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Pencelli Castle Caravan And Camping Park
Pencelli
Brecon
Powys (Browse area)
LD3 7LX
Tel: 01874 665451
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Pitches: 80
Open: 13/02/2026 to 22/11/2026
13/02/2027 to 22/11/2027
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 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 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 |
 No 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 |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <1 mile |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Ajswuk |
3 reviews from this member |
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 Our first glamping experience! We found this site to be well equipped, tidy and well set out.
Finding where to register was a little hard with the shop being closed.
Facilities great, clean and warm at all times. Loved the family rooms, easy to wash and dry everyone.
I can thoroughly recommend this campsite to families.
Improvement points, a microwave alongside the free of charge fridge / freezers. A vending machine for snacks, alongside the coffee machine.
Really pleased we tried here for our first trip, a lovely, quiet and peaceful site. 
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Tuffythedog |
11 reviews from this member |
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Lovely quiet site. A bit on the expensive side but well worth it for the peace and quiet. 1 tent, 2 adults and EHU came in at £23 per night.
Facilities were excellent, clean and tidy at all times. No wonder they have won awards. Washing room, laundry room and the drying room all pleasant to use.
Pitches were generous and we were given a choice and just told the owners where we had set up. Each pitch is clearly marked and bordered by flowerbeds and bushes.
Shop is handy on site for those forgotten items such as milk.
Owners were helpful and the inclusion of the information room was genius - we found this very helpful.
Would highly recommend and hopefully will be visiting again soon.
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| Date of Visit: March 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Lexie10 |
15 reviews from this member |
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This is a beautifully maintained site with a devoted and knowledgeable gardener who was very friendly. It was lovely to see so many flowers at this time of year.
The site is in a fabulous location, but the only slight downside of this is that the road leading to it is fairly narrow and bendy. It was definitely worth it though!
The shower/toilet block was immaculately kept with plenty of loos, basins and showers. There was a laundry room which was handy, and there was lots of local information available too.
The site is large with lots of space for camping too and picnic tables all around. Boot rinsing areas with brushes were a very thoughtful addition at this time of year.
Pity the pub is only open Thurs. To Sun. But we did manage to get there on our last night and it was good.
Lovely canal side walks from the site and easy driving to Brecon town and to the Beacons for some lovely walks. We would recommend this site to anyone.
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| Date of Visit: February 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Morgz84 |
22 reviews from this member |
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Camped here in February for short out of season getaway. I chose this site because of it's great reviews and apparently good facilities; I was not disappointed.
The staff here were pleasant to speak to at all times.
I stayed in the Oaks field with electric hookup. The pitches are set but very generous. The view from the field is very nice. There is a road running alongside, but it's a slow road anyway and quiet at night.
The amenities block is wonderful. It's heated all the time and cleaned twice a day. Hot water always available in the showers and at all hand and washing up basins.
I was initially taken aback by the 'no music' rule whilst I loved the 'no shouting' one. However, having spent time at this site in the mornings and evenings, it really is special just to sit back and hear all the birds twittering and sheep baaing around you. The 'information room' is a nice touch, and very informative.
The site does do Calor exchange, but they do not stock 3. 9KG Propane bottles. I politely suggest that they do in future as this is a popular size amongst tenters.
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| Date of Visit: February 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Xisle |
6 reviews from this member |
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Beautiful! Wow, what a site! We stayed 2 nights at this great site. Location for Brecon and the Beacons is fantastic. The actual farm is nice and the site is spacious and well maintained.
The facilities are great and very clean.
This site has won many awards and quite rightly so!
The owners are really friendly too which is always a good addition.
It snowed whilst we where there making the site and the surroundings very scenic.
We will be back to this site!
Take some bird feed with you and you'll be awarded with so many different birds coming to feed. Although we didn't use it, I believe you can get into Brecon on the Canal Tow Path which runs right along the site.
Just up the road is the small but warm and welcoming Royal Oak Pub that has Brains Beer on tap! Yummy!
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Daveukleics |
24 reviews from this member |
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The site is very well kept and pleasant to stop on. Staff friendly.
