Campsites near Porthmadog

Come under canvas in Porthmadog for beachside camping, scenic sandy coastline.

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Bolmynydd Camping Park

41 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Pwllheli, Wales
A dog-friendly campsite on the Llŷn Peninsula with sea and mountain views
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Henbant Permaculture Farm + Camp

12 units · Motorhomes, Tents80 acres · Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales
A small, sustainable farm site with epic sea views, set in the foothills of Snowdonia.
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Torrent Walk Campsite

28 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents2 acres · Dolgellau, Gwynedd, North Wales
Campfires, mountain views and ample grassy space in the heart of Snowdonia National Park
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£26
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Bach Wen Farm

5 units · Glamping, Tents1 acre · Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales
A tranquil pod glamping site with stunning views in all directions, taking in Gyrn Ddu, Anglesey and Snowdonia
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Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes

32 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents45 acres · Gwynedd, North Wales
Succumb to the tranquil hills of Graig Wen. Smart, sustainable and quite simply, lush.
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£22
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Tyn Y Ffridd Farm

10 units · Tents30 acres · Bangor, Wales
Located in the Snowdonia foothills a few minutes drive from historic city of Bangor, Tyn-y-Ffridd is collection of relaxed holiday cottages & camping pitches situated in 70 acres of private wood and farmland with uninterrupted views of the Snowdonia range. Tyn-y-Ffridd features rustic dairy barns each one converted to their own unique style, along with amenities such as the multi-use studio space perfect for retreats and group gatherings together with curious and quirky glamping pitches.
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Bryn Ifan Camping

9 units · Tents35 acres · Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales
A back-to-basics campsite with views of mountains and sea on the Llŷn Peninsula
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Gwerniago Camping Site

5 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales
Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this site. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
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Panpwnton Campsite

10 units · Motorhomes, Tents10 acres · Knighton, England
Located on the edge of Knighton (right on the England-Wales border) Panpwnton Campsite has been open to visitors since 1963. Providing travellers with a peaceful place to stop on some of England and Wales’ most famous walking and cycling routes. Now managed by Will, Roxy and family, we would love to welcome you to Panpwnton Campsite and show you why we are proud to call this beautiful place our home. The campsite is on our working farm, where we keep a flock of 300 texel cross breeding ewes. We are very passionate about farming. Our aim is to produce lamb in a green and environmentally friendly way, striving to reduce our carbon footprint whilst working alongside nature. A family run farm campsite situated on the Offa’s Dyke footpath. Located in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, we are ideally located for those who like to walk, cycle or just take in the peaceful countryside. With magical nights under the stars listening to the owls hooting in the oak woods. It’s the perfect place for your rural camping holiday! A ten minute walk into the market town of Knighton, with its iconic clock tower, friendly pubs and cafes, and the Offa’s Dyke Centre. The River Teme runs through the farm where you can dip your feet after a long day exploring, or freshen up in our modern facilities. The heart of wales train line also runs through the farm with the Station only half a mile walk away.
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Smugglers Cove Boatyard

7 units · Glamping, Tents1 acre · Gwynedd, North Wales
Camping and rustic glamping in a working boatyard with an exceptional waterside location on the Dyfi estuary
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Mynydd Derwydd Wildcamping

7 units · Tents300 acres · Corwen, Wales
Adventurous mountain-top camping on a hill farm in North Wales
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Bwch Yn Uchaf

20 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Bala, Wales
Narrow-gauge steam railway station, countryside views, gorgeous riverside setting. What's not to love?!
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Campsites near Porthmadog guide

Overview

Likeable harbour town Porthmadog has a handy location within North Wales, on both the mainline railway line to Pwllheli and Birmingham and the unforgettable heritage rail run through gorgeous mountains to Caernarfon. It’s also the gateway to both the Llyn Peninsula and Snowdonia (Eyri) National Park. The southern outskirts of town, along the huge sands of Black Rock Beach, are the best pitching place, with a choice of several camping and caravan sites. From here, the Llyn Peninsula with its sandy beaches, thrilling surfing, and gentle cycling stretch west while Snowdonia’s peaks dominate to the east with some of the UK’s best upland hiking opportunities.

Where to go

Llyn Peninsula

Serene, low-lying Llyn Peninsula and its AONB snake invitingly west from Porthmadog: a green protuberance extending some 30 miles into the sea. Many of North Wales’ best beaches are here, as is good surfing at Abersoch and Porth Neigwl. The long-distance Wales Coast Path skirts the shore, too, offering some beautiful walking. Excellent campsites are scattered across the Llyn: the coast between Porthmadog and Criccieth is especially rich in camping possibilities.

Morfa Harlech & Morfa Dyffryn

Enticing shoreline beckons across the Afon Glaslyn river mouth south from Porthmadog, fanning along eastern Tremadog Bay. Morfa Harlech NNR’s wildlife-rich dune systems and Morfa Dyffryn’s vast sands are the headline acts here. A skyline featuring Snowdonia’s pointy peaks and the Llyn’s sand-flanked coast edges miles of paradisiacal beach, making for mesmerising places to pitch. At Shell Island, north of Morfa Dyffryn, is one of Europe’s biggest, best-located campsites: 300 acres of pitch-where-you-choose camping on grass-topped dunes.

Cwm Pennant & Moel Hebog

The rocky area around Moel Hebog (2,569 feet) is about the closest part of Snowdonia National Park to Porthmadog, rising above Cwm Pennant, five miles northwest. From the top gorgeous views spill over the mountains and the Llyn Peninsula, and Moel yr Ogof’s intriguing cave where Welsh freedom fighter Owain Glyndŵr once hid awaits. Excellent hikes begin in Cwm Pennant, perhaps Snowdonia’s loveliest valley, and head onto the peaks.

Snowdon & Surrounds

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is Wales’ most popular outdoor playground – and Britain’s highest land south of Scotland’s Highlands. Main trailhead Llanberis also has a railway coiling up the peak, yet other routes onto Snowdon run from closer points like Beddgelert, eight miles north of Porthmadog and Rhyd-ddu, 11 miles north. Snowdon is busy, but plot a hike away from it and you’ll find fantastic, less-frequented mountain country lands.

When to go

If you’ve arrived for the area’s sublime sandy coastline, then note the May through September high season, when facilities are open and weather is most conducive to swimming and mountain hiking. April through June are the driest months, July and August make up the main tourist season, and August and September offer the warmest seawater temperatures. November through April is prime surfing time on the Llyn. The big Festival No. 6 at nearby Italianate model village Portmeirion takes place in September.

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