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William and Helen make you feel welcome immediately, nothing is too much trouble for this family run business.
Rhyd y Groes is in an ideal situation close enough for Welshpool 6 miles and yet remaining in a beautiful country location within easy reach of some wonderful villages.
A lovely, quiet, adults only campsite in beautiful countryside just a short drive from Welshpool.
The tent camping field, which had only about 5 tents and a camper van in when we stayed for a long weekend at the end of July, is separate from the caravans and further from the well equipped kitchen (including washing up facilities, a fridge freezer, microwave, toaster, kettle and book/DVD 'library')and immaculate shower/toilet block. Free WiFi is available, but only in, or by, the kitchen. There was, however, a reasonable phone signal in the tent field so this was not a problem.
My only complaint about this super site is that the trek to the toilet is made further by having to walk all the way around 2 caravan pitches and their 'gardens'(all van pitches have hedges around them). A bit of a pain in the middle of the night dash! I'm sure this situation could be improved by making a path for the tent campers that is more direct.
The owner was friendly, the site well maintained and the fresh eggs we bought on site were delicious.
There are plenty of places nearby to visit for walks and days out but there is little opportunity to walk from the site, so I would not recommend staying here without a car.
Great new shower block with heated floor & complete separate unit with basin, shower, hair dryer & toilet. Very helpful owners. Pitches are a good size & hard standing. Most pitches however, are annually sited so only a few available for proper tourers. Location is OK which is why I only gave 4 stars. Not many footpaths (Muddy when we visited) from the site & you really need to use your car. Scenery is superb, visit Montgomery Castle for outstanding panoramic views. Lake Vyrnwy is a must visit approx 24 miles from the site. Overall a great 4 nights say.
Just had a couple of days here with our dog. Well what a find it is so peaceful and friendly a lovely dog walking area and the facilities are lovely and clean. The only thing to remember is the sat nav takes up a slip road and not to site so don't go up park dale stay on main road. It is an adults only site no one under 25 so unable to click on child friendliness.
We have just returned from this site and here's our review.
We had a little trouble finding the site but after a phone call we were pointed in the right direction, we must have taken a wrong road somewhere. On arriving we pulled over to book in at the barn which was next to the house, a short walk from where we had parked up.
We were greeted by Helen the site owner who was very pleasant. We paid our outstanding £158 as we had already sent a deposit of £20/£22 I can't remember exactly. At this point we hadn't seen the site or our pitch.
Helen told us that she had kept pitch seven for us and gave us verbal directions. We got back into the car and drove onto the site to find our pitch. We drove around the corner and well what a surprise we had, the site was packed with caravans, a lot more than we thought the site accommodated, the website advertising 30 pitches (which is what we were going by), on their advertising leaflet we'd picked up from somewhere they advertised 40 pitches. From the photographs on the website and on the leaflet the site look more spread out certainly not as congested as what we were looking at. Also on the photographs there appeared to be some grass pitches but we didn't see any of these either, they'd obviously been turned into hard standing.
We unhitched the caravan, pushed it on the pitch, dropped the steadies and set up, great our holiday begins. After a cuppa we started to set up the TV, we have an Avtex and a digital Ariel, you've guessed it, no signal, we pointed this way that way and every way but no joy, even Helen and her son came to our aid, but still no joy. As we looked around at everyone else's caravan they all had satellite dishes, then the penny started to drop, the site had poor signal. We weren't aware of this upon booking we just took it for granted that we would be able to get a signal, our Avtex has never let us down before, I should of asked about the signal when I rang up to book, it doesn't say anywhere on the leaflet of website about bad TV signal or requiring a satellite dish. We did feel let down by the owner's as they knew we were staying for over a week, if I didn't think to ask I felt that they should have told us before I booked. We're not TV addicts but it is nice to have the TV option, especially if the weather is bad and to catch up with the news. In the end a fellow caravanner helped us out by allowing us to plug our universal aerial into his satellite dish, hey presto the TV sprung into action. I did feel that the owner's could at least have kept a couple of spare dishes to lend out to expecting holiday makers like us.
We had a very strong WiFi signal (advertised wifi available on there website) even if it was around the washing up area and not in the caravan.
Later on whilst having our evening meal we began wondering where all the other caravanners were, I decided to go and find out from another caravanner where everyone was. To our surprise/shock we were told that the caravans were empty and that they were sited and were empty most of the time. We felt really disappointed by this, this was advertised as a caravan touring park but from what we could see it was that the majority of caravans were sited and not going anywhere.