Lots of scenic walks about and a couple of local pubs worth visiting.
Rather than state the best parts of the site which have already been mentioned in previous reviews I will state some that are niggles but would make the site very good.
The shower water was only just usable as it was only just warm. I think this must have been like this since summer but now its colder the temperature needs increasing. Took a couple of minutes to get to just warm.
The wifi is free but must be limited as when it gets to evening when most are online the signal drops to weak or nothing at all and its only a small site so this needs attention.
The site is very dark at night if you wish to walk to toilet block, could do with a few more lights near the paths.
Enjoyed our stay and yes a would return.
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| Date of Visit: September 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Pennylyttle |
3 reviews from this member |
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This is by far the best campsite I have stayed at in every aspect. It is beautiful, clean, all the facilities you could possibly want. I have stayed here many many times and for long periods at a time too.
The owners and caretakers are very friendly.
There is a shop, a local information room, fridge and freezer space, laundry facilities, a drying room and the cleanest toilet and shower facilities I have ever come across.
The location is perfect for exploring this area of Wales and there is also a bus service that runs right past the site entrance that will take you into either Brecon or Abergavenny.
There is a lovely children's playground away from the main camping areas and even a museum area with old farming vehicles and equipment.
I can't recommend it highly enough.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Stephengcooper@ |
5 reviews from this member |
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It's the attention to detail that makes this wonderful site. Sweetpeas and piped music in the spotless wash areas are a nice touch, but more appreciated is the sufficiency of hooks in the shower cubicles and space to undress and turn around in a dry area - both real rarities.
There was also a scrubbing brush provided at the boot-cleaning point, so that my 'spare' dishwashing brush was not called into action.
Manicured lawns and beautiful borders and orchards and - had I known it and brought the laptop - free wifi in parts of the site.
One regret was no visit to the Royal Oak, as the Brecon Jazz festival and fringe took all of my musical and drinking attention. Superb site, lovely town, wonderful walks, possibly the best in my 12 years of camping
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Shanxpony |
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Very nice camp site in beautiful surroundings, with facilities that just can't be faulted. There is even piped music in the bathrooms with nice photographs on the walls.
Nearby pubs provide good meals (and sometimes entertainment).
However, the site is quite expensive. I wouldn't normally pay this much for camping, and only did so because it is a cut above the usual ones. But since it is so expensive, I feel that there are some issues that should be mentioned.
Don't put your tent too near to the hedge that backs onto the road, as although it is not a busy road, it gets some use throughout the night and can cause lack of sleep!
The perfect way to get to Brecon and back is to cycle the 4 miles along the canal tow path, but cycle hire is provided by a third party and is very expensive - I think a cheaper alternative should be offered!
And finally, it's a long way to the toilet block from the tent fields - they should build a smaller toilet block in this field, or allow tents to pitch nearer to the existing facilities.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Maistro |
6 reviews from this member |
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My wife and I had two nights camping on the site at the start of July, ok it's not cheap but you get what you pay for, it's lovely the full place is spotless.
We camped in the meadow at the far end of the site, there was lots of room and good quality wooden picnic tables/chairs here and there. I feel that a toilet/shower building at this end of the site would be a great asset.
We had a meal in the Royal Oak (just up the road)on the first night which was very good, nice pub with beer garden onto the canal.
We had a trip into Brecon which is a lovely town with plenty of carparking and we shopped in Morrisons which was very handy.
Following our return to site, we walked two miles along the canal towpath to Talybont-on-usk, a village with some nice pubs, we only saw a couple of boats, but lots of people walking and on bikes. We had a great weekend and will return.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Fionna |
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Oh My Goodness - What a beautiful site. In fact I would say, this is the best site I have been on and we have been on a number of Touring parks over the past 5 years.
Mind you - we only stayed the one night as we were visiting family in South Wales and rather than book a hotel, we chose to take our caravan down to Brecon and pitch and travel to the party venue and drive back.
It took us 3 hours to reach the site but we felt like we had had a break when we left the following day.
