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Camping and touring Arrive: noon – 7 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Read more

Coed Derw Camping

9.3 111 reviews

Vale of Clwyd site a mile from Ruthin town centre
Half an hour's drive from Snowdonia and 40 minutes from the coast
Views of the Clwydian Range: Moel Famau within walking distance

Even a quick look at the pics gives away that Coed Derw Camping has some cracking views out over the Clwydian Range… and that in turn should give you a hint that this Denbighshire site, within the grounds of the Vale Country Club, is a fine spot for a walking holiday. It’s a particularly fine spot if you’re in the area to climb Moel Famau, the region’s highest peak. This popular hiking area is within walking distance of the park so you can tackle it without any need to consider car parking – always something of a bonus. Your boots won’t be done once you’re back down from there: have a chat with the folk on site for ideas on where else to walk locally or take a drive to the Snowdonia National Park (about half an hour away). While you’re over in Snowdonia, you might like to tackle mountain bike trails, inland surfing or zipwires too; if that all sounds a bit much, head north to the seaside with a drive of 40 minutes or so. Got any more walking in your legs? It’s handy to know you can walk to the town of Ruthin in about 20 minutes (along a road that’s got pavement all the way) – although you could also drive in five minutes if you’re out of puff. Either way, there are plenty of places to eat and drink over there, plus takeaways and shops to pick up supplies for a barbecue back at base. Back at base, facilities include toilets, showers and free wifi.

Site type

Open all year

Languages spoken

English

Welsh

Nearby sites that are bookable on Pitchup.com

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Features

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

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 Walkers' paradise

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Coed Derw Camping

Vale Country Club

Mold Road

Ruthin

Denbighshire

Wales

LL15 1SL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

53.1166°N
-3.28743°W

Nearest transport

Coach

18 km Parade Street 2

18 km McDonalds

18.1 km Ship

Rail

15.8 km Penyffordd Rail Station

16.3 km Buckley Rail Station

16.8 km Hope (Flintshire) Rail Station

Ferry

36.1 km Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal

36.5 km Birkenhead Ferry Terminal

37.3 km Seacombe Ferry Terminal

Airport

37.9 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

Best way to get out for a walk? Head straight out from the site for the likes of Ruthin Gaol (half an hour on foot) or Moel Famau (an hour and 15 minutes). Once you’ve wandered locally there are heaps more fab routes in the Snowdonia National Park (half an hour’s drive) or out on the Denbighshire moors, where Llyn Brenig (half an hour) is a top spot for waterside walks, plus sailing and fishing. If you’ve got a bit of an adventurous streak, there are plenty of places to unleash that around here. If it’s moving at speed that gets your heart going, try out the mountain bike trails at One Planet Adventure (20 minutes), or scream along the ziplines at Zip World Fforest (45 minutes). For water-based antics, ride the surf waves at Adventure Parc Snowdonia (half an hour), or something subterranean, bounce on the underground trampolines at Zip World Slate Caverns (an hour). Time for a breather? Rhyl (40 minutes) is a fine choice for a day at the seaside, playing on the beach, riding the miniature railway and eyeballing the sea beasties at the aquarium.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Marine Lake, Rhyl	26 km	Sea	N/A	N/A	Good	Good
Rhyl East	26.8 km	Sea	Good	Good	Good	Good
Prestatyn	26.9 km	Sea	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove)	27.3 km	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Rhyl	27.7 km	Sea	Good	N/A	N/A	N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Bodelwyddan Castle 21.5 km

Rhuddlan Castle 22.6 km

Chester Castle 27.4 km

Cheshire Military Museum 27.5 km

Chester Cathedral 27.7 km

National Trust

Chirk Castle 24.1 km

Bodnant Garden 36.5 km

Speke Hall, Garden and Estate 36.7 km

Mr Hardman's Photographic Studio 37.7 km

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 37.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Forge near Ruthin - a Clwydian Round 2.5 km

Clwydian Hill-Forts (6): Foel Fenlli 3 km

Clwydian Hill-Forts (5): Moel-y-Gaer Llanbedr 3.1 km

Loggerheads and the Leete Path 7 km

Cilcain - the Circuit of Moel Llys-y-Coed 7.1 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.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Out walking, only 15-20 to local town with everything we needed.

