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We stayed here over bank holiday weekend and had a fantastic time, helped by the lovely weather. The site is in a stunning location overlooking Tor Bay and Oxwich Bay. All the staff were really friendly and helpful and the cafe seemed to be doing a roaring trade, particularly on breakfasts. The facilities were very modern and spotlessly clean. The pitches for caravans/campervans were all hardstanding and generously sized.
We spent a lot of time on Tor Bay and also walked to Oxwich Bay which has toilets and a couple of beach cafes selling drinks and snacks. We walked some of the Gower Coastal Path which runs right past the site.
All in all a wonderful site in a beautiful location. As other visitors have mentioned though it is a shame that they charge extra for everything including children's tents.
Fantastic site! we were met by a very nice Welsh gentleman, who was very helpful.
There are three fields. Even though it is on a hill the pitches are Terraced. We were in the Hard standing field, and didn't need our chocks. The other two fields were closed, probably because it was out of season and very quiet.
Just the one block was open, with one toilet with a sink and three shower rooms with toilet and sink. The others door was locked but assumed it was another shower room. Next door in the laundry block there was a row of locked rooms I assume were unisex toilets. Behind this it just gets better. Industrial dryers and washing machines, a top load spinner dryer, Dryer wardrobes and loads of fridge and freezer space. It was obvious the owners have put a lot of thought into making your stay as comfortable as possible.
There was a cafe but it was closed because it was out of season.
The views are fantastic! Loads of walks down to the beach. You can walk to Oxwich bay either through the gate at the bottom of the hard standing field or there is a track just outside the sites gate. You can also walk to three cliffs via the same gate.
Would recommend this site and look forward to using it again.
Simple three fields with nicely spaced semi-hard semi-level standings;. About £23/ night for two adults in a caravan or motorhome; plus extra for almost anything else.
The sits at the top of the cliffs so excellent views over Oxwich Bay —especially from the top of the site—but windy there.
Quite basic, small food shop with deliveries of mostly baps. The people at the shop do bake a small number of part-baked frozen loaves each day—the brown bloomer was crusty and tasty if eaten within hours of baking. The café, which closes mid Sept, does breakfast and sells pasties and sausage rolls which might be useful for a picnic or to take back for a quick meal. The café has TV on all the time so we didn’t eat there. There is no visiting fish and chip van.
The camp has no wi-fi but ‘3’ mobile network is just about usable so you can get online with a broadband dongle.
Gas not avail so if it runs out, and you are in a motorhome, you have to pack up and drive off to either the nearest garage several miles away or the nearby Three Cliffs campsite.
Two nice clean fresh toilets and shower blocks. Excellent laundry and cabinets to dry wet walking gear. Very friendly and helpful staff—especially Anna.
During the week it seemed popular with walkers and owners of elderly motorhomes. There were even some younger outdoorsy couples. But come the weekend then the hordes arrive from the south Wales towns. Expect plenty of tattoos, piercings, and in the case of our neighbour an ‘attack dog’.
In the touring field, there is a large central ‘green’ which gives a feeling of spaciousness. Unfortunately it is used by dog owners (everyone on this site seemed to have at least two dogs) as a toilet area. And if you are parked on the opposite side of the green to the showers then you have to walk across the green, often in your flipflops—not nice.
Really good bus connection to all parts of Gower just outside the gate of the campsite; including the northwest on Sundays—but they don't accept English bus passes. A day-pass is £4. 50.
So in summary; one of the best sites we have stayed at, friendly staff, great view, good buses, good toilet blocks. You might want to avoid weekends in season though.
We stayed at this campsite over the August bank holiday, and had a great time. The location was brilliant, just a 5-10 minute walk away over the sand dunes to Oxwich Bay, and a lovely walk over the cliffs to 3 Cliffs Bay. It's also just a quick walk up to the ridge to meet up with the Gower way, which is definitely worth doing.
There were three large fields to camp in, and we were in the one nearest the beach but furthest from the toilet block. It was on quite a slope, but it wasn't a problem for us, and it was lovely and sheltered. The only allocated pitches were the ones with electric hook-up, but there was plenty of space (even though they were fully booked for the weekend) and we didn't feel crammed in. It's a very family-orientated campsite.