The site was like driving into a Garden Centre - the plants were so lovely and fragrant in their displays, well attended to. We pitched on the Orchard where each pitch was segregated with a hedge of plants and bushes, really cosy.
Water and electric shared between 2 pitches. The amenities were superb. The waste and chemical area were spotless and a hose to clean your loos after emptying ( It looked like a french toilet in fact ! ) The toilets/showers were immaculate.
Showers had plenty of room - a small bench to place your stuff, 3 hooks for clothes, push button shower which lasted approx 20 secs. Lovely and warm too.
Also just outside of the shower cubicles was a couple of squeegee mops to clean the shower after you. The toilets had fragrant blocks on them - and there were cubicles with sinks. There was plenty more facilities - but as we were only there the one night - we didn't have to use them.
We took a walk around the site before we left, and there was an area with Caravans, motorhomes and tents on and further on an area for tents only.
On leaving the site and turning right and making your way through the village of Pencelli - there is a lovely pub with a garden in the back which is situated on the left of the road. How handy is that ?
All in all - a really lovely site - but. I hasten to add here - just one downfall - They don't allow dogs and we have 2 pooches. So we wont be able to stay at Pencelli Castle unless its for a very short stay without our dogs as they come with us everywhere.
Perhaps the owners might change their minds sometime - I'll have to monitor their website.
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Waynetod |
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Fantastic site. Plenty of space in the meadow, even when busy. Very well kept greens with good drainage. There was a spectacular storm on Friday 24 June during the evening yet by the morning it had soaked away. The gardens are kept immaculate by Paul the gardener and have been recognised by having the 2010 David Bellamy award and the loos are amongst the best you can expect. There are 2 family rooms with showers, toilets, baby changing facilities and disabled access to them. Very impressed although it is not cheap. But you do get what you pay for.
Great place to stay for easy access to the Brecon Beacons or if you want to canoe the canal down to the pub.
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Nedsram |
21 reviews from this member |
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This has to be the best site we have ever visited. Immaculately presented and beautifully laid out. The toilet block is well worth the numerous awards it appears to have received, which are proudly displayed.
This is a Mecca for walkers, with the canal next door and the Brecon Beacons within easy (if strenuous) walking distance. There is also a good canal side pub just down the road - and an even better one is the Star in Talybont, a relaxing 20 minute walk away along the canal towpath.
Whilst not cheap, this site is worth every penny. They don't charge for the WiFi, which is just as well, as the connection was lost regularly. (They say this is because of the large number of kids playing online games. )
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Banner1 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Very busy, never crowded.
After I read the other reviews I was pleased to go and read they won a award for the loo of the year I laughed but I could really see why. There facilities are amazing with hot water all the time and all very clean.
Great location with several pubs near by.
Too quiet for us with there No Music rule. Defintly a family camp site.
Owners were very helpful but price seemed a tad steep considering tents pay the same as motorhomes at £11.30 per person per night,but like I said always hot water and always clean.
Very nice place I would recommend to family's but not couples
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Martinjp65 |
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We selected this site for our final trip of 2010 and were not disappointed. The shower block is among the best we have experienced and was a pleasure to use although it was a little on the cool side when we stayed.
We had a EHU pitch part of which was roped off to allow the grass to recover there was still ample room for our Norfolk lake tent with no issue pegging out and nice level pitches the site is a nice mix of serviced hardstands nearest the shower block, grass EHU pitches and the end field that looked very nice but had a bit more of a 'wilderness' feel.
The shop was still open when we stayed and we bought most of our bread there and some nice local honey even though we stayed out of season the site seems to be popular with people on shorter weekend breaks.
ADJ to the shower block is an information room with fridges and freezers anyone can use and a drying room for outside clothing the whole site is very tidy and well kept and there is even a facility for washing muddy boots and mountain bikes!
Overall this is a lovely site for exploring this part of Wales, Brecon is the nearest town with nice shops and a large Morrisons the area is famous walking country and we found it exhausting sitting and looking at the mountains for hours (well we were on holiday after all!)
This lovely site passes the 'would we go back'? test with flying colours
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