Good site, clean facilities, very quiet, lovely views

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

Anonymous Sept 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Very convenient for visiting friends, very handy for Ruthin which was a nice place to visit

Disliked: Sloping field

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great for a quick stop off or a larger unit with own shower and toilet

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

Anonymous Sept 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: I have mixed feelings on this site!

It's perfectly placed for visiting Ruthin, and walking the hills. The manager (owner?) was very friendly and quickly dealt with some noisy campers who were dancing and singing to loud music at 10.30pm. The pitches were very big, with lots of space between, and the views were fantastic, great for watching the sun set! 😃

Disliked: However, the shower and toilet facilities although very clean are shared with the country club. The showers were clean and had plenty of hot water, but the cubicles didn't have locks on them, and were small so you were had to dress in the open changing rooms with no privacy.

The toilets (only 2 cubicles per gender) were also shared with the club, and when a wedding party arrived in the evening, we were queuing up with the guests, which wasn't ideal!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site in walking distance to beautiful Ruthin town

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	6
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	4

Anonymous Sept 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely site with beautiful views within walking distance to Ruthin centre which is beautiful.
Unusual site in that it is also a country club with gym facilities and is a wedding venue. Showers etc within these facilities which was ok although when there wedding was on didn’t like the idea of going for a shower and bumping in to guests.
Site seemed more expensive than others we’ve stayed on

Disliked: Site seemed more expensive than others we’ve stayed on.
Also owners dog was allowed to roam she was beautiful, friendly and very large my dog was intimidated by her and one evening we had to shut the tent to eat because she wouldn’t go away.
Did give WiFi code or any extra details left to work out for ourselves

Recommend to friends Visit again

Absolutely beautiful site! Lovely views and would definitely recommend to anybody. Staff…

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

Paula k. Sept 2024

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Absolutely beautiful site! Lovely views and would definitely recommend to anybody. Staff lovely and the building to get a shower is a luxury! Would definitely come again 😊

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site with gorgeous scenery, unreal facilities

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

Anonymous Sept 2024

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Facilities are great, pitch is lovely and quiet lovely owners, wouldn’t stay anywhere else lovely bar inside

Hot tub and gym amenities are great

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

It's just brilliant 👏…

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 Sept 2024

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: It's just brilliant 👏

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with wonderful and clean facilities with friendly staff

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

Lam Wai S. Sept 2024

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: The campsite facilities are very good. It gives us a wonderful experience in wild camping. We will come back again with friends.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic views. Well presented site with plenty of space. Clean facilities. Ideally located…

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

Anonymous Sept 2024

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Fantastic views. Well presented site with plenty of space. Clean facilities.
Ideally located for Rhuthin (walking distance) and Clywdian range. Griffin pub up the road (walking distance but take a torch) had a good range of local beers.

Disliked: Limited male toilet facilities- could be a problem if the site is busy. Make sure you’re prepared for a sloping pitch!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Outstanding service for autistic son, beautiful site.

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

Barry G. Aug 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely site with stunning views, but what also made it fantastic was the superb care from the team with my autistic son - he really struggled with the public shower block (which is lovely by the way) - he couldn't be amongst strangers changing without a changing room. I messaged the owners and received a response immediately inviting him to use one of the private bnb bathrooms - outstanding care going above and beyond. Lovely pitches in superb condition and will be returning

Disliked: Lovely walk to the village but maybe a mini shop on site would be really useful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely facilities and views.…

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

Emma T. Aug 2024

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely facilities and views.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Frequently asked questions

Does Coed Derw Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Coed Derw Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Coed Derw Camping? Best way to get out for a walk? Head straight out from the site for the likes of Ruthin Gaol (half an hour on foot) or Moel Famau (an hour and 15 … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Coed Derw Camping?

Camping and touring

Arrive: noon – 7 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

Read more