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Pen Y Bont Caravan And Camping Park
Llangynog Road
Snowdonia
Bala
Gwynedd   (Browse area)
LL23 7PH
Tel: 01678 520549
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Pitches: 66
Open: 01/03/2026 to 30/11/2026
           01/03/2027 to 30/11/2027

Rating: Average Review Score: 9/10 from 193 Reviews
                9/10 from 193 Reviews


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Who's it for
 Families Welcome   Not Members Only   Rallies Welcome   Not Naturist Site 
 Dogs Welcome   No Dogs Allowed   Groups Welcome   Motorbikers Welcome 
Facilities
 Toilet Facilities   Hot Showers   Washing Up   No Bathroom 
 Baby Changing Facilities   Laundry On Site   Drinking Water   Disabled Friendly 
 Chemical Disposal   Battery Charging   Gas Exchange   Recycling Facilities 
 No Kitchen Facilities   Freezer / Fridge    Motorhome Point   Wifi Access 
 Shop On Site   Bar <1 mile   Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Activities
 No Playground   No TV Room   No Games Room   No Evening Ents 
 Fishing <1 mile   Wild Swimming <1 mile   Indoor Pool <1 mile   No Outdoor Pool 
 No Horse Riding   Cycle Hire <1 mile   Golf <1 mile   No Tennis 
 No Beach   Watersports <1 mile   Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile 
Other Features
 No Sea Views   Not Working Farm   Campfires Allowed 
 No Waterside Pitches   Public Transport <1 mile  Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
 Electric Car Charging Point

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Date of Visit: September 2026 Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 2 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Simbadog 22 reviews from this member

 Position is quite good within easy walk of the town.

Facilities good & kept clean, struggled to get TV reception which seemed odd.

Nowhere easy to walk the dog in mornings, had to go down the road outside.

Very disappointed with the town which seemed very run down.

Dearest site we stayed at during our 4 week Wales trip, thought it was overpriced. 


Date of Visit: March 2026 Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 1 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Liz+ ant Slade 46 reviews from this member

 Fantastic site.

Owners really friendly and helpful.

Facilities great.

5 to 10 minute walk into town where there are nice pubs and cafes.

Good access to lake as well 


Date of Visit: May 2025 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Nights stayed: 12 Travelling as:  Retired couple
Reviewer: Alanterri 72 reviews from this member

 Well located very near Lake Bala. And a 10 minute walk to the the Town. The Town of Bala is loaded with excellent eating and imbibing places. Best bitter the Bulls Head was £2. 55 a pint👏👏.

I chose our pitch in advance at no extra cost. This is by normal standards an expensive site. Fully Serviced Large Pitch is £45 per night.

The site is very well laid out, on a sloping hill with most pitches engineered on the level, terraced.

The Facilities block was first class although imo it struggled at the busy weekends. Very clean and tidy.

By choice we were up the top end backing onto the sheep, field. The newborn lambs were a pleasant site as was the setting Sun with glimpses across Lake Bala. 16 amp EHU included, well engineered drains and own tap.

Could have done with a bit more grass but hey Ho.

So far all excellent and worthy of a return visit.

I don’t normally grumble but at £45 per night let me spell out the downsides.

Contrary to their promises there is NO WIFI unless you stand by the reception.

The top pitches have no radio signal

No TV Signal

And due to the amazingly tall trees my sat dish couldn’t pick up, the Astra 2S satellite.

Thus we had absolutely no TV 😥.

Fortunately our EE mobile phone gave us 4/5G so we could stream on our I pads.

Frankly at the high price Pen Y Bont should provide a booster station for their WIFI, and a TV plug in on the EHU or a TV booster.

The site is surrounded by massive trees which block the signals.

Because of the above, sadly I cannot give them 10 out of 10. 


Date of Visit: September 2024 Unit:  Campervan
Nights stayed: 3 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Ianyvonne 9 reviews from this member

 We were at this site last year 2023 and it was brilliant, had a nice shop great showers nice staff,

Returned this year 2024 shop never open, never saw any staff and no one at reception when you arrived in fact we never saw reception open while we were there 


Date of Visit: July 2024 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Nights stayed: 7 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Joolb 57 reviews from this member

 This is a lovely tidy well manicured site.

We were on pitch 32 which is fully serviced 10 m long pitch. Room for caravan and full awning but car had to be parked in front of caravan or awning.

Hard standing very good for pegging out

Not much room between pitches which is the only negative about our stay here.

Large green space for sitting out etc behind the caravan if you like being on full view. Lots of outfits had dogs which sometimes were a bit noisy.

Very high quality toilet/shower facilities and as someone has already mentioned, they never close for a ‘deep clean’.

Enormous cubicles with free body wash and hair conditioner which I never used as like most women I have my own favoured products

Only 2 wash up sinks so queues sometimes at busy times.

C D P unacceptable smells need attention-not the easiest to use.

