Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park
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- Family-owned Snowdonia site near the shore of Bala Lake
- A short walk to watersports, boat hire and Bala Lake Railway
- Within walking distance of Bala’s shops, restaurants and golf course
Site type
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3Tourist board rating
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.- Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
- No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
- Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
- At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
- If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
- If bringing a rooftop tent, please book one of the hardstanding pitches.
Languages spoken
English
Welsh
Open from Sat, 01 Mar to
Open from Sun, 01 Mar to
Pitch types & availability
6M fully-serviced hardstanding campervan pitch
Max. persons unlimited 
Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Max 5.0m width x 6.0m depth (16.4ft width x 19.7ft depth) Calculated area: 30.0m² (322.9ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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8M fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Min 5.0m width x 8.0m depth (16.4ft width x 26.2ft depth) Calculated area: 40.0m² (430.6ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Fully-serviced hardstanding campervan pitch (medium)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Max 5.0m width x 7.0m depth (16.4ft width x 23.0ft depth) Calculated area: 35.0m² (376.7ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Max 4.2m width x 8.0m depth (13.8ft width x 26.2ft depth) Calculated area: 33.6m² (361.7ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Max 5.0m width x 9.0m depth (16.4ft width x 29.5ft depth) Calculated area: 45.0m² (484.4ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (medium)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Min 5.0m width x 7.0m depth (16.4ft width x 23.0ft depth) Calculated area: 35.0m² (376.7ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (small, maximum 6 metres)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Max 4.0m width x 6.0m depth (13.1ft width x 19.7ft depth) Calculated area: 24.0m² (258.3ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (XL)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Hardstanding
Pitch size: Max 5.0m width x 10.0m depth (16.4ft width x 32.8ft depth) Calculated area: 50.0m² (538.2ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £45 (£45) 1 night, 2 adults
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Non-electric grass tent pitch
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Max 5.0m width x 5.0m depth (16.4ft width x 16.4ft depth) Calculated area: 25.0m² (269.1ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £34 (£34) 1 night, 2 adults
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Electric grass tent pitch (large)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Max 4.0m width x 11.0m depth (13.1ft width x 36.1ft depth) Calculated area: 44.0m² (473.6ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £41 (£41) 1 night, 2 adults
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Electric grass tent pitch (medium)
Max. persons unlimited Wifi at the unit/pitch Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Max 7.0m width x 4.0m depth (23.0ft width x 13.1ft depth) Calculated area: 28.0m² (301.4ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £41 (£41) 1 night, 2 adults
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Little Green shepherd's hut
2 people maximum Wifi at the unit/pitch Arrival daysFrom £60 (£60) 1 night, 2 adults
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Lili Prospector Castle ready tent
4 people maximum Dimensions: 3.0m width x 3.3m length (9.8ft width x 10.8ft length) Calculated area: 9.9m² (106.6ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £140 (£140) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Rhosyn Prospector Castle ready tent
4 people maximum Dimensions: 3.0m width x 3.3m length (9.8ft width x 10.8ft length) Calculated area: 9.9m² (106.6ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £140 (£140) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Belle shepherd's hut (hot tub)
3 people maximum Arrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Blodwen shepherd's hut (hot tub)
3 people maximum Arrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Branwen shepherd's hut (hot tub)
3 people maximum Arrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Celyn 2 bedroom safari tent (no pets)
5 people maximum 
No dogs allowed Wifi at the unit/pitch 2 bedroomsDimensions: 5.1m width x 7.5m length (16.7ft width x 24.4ft length) Calculated area: 38.0m² (409.0ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Derw 2 bedroom safari tent (pet friendly)
5 people maximum Wifi at the unit/pitch 2 bedroomsDimensions: 5.1m width x 7.5m length (16.7ft width x 24.4ft length) Calculated area: 38.0m² (409.0ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Helyg 2 bedroom ready tent
4 people maximum 2 bedroomsArrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Onnen 2 bedroom safari tent (pet friendly)
5 people maximum Wifi at the unit/pitch 2 bedroomsDimensions: 5.1m width x 7.5m length (16.7ft width x 24.4ft length) Calculated area: 38.0m² (409.0ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £200 (£200) 2 nights, 2 adults
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Reviews
Voted 78% of visitors View breakdown
would recommend this site to a friend
would stay here again
Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.