The facilities were generally good, with a small shop and cafe on site, and fridges and freezers that you could use. The only small problem that we noticed with the site was that there was only one small shower and toilet block for 3 fields of campers, meaning that at peak times they got very busy. Also, many of the cubicles were self-contained bathrooms, which was quite nice but isn't the most efficient. Also, you had to pay for showers, which always annoys me a bit as you are already paying for the campsite!
Overall we were very happy with this campsite, and would definitely stay here again - earlier in the year next time so that we could take advantage of the pick-your-own farm.
After my young sons induction into camping in England and Scotland, I decided on a short break to Wales, and due to it's location on the Gower Peninsula, chose Nicholaston Farm.
The site states that summer holiday bookings must be of 4 nights or more, but we only wanted two. After a phone call to the site, it was confirmed that we could indeed have a 2 night stay.
The site is quite pricey compared to a lot of others, and charges for pretty much every extra or option, including children's tents etc. I can understand this when the site is crowded and busy, but a little leniency would be appreciated when things are quieter. My son brought his small play tent with him (a little two man tent), but I was reluctant to put it up at a cost of an extra fiver a night.
The site slopes considerably, and if you pitch on the high ground in the tent field, you are over the other side of a hedge from the main through road on the Gower, so it can be a little noisy with lorries passing by a few feet away. It rained heavily during our stay, and things got a little muddy, but once things dried up it was a lot more pleasant.
The site shop was excellent, with a good range of essentials, but we didn't try the cafe facility. All was clean and well presented.
The utility room was clean and tidy, with a couple of large fridges and a huge chest freezer for food and freezer packs.
The showers were excellent, and although limited in number, we never had to queue. They were little self contained rooms with toilet, sink and shower. The shower was 20p for about 3 1/2 minutes, and this was ok, but 5 minutes would be better when you are also trying to shower a 5yo. A mop or squeegee would also be useful, as I found myself having to clean the wet muddy floors with toilet roll so we had a clean floor to step onto out of the shower. One other useful addition would be a fold down table in each shower room for putting bits and pieces on, rather than having to balance things on the sink.
The beach was a ten minute walk away down a sandy woodland trail, and some would find the walk back a bit of a challenging climb. The beach was excellent, with a huge expanse of sand, and lots of rock pools to explore. We saw everything from kites and horse riders, to climbers and a running club using the sandy beach.
In all, the only thing that really put a damper on it was one wet day, and it can get very very windy on the site. Then again, this can be true of pretty much any coastal site.
If the site either lowered its prices by a couple of pounds, or allowed a limited range of extras to be included in the price, then I'd say it was excellent value for money. Location-wise, it's excellent, and in a superb location for some good days out.
Stayed here for our first holiday camping, had previously done long weekends nearer to home, stayed here for 10 nights, it would have been nice to know that you needed money for showers (20p for around 3mins) in advance and really needed to out 40p in if shampooing and conditioning hair. It was great that there are fridges and freezers to use to store food. The locations amazing, wonderful dog friendly beaches a short walk, (down through the sand dunes). Facilities always clean and plenty of hot water. We'll be back.
Our seventh visit to this site and as good as ever.
The owners have got the balance just right.
Excellent facilities - always spotless & always hot water, plenty of fridges & freezer space,
Excellent cafe with delicious icecreams and smoothies, small shop, but selling all the right things, including freshly baked bread each day, friendly helpful staff.
There is the fantastic beach. This site is as perfect as you can get, so once we have arrive we rarely leave the site until it is time to go home.
Fantastic site. The staff were really friendly and helpful. The toilets / showers were great. We particularly liked the parent / child toilets! Showers were very good value for money. Toilets and showers were always clean.
Good washing up area plus a couple of big fridges and a big chest freezer. There were also washing machines / dryers, including big stand up dryers for anything non-tumble dry.
The walk back from the beach was very scenic, albeit a reasonably hard walk for small people / pregnant person (both in our party). But the beach was gorgeous.
The children enjoyed playing on the camping field and in the stream nearby. Good little shop for essentials and cafe too.
Not sure about whether there was anything within walking distance (apart from the beach) but there were lots of places within driving distance, from remote to big town.
We spent 2 weeks here and had a great time - would definitely come back!
The site staff were friendly, washing and laundry facilities good and whilst we're not used to paying 20p for a shower the good quality and maintenance of the facilities didn't leave us feeling short-changed, even in peak season. The camping fields have a gentle slope but our pitch with elec at the top of the west field was level. A small number of clear and sensible rules makes for a relaxed atmosphere. The security barriers are great. All considered the tarrif was good value.
