Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse

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Amazing views from the highest pitch (added by visitor 27 jun 2022)

  • Popular place for hikers, bikers and Mach Loop viewers
  • Surrounded by woodland and farmland, 35 mins' drive from Zip World
  • Easy access to the Torrent Walk and Coed-y-Brenin mountain bike centre
Hiker, biker or both? Walk this way. Gywnedd’s Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse is a Snowdonia mecca for mountain bikers and walkers with trails for both all around. The Torrent Walk is only 500 metres from the site and the famed Coed-y-Brenin mountain bike centre is in the area with acres more walking trails around it. And, for the truly hardy, the mountain Cadair Idris and its three trails can be tackled nearby… and for the hardier still, the ziplines and airborne antics of Zip World Bounce Below are 35 minutes' drive away. Back at base, Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse is surrounded on all sides by woodland, farmland and mountain views, with pitches on a sheltered, level field. Site facilities include a toilet and shower block, disabled facilities, washing machines, tumble dryers, fridges, freezers, a microwave and mobile charging facilities. There’s also a power wash for bikes and equipment, and the Torrent Walk team can store your bike for you if needed. For stocking up, the garage just up the road sells essentials and Campinggaz, a shop and café are within a five-minute walk, and a small supermarket and a wide range of shops are in the village of Dolgellau a mile and a half away. Cooking your own dinner? Campfires are allowed but all the materials must be purchased on site.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 6
Tent pitches 69
Touring caravan pitches 71
Motorhome pitches 71
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • For items hired on site: a £30 deposit is required for electric cables and a £20 deposit for firepits (payable in cash only) and will be fully refunded upon return.

Languages spoken

English

Polish

Welsh

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

91%

would recommend this site to a friend

86%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Enjoyed my stay.

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

Electric optional grass tent pitch (small, two person)

Liked: Very picturesque site with good facilities and staff who just left you alone. Wifi was better than many hotels I have stayed at, great service indeed.

Disliked: No fault of the owners but the road noise was pretty bad. When lorries went down that hill I thought it was jets at a distance making their way to the Mach Loop. Shame really as it's a lovely site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: The staff, beautiful view, location, accessibility, easy to find, facilities

Disliked: Neighbor tents are a little bit close

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site with clean facilities & friendly staff.

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Site is in a beautiful location with lots to do in the surrounding area. Not a long walk into Dolgellau but along main roads, easy to get a taxi though. Facilities always kept spotless - cleaned frequently. Showers are hot with good water pressure. Friendly staff and a great atmosphere on the site. Pitch number emailed to us before we arrived so we could just drive straight onto the pitch. Fire pits available for hire.

Disliked: Didn’t particularly bother us but as others have said there is some road noise from the road above the site. We had a ‘grassy’ pitch which was quite bare so expect it would get quite muddy when raining.

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Great view, good faciliteiten, perfect location naar Dolgellau.…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Great view, good faciliteiten, perfect location naar Dolgellau.

Disliked: Noisy road runs alongside the campsite. Many open files during the evening and People chopping wood till 10.30 PM.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean showers , friendly staff…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Clean showers , friendly staff

Disliked: Pitches are not very level. A little bit too close together. Firepit smoke drifting everywhere . Road noise

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Excellent location clean and tidy facilities and quiet and tranquil…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Excellent location clean and tidy facilities and quiet and tranquil

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you Gavin.

Location is great for use as a base to the surrounding area.…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Location is great for use as a base to the surrounding area. Easy access to Coed-y-Brenin and other MTB trails. Facilities whilst basic are clean and well maintained. Site is now operating self check in where they email your pitch number ahead of arrival meaning you can go straight to your pitch and setup.

Disliked: Traffic noise from the road is quite intrusive in the quieter hours of the night. More noticeable being in a tent.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review.

Excellent site would visit again

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Nice small Site with beautiful views. Nice and quiet, showers nice and hot! Totally clean site . Good location also !

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thank you Elizabeth

Good site

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

Electric optional grass tent pitch (small, two person)

Liked: Lovely lady at reception , was very welcoming and gave us a choice of pitches, we settled for 34 which was at the top of hill overlooking the site and a great view of the valley .

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From the manager: Thank you for your kind words.

good base to xplore Snowdonia. yes still snowdonia to me

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Helpful pleasant staff, good pich just in the right place. Facilities very clean and checked constantly. Close enough to walk to dolgellau. half an hour from Barmouth .

Disliked: Leaving

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review, hope to see you again.


Features

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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Budget/backpacker Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

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 Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse

Dolgun Uchaf

Dolgellau

Gwynedd

Wales

LL40 2AB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.7501°N
-3.85601°W

Nearest transport

Coach
27.3 km Sportsman
27.3 km Tesco
28.5 km Market Square
Rail
12.8 km Morfa Mawddach Rail Station
13.9 km Barmouth Rail Station
14.4 km Fairbourne Rail Station
Ferry
13.6 km Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing
13.7 km Barmouth Ferry Landing

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

The mountains and trails of Snowdonia, the beaches of Barmouth and the north Wales coast, and heritage attractions like the Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway and Harlech Castle are all within about half an hour’s drive of Torrent Walk, and Snowdonia National Park has activities for all sorts including whitewater rafting, horse riding, climbing and wild swimming. The closest activity to home is the popular Torrent Walk, a four-mile circular path following the River Clywedog through its gorge; keep an eye out for otters and lesser horseshoe bats along its route. For gentler strolls, the National Trust managed Cregennan Lakes are about five miles west of Dolgellau on the slopes of Cadair ldris, and the flat Mawddach Trail between Dolgellau and Barmouth along the Mawddach estuary has hiking and biking paths with cracking views. Cregannan also has two lakes for fly and worm fishing, one for brown trout and the other for brown and blue. Head to the coast for Barmouth and Fairbourne, both uncrowded and with miles of golden sand and Blue Flag awards. Beaut Barmouth Harbour, at the mouth of the Mawddach Estuary, is where to bag a boat for sea and fishing trips, while Fairbourne is a big pull for windsurfers and other watersport sorts. If sightseeing both seasides, take the Fairbourne Steam Railway from Fairbourne to Penrhyn Point and then the passenger ferry to Barmouth.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Barmouth 14.2 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Fairbourne 14.9 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Tal-Y-Bont 17.2 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Dyffryn (Llanendwyn) 18.5 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Llandanwg 20.5 km Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

MOMA Wales - Y Tabernacl 17.7 km

CADW - Harlech Castle 20.9 km

Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway 24.4 km

Portmeirion Gardens 24.4 km

Ffestiniog Railway 26.6 km

National Trust

Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant 33.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Precipice Walk, north of Dolgellau 2.6 km

The New Precipice Walk from Llanelltyd 3 km

Cadair Idris by the Fox's Path 5.1 km

Mawddach Estuary 5.1 km

Cadair Idris 6 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Want to know more about camping in Gwynedd?

  • Does Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse? The mountains and trails of Snowdonia, the beaches of Barmouth and the north Wales coast, and heritage attractions like the Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway and Harlech Castle are all within about half an … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  10:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse? From R474.44 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.