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We have visited North Wales on 3 previous occasions and now we have found a site that we will return to when ever we want to stay in that area. The site is immaculately maintained, toilet and shower blocks are cleaned to a very high standard, the pitches are flat with a very fine gravel, easier on the feet. Our pitch was on the opposite side to the railway, so we were not unduly bothered by the early train, the golfers on the course behind the site woke us on more than one occasion, well before 6. 30am. The site is ideally located with easy access to the town and all its attractions, it is within easy driving distance to Snowdonia's many attractions. A really nice site, pleasant staff, a well stocked shop and excellent location.
Very nice site, caravan club affiliated - very expensive. Right by the town, couldn't fault it - but you have to pay for the toilet the key - which is fine, but then if you want to go off early you can't get your money back. So put on credit card if you are leaving early. Toilets spot on even though site very busy.
This has been a truly fantastic weekend. Upon arrival, a wonderful warm welcome was received and the staff were patient and helpful despite 4 units arriving all at the same time. The facilities are fantastic and kept very clean. The site is in a fantastic location, with the centre of Betws-y-Coed being literally a 2 minute walk away.
My only negative comment is that the 3 toilet cubicles in the males are often not enough in the morning as there was often a queue.
You do notice the noise of the trains, but they are not overly intrusive.
The site is an excellent base for exploring Snowdonia or going to Llangollen. We had a serviced pitch which was huge and lovely and flat. We will definitely be stopping at this site again - can't get enough of this site.
This is a really lovely site in a brilliant location, spoilt only by the hourly mainline train racing along the edge of the site.
Although this is a Caravan Club site, and comes with all the usual high standard of facilities, it is only affiliated and so we couldn't use our Caravan Club Wi-Fi subscription, which was a bit disappointing. We had to pay £5 for 5 hours use, which we thought was a bit steep.
Showers were great and brilliantly clean, but were quite a trek from our pitch. Laundry was very reasonable.
The pitch itself was huge and nice and flat, however, we backed directly onto the railway line and from 6am to 9pm every hour and train thunders past, so don't expect any lie ins!
Be warned that TV reception is really bad here and you can only pick up a handful of Freeview stations.
Large spacious hard standing, we had a fully serviced, but all the pitches are nice and large.
Facilities
Excellent, extremely clean, pleasure to shower! - laundry, washing up area, well stocked shop, wifi is £5. 00 for 5 hours we don't usually bother so not sure if that is expensive or not. Safe site with barrier. Very quiet, but it was march - suspect could be lively when fully booked in the school holidays.
Local area
Betws has everything pubs, restaurants shops and of course snowdonia national park, you can't really ask for more.
Summary
Commercial site, so more expensive, doesn't have 'stunning view' but is nestled within some lovely trees, which makes it hard to believe you are sitting yards from a town. We love this site, the area, the town, and will return.
Previous reviews
The trains didn't bother us, they are not that frequent, we were the other side of the site, I guess if you were underneath the track they may bother you, I wasn't actually woken up by the early morning one, although my husband heard it. I have to say the church clock chiming on the hour did wake me up ! Not loud enough to bother really, but we've not heard it before.
Just returned from a wonderful weekend spent at the Riverside Touring Park in Betws-Y-Coed.
The check in staff were very welcoming and soon got the formalities done with and advised where our pitch was. The pitches are pan flat, so setting up was very easy. We had booked a serviced pitch, but the electric hook-up point was between two pitches and our hose was not long enough to reach, due to having to park in a given configuration (not a problem as 1 aquaroll is enough for us for the weekend).
The site is very well maintained and kept very clean. The toilet block feels very new and like it has just been opened. The showers are very warm and not push button. We climbed Snowdon on Saturday so having a hot powerful shower on Saturday evening was just what the dr ordered.
The site has a very well stocked shop selling pre-ordered papers, ice creams, bread etc. But also camping accessories such as aqua rolls etc. Access to the site is by a swipe card which operates a massive barrier - without a card you are not getting into the site, so good for security.
The barrier to access the site is closed between 10pm and 7pm so there is no traffic on the site between these hours. There is a rail line which runs adjacent to the site but this caused no disruption at all.
The site is ideal for exploring Betws on foot or for exploring further a field like Snowdon (10 minute drive away), North Wales, Llandudno etc.
The camp site was very quiet and we had a thoroughly enjoyable stay. If you do go to Betws, make sure you visit the Ty Gwyn pub. We always eat there when we go to Betws and have never had a bad meal there yet.
We would definitely visit this site again - we love Betws and Morris Leisure has once again delivered a great site for us to stay at.