Great stay no negatives
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Electric grass tent pitch (large)
Liked: Clean well set out site ideally located for the lake and town.
Facilities were 1st class staff always helpful and friendly
Peaceful and tranquill a little gem of a site
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From the manager: Thank you very much Neil, we're glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again soon!
Great site
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (XL)
Liked: Every thing about this site is great, the pitch was level and spotless with plenty of room, the toilets and showers were very clean and modern, within walking distance from Bala town and lake, will recommend this site to anyone.
Disliked: Nothing
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Thank you so much Gary - please come and see us again soon!
Fantastic area. Clean, tidy and friendly
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (small, maximum 6 metres)
Liked: Friendly staff. Toilet and shower block was amazing. Nothing was ever too much for staff. They all said hello when passing. Everywhere was clean and tidy. Even the shop on site had things you didn't think you needed
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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, very much appreciated. We take great pride in our shower block and try and be on top of the cleaning at all times. We are a friendly lot here and again it is part of the service to make sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable when staying on site
Thank you again.
Team PYB
Excellent stay. Will come again.
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Branwen shepherd's hut (hot tub)
Liked: We stayed in Branden. It was amazing. Clean, cosy with welcome tea and coffee. We are definitely planning to return to the lovely site and that says a lot for someone who has never camped before.
Disliked: All great
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From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind words Barbara, it is always nice to hear positive things about our glamping huts and we are so happy that you enjoyed your stay with us. we look forward to seeing you again in the future,
Kind Regards
Team PYB
Lovely site, amazing staff, fantastic amenities but not for us.
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Electric grass tent pitch (medium)
Liked: The site was impeccably clean with all the amenities you could hope for. The staff were so welcoming and helpful and the views incredible. It is set up really well for camper vans with large pitches for tents and smaller ones, all with electric hook ups. This is a perfect site for families or those looking for more community and friendly neighbours.
Disliked: We felt it was a little misleading, as it said it was on the lake which it isn’t. It’s only a 10 minute walk so not the worst thing but we had hoped to be on the lakeside as we had been with another site. We were in a lovely pitch and this wasn’t anything the staff could have influenced but we were kept awake long into the early hours by loud music from the glamping and the gents right next to us. We were looking for a sedate campsite and unfortunately this wasn’t the site for that.
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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and glad that you liked the layout of the site and the fact that we take pride in our amenities. It is unfortunate that you were kept awake until late as when the warden was around at 10.30pm all was well but if you would have told the staff in the morning, it would have been dealt with, unfortunatley we cannot do anything after the event. I am not sure where you have seen that we advertise that we are a camping site on the lake as we are obviously not and we do say that we are a 2 minute walk from the lake ( by the sailing club ) but you just might have misread that.
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Team PYB
Great site with clean facilities, friendly and helpful staff
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Electric grass tent pitch (medium)
Liked: I liked how clean the site was and how friendly and helped staff were. The site is convenient to Bala town and lake. Easily accessible with a 10 minute walk where you can access shops, cafes and pubs. The lake is a great day out especially when the weather is nice.
Disliked: Only complaint I have is we had some very noisy campers next to us and the road at the back of the site could be noisy at times in the night when trying to sleep.
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From the manager: Thank you for taking time to leave us a review, we're so glad you enjoyed your time with us apart from the campers next door and i do you will give us another try very soon!
PYB team
Lovely site with spotless facilities and a well stocked shop.
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Fully-serviced hardstanding motorhome pitch
Liked: Lovely site within easy walking distance to Bala and Bala railway with a half hour steam train journey along the lake. Spotlessly clean toilets with spacious shower cubicles. Well equipped shop open 9 to 5.
Disliked: Nothing
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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, very much appreciated and we are so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you here again in the future.
Kind Regards
Team PYB.