Within easy walking distance of the lake and the town

Multiple opportunities to eat and drink - I had a lovely club sandwich and draft San Miguel at the White Lion

We tried Pale Hall for a special meal - surroundings and building beautiful 10 minute drive from the site. -our meal was disappointing but the tasting menu looked very interesting as the couple next to us were having it. Just a tad too expensive ☹️

Be careful when driving through the site gates-not as wide as in the picture here.

Overall, I don’t think this is a 5 star site but very nice stay all the same and we would come back if in the area. 

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Date of Visit: June 2024  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 2 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Marie21 4 reviews from this member

 Great site

We were positioned in the “nook” which is away from the main run of the site. This suited us fine as there were lots of children around enjoying the freedom to cycle and scooter til late on the main run.

Facilities were great!

Great location.

A little more pricey than most but worth it.

Definitely one to return to. 
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Date of Visit: June 2024  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Campervan
Nights stayed: 2 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Glennb 1 review from this member

 Staff helpful with everything from booking to local things to do. A very clean site with modern facilities, toilets/showers very clean with hot water a plenty.

Plate/pan washing a doddle with the sinks outside the shower/toilet block.

The pitches were a good size plenty of room for a side awning although we had a tailgate awning we adapted it on the side of the van to fit the pitch.

Pitch 13 lots of room and with the trees behind it gave a woodland camp feel.

Everyone around us was really friendly as we had lots in common.

The site is very dog friendly with everyone giving our Zach a pat on the way past.

We will be staying here again as it is a great base to explore the Welsh countryside. 
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Date of Visit: September 2023  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Tent
Nights stayed: 1 Travelling as:  With friends
Reviewer: Spinit 1 review from this member

 Absolute awesome site.

Janice was wonderful and so helpful even before we arrived.

Facilities and location are perfect.

Will definitely use this site again and possibly use the fixed accommodation they have. 
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Date of Visit: August 2023 Unit:  Campervan
Nights stayed: 1 Travelling as:  Young couple
Reviewer: Markandcora 5 reviews from this member

 Nice site. Stayed here for a night this summer.

Site was well equipped and presented, and pleasant staff, an on site shop, and was an easy walk into town.

Excellent. Would happily go back. 


Date of Visit: June 2023  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 4 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: The twins dad 11 reviews from this member

 Loved this site, clean great staff no complaints at all.

20min walk into Bala with plenty of shops pubs etc,

Good dog walking off site and short walk to the lake or river Dee. 

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Date of Visit: June 2023  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Campervan
Nights stayed: 1 Travelling as:  Family with older children
Reviewer: Lisann 1 review from this member

 Amazing site

Very clean with really clean facilities

Ideally located for Bala lake

Had a wonderful stay

Just wished it had been for longer

Tried to rebook but unfortunately fully booked, says a lot about the site. 
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Date of Visit: April 2023  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 4 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: Sparkypop 1 review from this member

 Lovely site modern clean facilities and very pleasant helpful wardens.

Stayed for 4 nights and really enjoyed.

All local amenities within walking distance.

Will definitely be returning, 
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Date of Visit: September 2022 Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 3 Travelling as:  Mature couple
Reviewer: LR2007 29 reviews from this member

 Arrived on site, easy enough to find although the entrance isn’t as large as it looks on their website, pictures make it look huge!

Our booking was made by phone and we were a little disappointed to find that we had been booked on one of the smaller pitches even though we have an 8 metre long motorhome so we didn’t get one of the new larger pitches as shown on the website.

Slate pitches we were on could do with some updating as the hardstandings are quite small and you step out on to grass (or mud from the last residents awning in our case) as they are only a few metres wide.

Pitches are very close together and lots of trees on site too. The site does have a new shower block and I was expecting pristine. Cobwebs on the shower room entrance inside, a layer of dust on door and shower dividers etc could have been cleaned better but the cobwebs had gone the next day.

I would personally prefer a more in depth clean rather than complimentary shower gel/shampoo which I’m not going to use.

Not a quiet site as near a very busy noisy road. Add that to the constant dog barking opposite us and the fact that there is a dog running freely around the site starting all the other dogs off barking didn’t help either.

At a sensible pace it’s a 15 to 20 minute walk into town with our dogs sniffing every blade of grass on the way! The lake for those that like the water sports is just a few minutes stroll with a very handy cafe.

Railway also very easy to get to. We would book again for a short stay only but lesson learnt we would make sure that we had one of the newer larger pitches which we prefer (and what we though we would get from their website photos) with our larger vehicle depending on the expected weather conditions. 
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Date of Visit: July 2022  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Tent
Nights stayed: 2 Travelling as:  Family with young children
Reviewer: Hopley 1 review from this member

 We found the campsite to be very clean, safe and quiet.

Great little find away from hustle and bustle of Lake Bala.

Shower / bathroom facilities are exceptional.

Would definitely recommend to anyone wanting a peaceful stay. 
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Date of Visit: July 2022  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Motorhome
Nights stayed: 1 Travelling as:  Young couple
Reviewer: Croadh 1 review from this member

 Very pleasant, facilities very shiny and nice….

Felt £39 for 1 night was a lot of money though.

No views from site which was a shame.

Good location for town though 
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