Ideally sited just a couple of minutes walk out of the village. We had a quick and efficient check in, although we did find it strange that on a 2 night stay we needed to change pitch each night. We spoke to other campers who told us this was the same for several units.
The showers, toilets etc are immaculate - could not fault the facilities or the cleanliness of same. Top marks to the staff - likewise the pitches are well kept, clear, well cut grass around the hard standings etc.
We did find that the lack of facilities for children seemed to make the site a little noisy. At one stage an impromptu game of football was held on the camping pitches. After the ball striking 3 units a warden arrived and ended the game. The children then moved onto scooters and bikes and several of them spent an hour not only on the roads but around the pitches - this time no intervention from the wardens. No harm really but also not at all peaceful.
It does seem they have several rules which make sense - but they don't seem to enforce. The rule on one vehicle per pitch was not enforced, at least 3 pitches with 2 cars, and one pitch had 3 cars on for 24 hours. The number of guests on a pitch seemed high to what we would normally see so overall it did seem crowed and a less peaceful then other reviews have said.
Overall at £25 per night we expected the 5 Star stay advertised, would say we got a 4 star at most. Facilities are brilliant but for us the site was very noisy and felt a bit overcrowded with too many people on several pitches.
This is obviously a very popular site, difficult to book even at fairly high prices so it must be doing a good job - quite possible it was a one off. The location and facilities would tempt us back to try again - would say this is one of the best sited campsites we have come across in North Wales and even with above would recommend it.
Lovely level site all hard standings with TV connection. We had a super pitch with our own fresh water and waste drain.
The toilets, showers, laundry and pot washing facilities were lovely and clean.
Site is between a railway and golf course. The trains only run infrequently so are not a problem.
Good dog walk of site around the edge of the golf course or into the village.
Shop on site with a few grocery and caravan essentials.
Good pubs, restaurants and shops in the village.
Site was let down by the fact they do not enforce their own rules. We had a ramp outside our van which the kids liked to jump over on their scooters in the evenings, ball games played near the van and occasionally kids running around in the toilets. This spoilt a lovely peaceful site which is a great base for all the North Wales attractions.
We stayed for 5 nights as part of our family holiday touring N Wales. I (26) stayed with my dad, half sister and her friend (15).
I think that this is one of the nicest sites we have stayed on in our 5 years of touring. We were pitched four caravans from the toilet block with the golf course on the other site of the hedge. There was very minimal noise from the golf course. The trains were noisy but infrequent and didn't cause a great disturbance.
The toilet block was extremely clean and luxurious with toilets, showers, sink cubicles and free (if not the most powerful)hairdryers. I wondered if there were enough toilets and showers for the site but it was always quiet. I used the washing up room and the laundry, both very good. Small shop well stocked with caravan items, bread, milk and papers.
The site was minutes walk from town where there was plenty of choice for eating and shopping outdoors stores! Excellent base for exploring N Wales as a whole.
I can see where other reviews have commented on rules citing no scooters or ball games etc but this was not strictly policed. Given the close proximity to the village we did not miss a clubhouse or park as we are able to entertain ourselves in peaceful surroundings!
Recently returned from a 5 night stay as part of a tour of North Wales. Superb location as could walk into BC with no problem so you can enjoy this lovely little place without having to use your car. The river can be accessed from the end of the site via the tent field - do bear this in mind with younger children as we didn't realise until they had been exploring and wouldn't have allowed them to go unsupervised if we had known. Our pitch was on the side of site adjacent to the railway line and sewerage works. I felt we really were a bit too close for comfort for both! Even on the 5th day because of the tranquil surroundings some of the trains were a real shock to the system as it is an old line, very noisy and they pass at quite a speed! As we have super weather the smell from the works was sometimes very overpowering. There too is a constant 'whirring' sound that we noticed particularly on an evening. Had a very nice meal at the Ponty-Y-Pair Hotel on a recommendation from a fellow camper. Also some of the best showers I have come across on a site. The laundrette was also very good although it was closed for cleaning at the same time as the toilets - meaning I had to wait 1. 5 hours to retrieve my smalls! As there is no park for the children, the rules regarding no use of scooters, ball games etc did seem a bit harsh as there was really not a lot they were 'allowed' to so. However, there is a large playing field if you take the river walk outside of the gate at the tent field (turn left) with goal posts etc and we were lucky enough to have a super 'grandad' next door who took our boy along with his to play rugby on an evening. To sum up you can't fault the site for proximity to BC or its super shower block but if visiting with younger children the close proximity of the river and trains and lack of things for them to do can make it a little less than the relaxing break mum and dad were hoping for. Staff were efficient and went about their business quietly but seemed pleasant enough.
