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Bank Farm Leisure Campsite
Horton
Gower
Swansea
Glamorgan (Browse area)
SA3 1LL
Tel: 01792 687205
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Pitches: 180
Open: 01/03/2026 to 02/01/2027
01/03/2027 to 02/01/2028
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 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
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 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| 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 |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 No Fishing |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 Outdoor Pool On Site |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 Tennis On Site |
 Beach <1 mile |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: August 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: NICHALFORD |
11 reviews from this member |
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 Having returned yesterday from a long weekend at this site I felt I had to leave a review. What a mess! After hearing people rave about this site and it always being full I thought we were on to a gem staying here-how wrong could I be!
Bad bits- The worst showers and toilets I have EVER saw! I made 2 complaints about the state of them but the teenage girl behind the desk was completely uninterested. Sat morning I had a very cold shower- approx 9.30am had to wait 25 mins as only 4 showers in a block, so it wasnt even 12noon when I wanted to shower and water had run cold it was early morning! On the wall in my shower there was thick red blood- not the kind from shaving your legs either. Grass is everywhere, toilet tissue everywhere I felt cleaner before the shower! One complaint was that all of the toilets in the block had no toilet paper and flushes didnt work. They also do not provide hand soap. We are not the type to expext brilliant showers and toilets just clean facilities will do.There was abit of noise from the tent field after 12 but I can ignore that as we all have had a bbq that has run on abit late havent we. Pool v. Small for the amount of people on the site, as is the club house.
Good bits- the view was lovely, couldnt get any better to be fair we were in field 3, also we werent crammed in, alot of space infront of our pitch, dont think its enough to bring us back to those showers though! 
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Meldray |
1 review from this member |
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Just returned from 10 days at Bank Farm. Following their alternative route is advisable. Had a fully serviced pitch which included mains water and waste water disposal point. Pitch was also hard standing although this proved a bit of a problem when positioning awning etc and trying to reach water point which was too far for the hired aqua source to reach (a bit of handy work with a piece of hosepipe did the trick eventually)
We did find the site to be quite noisy at night or maybe we were just unfortunate with our neighbouring seasonal campers! Have to say that although we did'nt use the shower block as many as some, as we used ours in our van none of us ever saw it being cleaned. There was no soap, and toilet roll seemed to be in short supply, also many of the toilets were blocked and filthy.
Didnt use the pool due to the fact that it was heaving and quite murky looking, although this was probably due to the amount of people in there. Had a few take away meals from site which were nice and reasonably priced.
We were disappointed with the site but the area compansated for this. Lovely beaches, highly recommend local beach Port Enyon which is fantastic for rock pool exploring.
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| Date of Visit: August 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Burnards |
11 reviews from this member |
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Just back from a week at a C&CC 'site for holidays' at Bank Farm's rally field. Since the view alone was worth more than we were paying, I will leave critical observations to others and instead concentrate on its three best features - location, location and location. The view across the Bristol Channel towards Ilfracombe is superb.
Don't tell our fellow Channel Islanders we said so, but the Gower is stupendous for active kids - swimming, horse riding and surfing this time around - and we know we have barely scratched the surface of what's on offer within a few miles of this site.
Just don't follow this website's recommended route - see other postings here for the better approach, which Bank Farm will post out to you.
Dunno why the Welsh have a reputation for not being friendly. We found shop staff almost universally better than the norm and courtesy and patience on the Gower's narrow roads is streets ahead of what we experience in Guernsey or in the rest of the UK. Like Arnie, we will be back.
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Kirstie16 |
1 review from this member |
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The campsite was good. Staff friendly and helpful. Bar very good value, food good. Good location. Toilet facilities let the standard down. Very dirty and unclean. Not a pleasure to use.
Dogs allowed on campsite but not on beach nearest to campsite during May, June, July and August.
