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Next to the beach with private access directly from site. All the facilities associated with a holiday park and nicely presented with a touch of class. The park is family run, and this is evident in the little touches and presentation which is often overlooked by bigger chains. An indoor swimming pool, amusement arcade, bar, takeaway selling what I have to say is the nicest battered fish I have had in some time - done to perfection! The ambience of the site is one of well kept tidiness with neatly cut grass, hydrangeas and palm trees.
There are two toilet blocks, one of which is a newer shower, wash and toilet facility with music playing and big shower cubicles. Key fob entry to the facilities (£20 returnable deposit at check in). This helps to keep the facilities for campsite residents only as there are a few sites neighbouring. Staff are very friendly.
The touring pitches are fully serviced with water, waste water & elsan point, tv point on each pitch. My first experience of a serviced pitch and it is a luxury not to have to fill and empty the water containers. (I bought the accessories required in advance but there is a caravan accessory shop in Barmouth should you forget something) We really enjoyed our stay here and will return.
Not cheap, but very nice.
What's bad?
The only downside is the main shower block closes at 9pm until 7am each day. I think on a summers day after a long day spent at the beach, trying to get showered before it shuts can be a rush, 10 pm would be better. The other toilet only block remains open 24 hours. This is the only reason I've not given 10 out of 10 overall.
We spent 2 nights there last week, excellent site, spotless facilities, friendly bar and reception staff, a fish and chip shop bar on site, very reasonable prices, also a snack bar attached to the arcade. You can go in the swimming pool for one hour included in the price of your pitch. A 5 minute walk to the beach. The only fault I can comment on is that if your pitched on the grassed area down the bottom it's quite a long walk to the chemical disposal point and washing up area, they could do with another facilities area for tents/motor homes and caravans.
First class site - just returned from a long weekend, the camping pitch was non electric which was fine, the site is lovely and flat, and it's literally 2 mins to the beach. The site is run by electronic entry so the only cars on there are people stopping there.
The facilities are first class, kept spotlessly clean and have a music feed into them. Although there were many tents there it was still spacious and quiet.
Think it's summed up in the fact that we went to the shop on the Sunday morning for a paper, when we returned a dog had left a mess on the road. Within 15 mins a site van turned up to clear it up. Fantastic housekeeping and shows the pride they take in the site.
Glanllyn is situated on the shore of Lake Bala in Wales. 16 acres of natural parkland and spectacular views of nearby hills and mountains make it an idyllic spot to pitch a caravan, motorhome, tent or campervan with level grass or hardstanding pitches. For water sports enthusiasts there is a private shingle beach with easy launching area for windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, fishing and paddle boarding. Camp shop, wifi, laundrette, excellent heated toilet & shower facilities. The market town of Bala is 3 miles away with plenty of small shops, pubs & retaurants, cinema and a leisure centre. Find out more here
We come to barmouth a lot but this site is a cut above the rest, staff very friendly, facilities a beautifully kept everything you need is on your doorstep.
Plenty for the kids and adults alike to do, the beach is a stone throw away (great for tiring them out).
Barmouth centre about 3miles away has everything you need.
Overall I could not fault it one bit!
Just book in advance as it does get booked up VERY quick.
This campsite is a real gem on the Welsh coastline! We loved, loved, loved it!
We arrived, harassed and tired after a 5. 5 hour cross-country drive. Bryn (the site owner) offered to take over and drove our caravan to our pitch and sited it for us. Amazing service!
The site is well-maintained and the team work very hard to keep everywhere clean and tidy. The facilities block was spotless with two huge family showers and plenty of single showers as well. A couple of modesty cubicles, with washbasins, would have been good, but that is a minor point. And I don't really understand why the block closes at night when access is controlled through a (monitored) key fob.
The site is right on the beach and the kids had a brilliant time rockpooling and building sandcastles and waiting for the tide to wash them away. And the sea is shallow and great for children to paddle and swim in. Hours and hours of free fun!
The site shop is well-stocked and not over-priced. The nearest supermarket we found was a Co-op in Barmouth, which was fine. Larger supermarkets are further afield. I did see an ASDA delivery van doing the rounds in the area too.
We didn't eat at Henry's - we were rather put off by the staff sitting out front and smoking! Sorry - but personally that really is an issue for me and detracted from the overall ambience and ethos of the rest of the site.
The site is a good base for exploring the local area. We had some great days out, combined with great days doing nothing!
We are definitely planning to come back here and have another lovely holiday! It's a real get-away-from-it-all place! Lovely!
1st visit to site but regular to the Barmouth area.