Very pleased with the pitch which was really large in size but on the down side it is the most expensive site we have stayed on for some time. Facilities were clean and tidy and we were lucky being close to the toilet block. It appeared to be quite a long way for the units at the bottom of site. Easy walking distance for the town, shops, tourist office and eating places. Unfortunately we were told on arrival that the shop was going to be closed for 24 hours for stocktaking but we were given some notice at least. Trains do run alongside the site and the 9-hole golf course is along the other side. Neither of which bothered us but you can hear both. Plenty to see and do in the local area and we found the tourist office to be particularly helpful. Probably worth the site fees when you take everything into consideration.
A very neat well maintained campsite which is part static and part tourers and is very close to the shops, hotels and cafes in Betws.
There is a new amenities block with washing machines, veg preparation etc. In the Gents there are 3 loos and 4 showers. Is this enough for the amount of pitches? I am told that the ladies is similar.
There is a normal size railway line running alongside the site, it is very rattley and the first train comes through at 0600 hours. It appears that they are on the hour every hour from than onwards.
As Caravan Club members we paid £27. 30 for a motorhome and two adults. On the phone when we booked one week before arrival we were informed that the price was £25 and confirmation of booking would be sent in the post. It wasn't!
On the plus side there are no ball games, scooters, skates etc allowed.
We were disappointed with the site as we felt we were a bit close to the other pitches with little privacy. We were also on a pitch where the road split into two with a very nice grassed area which we couldn't use as dog owners constantly allowed their dogs to pee on it. I doubt we will return.
We had picked a fabulous week to visit Wales, warm, hot at times and sunny from morning to evening every day. There is not much to add to any of the foregoing reviews; the site itself is well kept, fantastic toilet block etc. I cannot believe however that nobody mentions the sewage works! We were completely engulfed in the stink from the sewage pump which is right behind the railway (which runs behind the pitches)and between the railway and the river. We were told it happens now and again but it stank on the Friday (a rare hot evening in Wales), smelt on the Saturday evening and was wafting again on Sunday morning before we left. One other visitor to the site commented that she lives near a pig farm so all in all it wasn't too bad! Not a brilliant recommendation. Would we go back, sorry no. Not all the staff were friendly either, as has been mentioned in a previous review.
Just back from a full week at Riverside. What a great site and it’s a credit to the owners and the staff who run the site day to day.
Easy registration and soon on our pitch setting up. The super pitches have everything, space, water, electric and a tv point.
The shop is well stocked and you can order your daily paper for an 8-30am pick up the following day.
The washrooms are very clean and comfortable.
Betws y Coed is a great base to explore North Wales and we had day trips out to Barmouth, South Stack Lighthouse and Llandudno which were all less than an hours driving time.
We will definitely be back, its one of the best around.
I would say having read a previous post about caravans being crammed in and quantity over quantity is a strange comment in my mind. The pitches are probably the biggest I have ever seen and will take a caravan, awning and car easily with space to sit out too.
The location of this site is excellent - you can walk into the town of Betws y Coed in a few minutes and find a reasonable range of pubs and places to eat; shops are adequate but many tend to be a little 'touristy' offering gifts and outdoor clothing. Betws y Coed is a good base to tour northern Snowdonia, with plenty of walks nearby as well as pretty lakes to visit. It is close enough to the coast for a day out at Llandudno and other resorts.
We have stayed at Riverside on several occasions, and regard it as one of our favourites. Pitches are spacious, staff helpful and facilities amongst the best we have seen anywhere. Some reviewers have commented on the noise from trains but they are infrequent and we do not find them a problem.
There are no specific facilities for children, but a narrow (sometimes fast) river runs past one end of the site.
Riverside tends to be expensive by some standards but there is a discount for members of the C&CC and CC. There is also a loyalty scheme for repeat visitors.
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
No 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 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
Wild Swimming <1 mile 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <1 mile 
Golf <1 mile 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We have visited North Wales on 3 previous occasions and now we have found a site that we will return to when ever we want to stay in that area. The site is immaculately maintained, toilet and shower blocks are cleaned to a very high standard, the pitches are flat with a very fine gravel, easier on the feet. Our pitch was on the opposite side to the railway, so we were not unduly bothered by the early train, the golfers on the course behind the site woke us on more than one occasion, well before 6. 30am. The site is ideally located with easy access to the town and all its attractions, it is within easy driving distance to Snowdonia's many attractions. A really nice site, pleasant staff, a well stocked shop and excellent location. 
