin and the shower is built into the back of an old horse trailer. This is a back to basics site and is still very lovely though.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Glynbrochan Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Glynbrochan Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Glynbrochan Campsite? More of those marvellous Mid Wales views? There are plenty around… and a good place to start is at Clywedog Reservoir (15 minutes’ drive), which has a couple of signposted walking trails … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Glynbrochan Campsite?

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