Arrival - Firstly, you enter the grounds via an excellently maintained drive way & site is well signed with plenty of passing points. The site state you cannot arrive until 12pm and you need to depart by 11. 30am which does help.
Reception were very friendly from the moment you book including arrival and throughout stay.
Pitch - Hardstanding for caravan & awning and at least 1 car with plenty of grass area to sit out on etc. Condition of touring field is very well maintained. Every pitch is fully serviced including aerial point.
Site - Toilet facilities are entered via key fob and were immaculate, their is direct entrance to the beach, pool on site with free admission with booking facility, site also has washing up area, toilet waste point and launderette. We used the shop and was always well stocked. Very friendly staff.
Entertainment - The pub next to reception (Henrys) offers food and also has a canopied outdoor section to sit when the weather is good. There is also an arcade and take away with a variety of food.
To conclude the condition of the site is a credit to the owners and despite the site being full at the start of the 6 weeks school break it never seemed busy due to the peaceful nature of the touring fields. We had a problem out of hours with one of the toilets and the warden came and sorted this straight away - we have visited other sites whereby you don't even have a contact number out of hours.
Would we re visit - already booked October half term.
We received a warm welcome at reception, and we asked if we could have a second door key fob, this was no problem and I paid another £20 deposit for it.
As others have said the toilet/shower block is spotless with music playing in the background, I've still not worked out why it closes so early at 9pm though. As we were on the top field near to the reception and shop, a second older toilet block is located near to the shop that is open 24hrs so this was a useful facility (suspect its not 'officially' for the tourers to use but the key fob works and it's clean and tidy.
The laundrette facility can become busy with 3 washers £3 and 5 dryers £1. 50 but the modern machines have a display showing time left so it's not all guess work.
The pool is very nice with three 1 hour sessions for tourers, 25 people limit so book early!
Orange is ok for phone calls but very slow for data. O2/Tesco/GiffGaff is useless with just 1 bar of signal strength if you are lucky.
We signed up for 1 week of site wifi at a total cost of £30 but once you pay you find out its not unlimited but 3gb for the week, this is no good if you planned to stream video but is more than enough for general Internet usage. The problem we had was the low signal strength connection 'islawrffordd' was the fastest with about 2mb download and 0. 4mb upload, however in the touring field you are more likely to connect to the stronger 'islawrffordd2' connection and while it is a good wifi signal the Internet connection is almost unusable with a less than 1mb download and an upload of 0. 0mb! So requesting web pages is impossible sometimes. From our experience you can only really use 'islawrffordd' to get on line. And it's one device at a time, if one logs in it kicks the other family member off.
The only problems we have had is with other guests. The site rules are not mentioned or issued with any information on arrival and certainly not enforced by the wardens on several occasions we have seen ball games being played near cars and caravans and we have found out our neighbours (3 adults, 3 kids and 2 dogs) like to stay up outside the caravan until 1am on several occasions during the week while others respect the no noise after 11pm rule and try to get to sleep.
We were considering siting the caravan for sept/oct but have decided not to as it will be no fun if we get the caravan dinged with a ball or can't get to sleep at night.
I hate stupid rules, but ones that protect property and allow everyone a good nights rest should be enforced.
The facilities at this site are second to none. The shower/toilet block is modern, clean and warm. The site is primarily laid out for statics and seasonal pitches, with much attention having being given to these areas. The long expanse of sandy, gently sloping beach is accessed via a concrete slipway.
There are a few marked tent pitches with EHU around the perimeter road. The narrow strip of land between the site and the sea embankment can also accommodate around ten or so tents, but I suspect this number would be exceeded in busy periods. We pitched close to the embankment to take advantage of the flatter ground but be aware, the greenery on the other side of the rabbit fence is home to some pretty nasty biting insects. There is also a malodorous smell from the grass clippings that are tipped on the embankment.
A good site but if you don't have children and you want peace and quiet - then probably best look elsewhere.
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing On Site 
Wild Swimming On Site 
Indoor Pool On Site 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <5 miles 
No Tennis 
Beach On Site 
Watersports On Site 
Boat Launch / Mooring On Site 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Coastside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Next to the beach with private access directly from site. All the facilities associated with a holiday park and nicely presented with a touch of class. The park is family run, and this is evident in the little touches and presentation which is often overlooked by bigger chains. An indoor swimming pool, amusement arcade, bar, takeaway selling what I have to say is the nicest battered fish I have had in some time - done to perfection! The ambience of the site is one of well kept tidiness with neatly cut grass, hydrangeas and palm trees. 