Location is the strong point here, with access through the woods and dunes to the most stunning and quiet beach, complete with pub at the opposite end of the bay, about half hour walk. For an even better view of the bay and most of the rest of the peninsula, have a walk to the top of the hill behind (north) the site. There are plenty of other things to do locally and a wide range of other well priced or even free activities in Swansea. 10/10 for LC2!
Just got back from a lovely three day stay at Nicholaston Farm - weather was amazing so that always helps too! The staff were very friendly and the whole site was very clean and very well organised. The shop selling its own produce from the working farm is great, I thought.
This is a great family site where there is secure entry in and out of the camping fields - so the kids could run about no problems - plus I felt secure with the surfboards on the car when out and about. This is a very quiet site which literally falls into silence by about 10. 30pm.
This will be ideal for many - for me, it was perhaps bordering on a bit too quiet as we were whispering away so we didn't wake anyone up - I don't mind a bit of low level chit chat going on. It's definitely not a site where the kids go to bed and the parents then get smashed! Depends what you're looking for.
The views from the camping field we were in were just superb - looking out across Oxwich Bay and on clear days, you can even see across the water to Ilfracombe. There is a clear sandy path down to the beach which really is 10 mins away and walking through the dunes towards the beach was absolutely stunning - I love Llangennith beach, but this beach may even top the views there and it's more quiet - not as choppy as Llangennith so swimming is perfect and Three Cliffs as a view while you do so is out of this world.
A 20 minute walk will take you to Oxwich Bay Hotel, which has a good pub garden.
Highly recommended and I will definitely be going back, although it seems at the moment that electric hook up can't be guaranteed - you have to take a chance when you arrive on the day.
We stayed in the last week of July 2012 and had the best week ever at Nicholaston. This was helped greatly by the weather which was 25 degrees most days and not a cloud in the sky.
We stayed in the field directly behind the cafe/shop building, gentle slope but we had magnificent views, so it was no problem for us. The washing up facilities were very good and we really appreciated the free fridge and freezer service.
Make sure all items are well labelled. Walk down to the nearest beach is suitable only for the able bodied, coming back it's a good work out!
Only slight grumble would be more shower rooms required with the toilet and wash basin included. These were nearly always busy especially with kids putting in 80p or more which caused delays - maybe have a 40p limit?
Most of the cafe/shop staff were really nice although a couple of the chaps checking us in and out were not very friendly - they need to smile more!
Overall an excellent site, we looked at a couple of others nearby and they were nowhere near as nice as Nicholaston. We'll definitely come back.
We've just spent ten days at this site and had a great time despite very unpredictable weather!
The family and staff who run the site are extremely friendly and helpful, the facilities got busy at times but were kept clean, the fruit picking is a lovely activity to have on-site and the range of fruit and veg in the shop is great and very good value. We used the laundry room, which is the best I've found on a campsite, and we found that 20p for 4 mins in showers was plenty.
I had wondered if the children would meet others to play with as there's no play area - actually, they spent hours playing cricket outside the tents and made some lovely friends. I wouldn't prioritise a play area again after this experience.
The walk down to the beach is less than ten minutes, and it's stunning, but it's a good twenty minutes back up the hill again with tired children! Oxwich is a five minute drive, Caswell and Langland are less than ten minutes and both are beautiful child-friendly beaches with lifeguards and toilets and shops.
The activities in Swansea for rainy days are really good - the LC is the best fun swimming pool we've ever been to and the Waterfront Museum is good for a couple of hours of exploring and has great children's activities. We had a great time at Oystermouth Castle in Mumbles one showery morning, it's just re-opened and is really great for the children and only £6 for a family entry.
We were in the top field, which was very sloping, but had a lovely view of the sea! We paid £24 per night including electrics and that seemed reasonable for August. We'd all love to return to this site next year.
Overall we really enjoyed our 2 nights here. The views are fantastic, the facilities superb, the cafe brilliant, a smashing time had at the PYO and the proximity to the beach lovely. We appreciated the industrial standard kitchen and fridges and were amazed that they were cleaned so often.
We didn't like the very sloping field, which was hard work with the buggy - as was the beach. Please don't take the buggy to the beach from the campsite - too much effort required!
The road which we were next to was noisy, quite late at night too. But being at the top of the field did mean we had no issues with getting wet!