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Rachelsmif |
1 review from this member |
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Visited for a weekend with my family and a friends family who had a caravan. Superb. Amenities excellent. Very friendly campsite and definitely child friendly. Steep walk to the beach but manageable. Swimming pool slightly cold for me but the kids loved it. Would definitely recommend and will definitely visit again.
Well done Bank Farm.
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Trina293 |
8 reviews from this member |
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'Come on Bank Farm, you can do better!' - Thats my message after staying at Bank Farm recently over a weekend period.
We stayed on this wonderfully located site last year and found it clean, tidy and well kitted out for children and adults alike but our brief weekend recently found that dustbins were full, showers dirty, swimming pool area unkempt and littered with rubbish and left behind newspapers, toilet facilities blocked and locks on doors broken.
Noise was an issue - dont expect to have a good nights sleep until after 2am - music from car radios blasting and kids riding around on bikes until the early hours.
That said, this is a fantastically located site, with views across the bay and lovely pub just down the road (steep incline on walk back!). The beach is clean and great for the kids. I agree with the previous reviews regarding the approach roads to the site - the A4118 is not ideal for large motorhomes or caravans - instead take the recommended Junction 47 off the M4 - speak to Bank Farm and they will give you alternative directions - they are much easier than trying to navigate the windy roads with high walls either side ready to clip your wing mirrors or overhanging branches crashing into the side of your caravan!
Back to the site - dog walking facilities excellent, I didnt find dog fouling an issue - shop great stocks most things and staff friendly. Field 3 is best as you have views across the bay, Field 5 is flatter but no view at the low points.
Summary - this site is well located and is excellent for the kids - plenty todo even without good weather. All the negatives mentioned above can be overcome and personally, would not put me off staying there in future.
In all one of those sites which the location overrides the negative points which can all be easily overcome - Definitely worth considering for all ages.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Budgie01 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Visited this site for a weekend in June and liked it very much. It is a lovely location on the Gower Peninusla, high up on the cliffs overlooking the sea. The site itself was of good standard and it can get very busy & a little noisy at night. Nice flat pitches. Has a shop and a bar/ restaurant. Has electric hook ups if wanted. The toilets were clean as were the showers but there was no soap or toilet paper in the toilet area. I would recommend this site and visit it again.
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| Reviewer: Warbis66 |
28 reviews from this member |
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August 2005
We spent four nights here with several other families. Nice to be all pitched together. Sadly quite a lot of litter and the toilet block (only one for a big site) was very dated and below an acceptable level of cleanliness. Outside the washing up area wasn't much better where food was often left floating in the sinks. Next to this was the rubbish area which in the four days we were there was not emptied. The other unpleasant thing was cars driving around the site to in the middle of the night to get to the loo block.
The scenery around here and the beaches are first class to which I would return
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Leon Lloyd |
1 review from this member |
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We had a thoroughly enjoyable stay at Bank Farm the facilities for both children and adults are fantastic. The site was clean and tidy and the staff were not overbearing. Had no trouble with noise in the night other campers were friendly and respectful. The views over Port Eynon are stunning. A great site that we'll return to.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Cardenise |
8 reviews from this member |
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Well, where do I start?
We arrived at the site last Saturday, it looked quite nice, the views were the best thing. Got shown to our pitch which was in field 5 I think it was. Nice level field. Water points in various places, you had to go looking for them as there was no 'map' of the site or anything like that.
No plugs in the washing up sinks, a pain if you've forgotten to bring your bowl, lack of loo roll, it seemed it was only replenished once a week, most toilets didn't flush properly, some of the 'flush handles' were almost off the wall! I think they were only cleaned once a day around 5 in the morning, still lots of grass & muck on the floors afterwards. Although I did get a bit of warm water in the showers, my Husband didn't. Shop OK although the staff didn't come across that friendly especially once they heard my accent. Felt a bit intimidated when they started speaking in Welsh. It said the shop opened at 8.30am, but found out on the Thursday it was actually open at 8, probably for the more 'regular' visitors. A nuisance it shut at 6, probably a bit before as their clock was forward 5 mins as I discovered when I wanted a token for the washing machines, (launderette shut at 5, last wash at 4) I asked for it about 3.55, was told it was too late, I wasn't amused. Only sat outside the club place, too crowded inside, didn't eat there either, walked along the bottom road into Port Eynon most evenings to the Ship. Had a few take aways from the site, not bad food although the chips could have been cooked a tad longer!
