Llechrwd riverside campsite, situated within the Snowdonia National Park, is a small family run scenic site on the river Dwyryd in the beautiful Vale of Ffestiniog. There are 8 tourer pitches with electric hook-ups for caravans, camper vans & trailer tents and a spacious area for tents for which hook-ups can also be provided. The site is reasonably level. There are toilets & showers, a washing up room and a chemical toilet disposal point.
The new amenities block includes :
a spacious disabled/mother and baby room including shower toilet and basin
a spacious washing up room with tourist information, including two sinks at different levels.
seven individual toilet cublicles with basins and 2 separate showers
Pets are welcome (on leads on site please).
There is a riverside & wild flower meadow walk on site. Nearby are woodland walks, including Rhaedr Cynfal (the Cynfal waterfall) and mountain walks in the Moelwyns. The sound of Ffestiniog Railway trains can be heard coming from the hillside high above the site. The R.S.P.B Glaslyn Osprey viewing site is a 15 min. drive away and the Llechwedd carverns site for choughs is also about 15 min. drive away in the other direction.
Other attractions within easy reach include the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways, Portmeirion Italianate Village & Gardens, Plas Tan y Bwlch Gardens, Plas Brondanw Gardens, the award winning Llechwedd Slate Caverns & Harlech Castle, theatre & golf course. In Porthmadog there is a Leisure Centre, Cinema, Harbour, Maritime Museum & golf course. You can also walk through to the bays & sandy beaches of Borth y Gest.
Within the area there are also good bathing & boating beaches, good eating places, shops, mountain biking(15 min drive to 1st class trails at Coed y Brenin), pony trekking/horse riding, canoeing, sailing, rock climbing, quad biking, mountain boarding & paint balling
Llechrwd is accessed directly off the A496 approx.1 mile from Maentwrog on the left hand side of the road travelling towards Blaenau Ffestiniog (approx 3 miles further on). Buses stop at the entrance by request.
2010 PRICES
Caravan/Motorhome Pitch
with electric hook up: | | £13.00 per night
(extra charge per extra person above 2) |
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Tents: | | charges per night: (subject to £6 min) |
Adults | | £4.50 per person |
| Kids (1-15 years) | | £2.50 per person |
| Dogs (each) | | 50p per animal |
| Hook-ups for tents | | £4.00 |
| Awning/gaezebo | | £2.00 |
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| Special rates D of E: | | |
| Adults | | £4.00 per person |
| Under-18s | | £3.50 per person |
Additional charge may be made for exceptionally large units during busy periods
If paying by cheque please make payable to “N. Seears”