When we were there, the field had just been mowed and we did find that there was a lot of grass inside the tent, but the amount of rain we had whilst there didn't help this much.
We stayed for a week at this site in a tent, but unfortunately, it is not one of the better sites that we have stayed on, and not a site that we will return to.
We booked two electric hook up pitches side by side several months in advance, so that we could be next door to our relatives. We didn't get off to a good start, when we were told on arrival that electric hook up pitches were first-come-first-served, and we had to drive round the site looking for a pitch.
The field behind reception was far too steep a slope to pitch the tent, so we went back to reception to relocate to another field at the bottom of the lane, next to the gate leading to the strawberry field.
This field was also sloping, but a little better than the main field behind reception.
Facilities.
In our field we felt that we got very little for our money. All we had in our field was one tap, which was in the hedge, with no hard-standing or drain, so you can imagine how boggy it was around the tap.
There were no toilet or shower facilities in our field, so we had a fairly long trek to the toilets/showers by reception, which although clean and modern, were nearly always full and a queue for both ladies and gents. I carried on into the caravan field where there was a bigger block.
We didn't like the setup of having just 2 cubicles, each with a toilet, shower and sink, so if someone is having a shower, you cant use the toilet, and vice versa.
Bad luck if you're desperate for the loo and someone is having a shower - cross your legs!
The setup was the same in the caravan field, but there were more cubicles, so no queue, there were also more toilets available in the caravan field top-of-the-range laundry/washing-up room.
The chemical disposal point is a long walk from the camp field, so you will probably need to take the portable loo in the car
We were a bit disappointed with the on-site farm shop, as the site sells itself on it's local produce. We went into the shop in peak season for some local sausage for breakfast to find them out of stock.
To summarise the facilities, toilets/showers/laundry/washing-up block were clean and modern, but no-where near sufficient for the size of the site. They were, in our mind, located in the wrong field - why have the washing up facilities in the caravan field, where the caravans are self-sufficient, but nothing in the camping field!?
The location.
The location is excellent, and this is what you are paying for. There is a 10 minute walk through the woods and across the dunes to a perfect beach, that is very quiet.
You are also close to a number of other beaches if you travel by car.
Swansea is a short drive away if you have a spare day to do some shopping. The city centre has an excellent selection of shops, but be ready to pay an arm and a leg to park the car. Our stay of just over 4 hours cost us. Wait for it. £11. 50!
The Mumbles is a nice day out, we recommend the road train that takes you all along the coast for just £5 per family - Absolute bargain. At the end of the train route is a Lido, cafe (nice cakes!), and play area.
Port Eynon is a nice little place, with a couple of shops and sea front cafe/restaurants and lifeguarded beach.
Local Shops.
There are two local shops in driving distance, both of them you need to turn left out of the camp site, the first being the garage, and for the second you need to carry on past the garage, turn right (signposted Rhossilli) and it's just there on the left.
If you turn right out of the site there is a co-op shop in the village of Killay and there is also a good camping shop at Upper Killay, if you need any spare parts.
Excellent location, with great views and lovely (if steep) walk to the massive expanse of sand, Oxwich Bay.
Some reviewers had mentioned the amount of rules at the site. This appealed to me having just returned from a very noisy site. There are rules, but they aren't enforced. There were several groups who were incredibly noisy until the early hours, with the field scattered with cans and bottles. Nothing was done unfortunately. Although site staff did apologise and were extremely polite and helpful in all other areas.
Shop was basic. No camping essentials, but small selection of food. Cafe was ok.
Showers were adequate for 20p but there aren't sufficient facilities for the number of units at weekends. It was ok in the week when many went home.
Site is on slope. Recommend buying anti slip matting for your surfaces! As some have mentioned it does back on to busy road.
Pitches weren't allocated and some tents pitched very close to each other.
All in all a lovely stay, marred only by excessive noise which wasn't dealt with.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No 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 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <5 miles 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <1 mile 
Wild Swimming <1 mile 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <5 miles 
No Tennis 
Beach <1 mile 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Coastside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We stayed here over bank holiday weekend and had a fantastic time, helped by the lovely weather. The site is in a stunning location overlooking Tor Bay and Oxwich Bay. All the staff were really friendly and helpful and the cafe seemed to be doing a roaring trade, particularly on breakfasts. The facilities were very modern and spotlessly clean. The pitches for caravans/campervans were all hardstanding and generously sized. 