Pool always packed, there was a rule that anyone under 15 had to be accompanied by an adult, that didn't seem to come into force until Wednesday when I think a few of the older swimmers complained about the amount of youngsters that were bombing & such like. Not really a proper lifeguard, seemed the ones in the food place took it in turns to sit outside & make themselves seen. The ladder into the pool at the deep end was very wobbly & the water wasn't very warm.
Very noisy at night, lots of shouting & karaoke lasting well into the early hours. Not by children I hasten to add! Could do with a security patrol a few times a night just to control the noise.
Lovely area, walked for miles, tried not to spend too much time on the site. (Hello to the nice friendly couple I spoke to when I eventually managed to get to the launderette)! :O)
Was supposed to be there until Saturday, we'd had enough & left Thursday afternoon.
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Joelyne |
1 review from this member |
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Stayed there for 2 nights in July 2006, and put on a field about a kilometer away from reception.
The views are great over the beach and the setting is lovely, however, the toilet and shower blocks are grimy, the adjacent container dustbins were full and smelly, the playground is dated and hazardous. Shame!
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Burnards |
11 reviews from this member |
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Just back from a glorious week on the Gower where one of the many highlights was the view from the rally field at Bank Farm, well worth the trek to the loos, shop and early-closing laundrette. Just one point. Touring caravanners and those with larger motorhomes will NOT enjoy the approach via the A4118 as suggested on this website. Several parts of that road are too narrow for a caravan and bus or tractor and trailer to pass and passing places are not that abundant. Although it looks tempting to leave the M4 and J42 and approach via Sketty and the 4118, Bank Farm recommends customers to stay on the M4 until J47 and approach via the A483 and 484, following the B4295 to Llanrhidian, turning sharp left around the garage there onto the B4271, sharp right towards Reynoldston then sharp left on entering Reynoldston emerging opposite the police house and turning right on the last four miles of the 4118 avoiding all but one of the tricky bits. By the way, my recollection is of a LEFT turn just beyond the Gower Holiday Village and rugby ground towards Horton followed by a right onto the site. We used this route on the way out and it is MUCH easier, well worth the extra mileage.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: TomKatEm |
3 reviews from this member |
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Good site. Large ptches that are well spaced. A huge field for playing. The toilets were OK but a bit dark and the showers were cold at 5.30am.
Pool a little on the cool side and deep (which I like but beware with kids). The shop is small but fairly well stocked. Friendly, helpful staff. Overall highly recommended.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: TomKatEm |
3 reviews from this member |
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Had a great weekend at Bank Farm - camped as part of a large group in the electric hook-up field. The views from here are wonderful. Site was great and ther children had a lovely time - pool was a wonderful hit. Site was busy but shower blocks always clean. Playground was in a bit of a state - broken glass and wobbly railings. Club house and shop very well stocked. Would recommend and definitely planning on returning soon
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Robbie J |
8 reviews from this member |
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Bank Farm is in a lovely location in the village of Horton, There's a steep walk down to a beautiful beach which wasn't too busy, The site itself is large with lots of static caravans but the main tent field is flat with good grass. There are plenty of showers and toilets which seemed reasonably clean & tidy
The clubhouse was ok and there's benches outside with great views of the sea and a play area which was out of sight down a bank. We had our 18 month-old who wanted to crawl around but there was too much broken glass around the benches.
I'd avoid this site at weekends in future because the noise from all night parties kept us all awake. We did complain but were told that the only rule about noise was that people turn off their music at 11:00pm. The Sunday night was much quieter and we did manage to get some sleep.
A potentially nice site at quieter times but we'll stick to smaller sites with effective wardens in future.
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