Cwmsoar Camping

Liked It’s a very simple campsite as described and the pitches are clearly marked out. You choose your own pitch and if busy, you may be left on a hilly pitch but it was relatively quiet over the weekend so we were able to set up on a more flatter pitch.

Being next to a country road, it was quiet and peaceful, with very little traffic noise. There was a pub nearby playing live music on Friday night but this finished well before 10pm so we didn’t find this was much of an issue and we were tempted to find out where it was to go there and enjoy the following night (the music only played on Friday night).

The reservoir trail is close by and we were going to go paddle boarding if the weather was better. In order to get out on the water, there is a fee. £6 for half a day, or £10 for a whole day.

As described on the site, there is no showers and only portaloos on the campsite, but it was nice to go back to basics. The toilets were smelly but kept clean and stocked with toilet roll and hand sanitiser.

One of the site owners, Sue, came round on Saturday evening to introduce herself and it was lovely to have a chat.

Disliked The portaloos were quite smelly but they were kept clean with toilet roll and hand sanitiser. I’m not sure anything can be done about the smell though.

Being in a more remote location, signal is hit and miss. There was no O2 reception and very little EE reception, only enough to receive and send plain text messages or call.

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Liked Lovely location, quiet and pretty field. Drinking water was handy too! Owner seemed lovely when she came over to say hello after we’d set up. We happened to be the only ones there until our last night which was a lovely bonus! Portaloos were cleaned daily

Disliked I do however think it’s overpriced for what it is. I normally find sites without showers are normally about half the price but the main thing for me was that there’s no bins to leave rubbish. I think for the price paid to then not even be able to leave rubbish is a bit of a pain. Portaloos we’re very clean however right on top of each other which became a bit uncomfortable when the site got busier on our last night.

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Liked It was quiet and peaceful. We had the campsite to ourselves for two out of the three nights, pitches were a decent size and the portaloos were cleaned regularly. The owners came over and introduced themselves and seemed very nice.

Disliked Only two portaloos available and are right next to each other which wasn’t so nice when the campsite got busier on the third night. Seemed over price for such basic facilities and never been to a campsite that doesn’t provide bins and you are expected to take your rubbish home.

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Liked Clean, quiet, comfortable stay with sunshine and bird song all around.

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Liked Simple and very clean and tidy

Disliked No showers

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Liked No frills, but it was exactly what we wanted. Beautiful site, quiet and peaceful. Toilets were basic, but well kept and clean. Easy access for us to visit family. We would definitely consider using again.

Disliked Road to get there was a little tight in a van, but nothing that can be done about that! It meant we were out of the way of too much traffic, so not to bad!

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Liked Very nice place.

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Liked Nothing too smoky

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From the manager: Dear Nicola
Sorry to see your very negative account of a visit to Cwmsoar. I dont recall meeting you at checkin, I might have been able to offer support.

I note the booking was for 15th August, the weekend of receiveing; The National Emergency Alert 🔥 from government, for extreme risk of fires due to the hot weather.

There are several mountain fires burning within 10-15 miles of Cwmsoar. We have experienced minimal issues with smoke on site, this can be changeable with wind direction and the development of new fires.

We are closely monitoring local warnings, the site for smoke and the safety of our clients.

There is a temporary ban on site, in line with goverment guidance.
No open fires
No BBQ,s
No open ignition activities.
We encourage visitors to act responsibly during this hot dry spell, and to discard any cigarettes or similar safely.

Liked The owners are a stones throw away & super friendly, they even offered us air beds (which we massively regret turning down)
We thought that our roll mats & duvets would provide enough comfort for our broken & aging bodies 😅 how naive!!!

After assembling the tent together we made friends with the adorable farm dogs, got ourselves comfy and watched the sky turn to night. There were no bbqs or fires allowed due to the severe dry weather and wildfires we have been experiencing locally but we were permitted to use our gas stove off the ground fully supervised to make cuppas and food.

We had a little go at tarot in the dark, enjoyed watching a pair of bats dance above us for a while and of course we star gazed into the early hours of the morning - we saw some truly astonishing things in the sky! Unexplainable things!

At some point around 5am there were clearly wild animals most likely hedgehogs and possibly badgers or foxes moving around in the hedges and sniffing around the tent.
Sleep was very poor but the memories created were worth it.
Waking to the sunshine, the breeze, the birds singing, sitting on the grass making a cuppa was food for the soul.

On site has 2 portaloos (quite smelly ... take air freshener and just be grateful its not a bush)
Drinking water tap! This was a blessing.
Fire extinguisher and buckets incase of emergency.
There are apple trees, not for eating but there is something wholesome about being around trees and hedges growing food.


We would 100% return
What will we do next time? Air beds! Poss a bigger tent, air freshener, bug spray we didn't get bitten but we attracted a lot of bugs from the light.
Signal is poor but I still managed to get some.

Happy camping! ✨️🏕🦇☕️

Disliked The toilet smell. But, it is a very hot summer and we were grateful for loos

We never really braved venturing out of the campsite to explore as we weren't sure how to find the woodland without using the country road. But then we didn't ask either, it didn't hinder our fun though.

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Liked Nice and quiet.

Disliked Lack of bins. No Showers. Too steep a gradient on one side of the field to pitch tents. Would not be viable if busy.

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