The following day we woke up and sat outside to have our breakfast, we started to feel as though we were sitting in a caravan ghost town (or a caravan storage park), we could have done this back at our storage park for free. The adverts for this site, leaflet or website never mentioned anything about sited Caravans, if it had we wouldn't have booked. What we like about touring sites is that you meet a lot of people, have a chat whilst doing the dishes, watching people going about their chores and admiring there set ups, non of this was going to happen here it was like a ghost town.
To avoid me having to drag on there were a few other issues like the smell of drains near our pitch, the pitch itself was made of old road rubble(tarmac) which smelt when hot and became sticky. It stuck to my shoes and then got taken into the caravan which left black sticky marks on the mock wooden floor of our caravan which I then had to scrub with a scourer to remove. I also found small pieces had stuck to my socks, which I then threw away.
We were also surprised that there wasn't a washing machine or tumble dryer, not that I do any washing whilst I'm away for a week but I do like to tumble dry my towels after having a shower in readiness for the next day.
The shower block was very clean but in the ladies and the men's there were two toilets and only one shower, on a caravan site which accommodated 40 Caravans and 10 camping pitches. There was one disabled shower.
Most of the time whilst we were there the owner continued to use a bobcat digger to dig a trench to lay a new drainage system, perhaps in readiness for more sited caravans. We were not able to sit outside the caravan in the peace a tranquillity of the site as advertised because of the continuous noise.
Thursday came around and we'd had enough, we couldn't stand it on site any longer, we decided to pack up and leave. I went down to the house to ask for a refund but bumped into Helen on the way down and explained to her we were leaving and why and that we wanted a refund for the night's we weren't staying.
Beautiful site. Beautifully set out with bushes and trees between each pitch. Toilets very clean and tidy. Very pleasant owner.
Good touring spot for Welshpool, Shrewsbury and Telford.
We had 3 very pleasant nights on this site and would go again if in the area.
Would recommend getting a satellite dish for the telly as the reception was nil and only people with dishes were getting a picture.
The Nags Head in Pontesford is well worth going to we had a lovely meal and the place was spotlessly clean and the people were very friendly and chatty.
My wife and I have just spent 4 days at this site. Once we found it, as there are no directions on the sites website pages, but there is one on the brochure if you request one. The site is quite isolated, just outside the village of Forden, but it is its location that makes it special. It was very quiet apart from some road noise and a few sheep. William and Helen the owners were helpful and friendly, as were all the other people who occupied some of the seasonal pitches. The facilities for campers especially are very good, with full use of kitchen equipment, fridge etc, so whether you are on a fully serviced pitch or tenting / back packing on your bikes, you can have a hearty meal and get clean in the very nice loo block. There are maps etc and guides for whatever takes your fancy, and a book / magazine and DVD swap if you just want to relax. You are not far from Welshpool if you forget anything. One tip, take some strong awning pegs if you are on a hard standing pitch, as the ground was on our pitch was extremely tough. We will visit again.
This a lovely camp site, large pitches mostly hard standing some are service pitches which have water, e/hook ups and a waste water drain.
All around the site they have planted many flowering shrubs and trees and most were in bloom during our visit. It also has lovely views over the hills. A main road is not that far away but this never bothered us at all.
As it was Easter the camp site was full but still nice and quiet. This site has a lot of Static tourers so book up a good while before to get a spot.
Toilet/shower block was heated all the time we were there and was always always clean.
The site is about six miles from any shops but Welshpool has a Morrisons/Sainsbury and a Spar plus lots of other outlets. Newtown is not to far away and has a nice shopping centre.
We were visiting the steam railways in the area and this Adult only site was ideally situated for this.
The only problem we had while visiting was the site electrics kept tripping out when the site was full, this was a pain for two nights but the owners couldn't do enough to sort out the problem, (such a friendly couple). The fault was put right by the electricians and we never had another problem with it.
The site doesn't have a shop but the owners do sell eggs.
We would definitely visit this sit again.
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Is Rhyd Y Groes Touring Caravan Park child friendly? NO, this site is adult only View all facilities
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Adults Only 
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 
No Baby Changing 
No Laundry 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop <5 miles 
Bar <5 miles 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport 
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
William and Helen make you feel welcome immediately, nothing is too much trouble for this family run business. 