The place was spotless and everything was perfect. The location was…
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8M fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch
Liked: The place was spotless and everything was perfect. The location was picturesque and close to the lake. The lady introduced us to the pitch and kindly assisted with any issues we had.
Disliked: The shop was not open all day. We were looking to see if there was a dog bowl we could purchase.
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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review - we're so glad you enjoyed your stay with us.
The shop is open 9am-5pm but on the rare occasion we do have to close the shop during the day, our phone number is always on the door to contact us and we will come straight down to help - we're usually just on site cleaning the glamping units or amenity block.
Excellent facilities, open space, staff very friendly…
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Fully-serviced hardstanding campervan pitch (medium)
Liked: Excellent facilities, open space, staff very friendly
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From the manager: Thank you for taking time to leave us a review, we're so glad you enjoyed your time with us and hope to see you again very soon!
PYB team
Simply Lovely
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Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large)
Liked: Beautiful site in a lovely location , Nice toilet/shower block and good facilities, friendly helpful staff (Janice was brill) pitches looked like they just been done, was on a fully serviced pitch and it was lovely and level , all connections in right place.
Mobile signal was good on my EE phone and on my Vodafone mobile wifi device, though I couldn't get a tv signal at all... very short walk to Bala village , and the massive lake. and a reasonably short drive to Coed Y Brenin forest park , my favourite place to go mountain biking.
really nice campsite , would definitely go again.
Disliked: pitch was near road, some road noise, but not terrible
aggregate used on pitch is large , so awning pegs don't stay in , wasn't windy, so had no issues
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From the manager: Thank you for taking time to leave us a review, we're so glad you enjoyed your time with us and made the most of the glorious sunshine in Coed y brening and by the lake and hope to see you again very soon!
PYB team
Features
Dogs allowed
Campfires 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 WatersportsAmenities 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 Local produce Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Tents for hire Toilet block Washing-up area WifiGroups welcome
D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcomeRules
Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all yearThemes
Budget/backpacker Forest Lake and/or mountain Leave the car at home Luxury Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife havenUtilities
Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energyNearby amenities
Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearbyType
Large (51-200 pitches)Accessibility
Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Smooth, hard roads e.g. tarmac Well-lit pathNearby leisure
Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearbyTouring and motorhomes
Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourersLocation
Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park
Llangynog Road
Bala
Gwynedd
Wales
LL23 7PH
Directions Timezone
Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)
GPS
52.90153°N
-3.59025°W
Nearest transport
Coach
Rail
Ferry
AirportPlease 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
Water quality at nearby bathing waters
| Name | Distance | Type | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlech | 36.4 km | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Llandanwg | 37 km | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Barmouth | 37.4 km | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Tal-Y-Bont | 37.9 km | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Dyffryn (Llanendwyn) | 38.4 km | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
Data source: European Environment Agency
Must see
Portmeirion Gardens 34.1 km
CADW - Harlech Castle 35.1 km
Ffestiniog Railway 36.1 km
Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) 36.6 km
MOMA Wales - Y Tabernacl 38.8 km
National Trust
Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 23.8 km
Chirk Castle 33.7 km
Bodnant Garden 39.5 km
Aberconwy House 45 km
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Other
Carnedd y Filiast 9.4 km
Llandrillo and the Berwyns from the West 10.6 km
Arenig Fawr Circular 10.9 km
Rhiwargor Car Park - Pistyll-y-Meincian - Bird Hide - Rhiwargor 11.3 km
LAKE VYRNWY (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 15/04/1980) 13.9 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 Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
- Is Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
- What attractions are near Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park? For those days where you can’t be bothered to walk too far, it’s very handy that the station for the narrow-gauge Bala Lake Railway is just five minutes’ walk away. Views of … Read more
- When can I check in and check out of Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park?
Read moreCamping and touring Arrive: 1 p.m. – 11 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. On-site accommodation Arrive: 4 p.m. – 11 p.m. Depart by: 10 a.m. - How much does it cost to stay at Pen Y Bont Touring and Camping Park? From R828,61 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.