- Golf
- Playground
- Sanitory Blocks
- Rallies
- Pets Allowed
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Bodnant Caravan Park was established in the early 1960s by the Kerry family. We have won the WALES IN BLOOM competition covering the whole of Wales, for touring caravans for 26 consecutive years with our many floral features and an array of old farm implements of a bygone era.
We can accommodate touring caravans, motor-caravans and tents. We also have 2 holiday caravans for hire. We have a separate field for caravan rallies.
Bodnant enjoys a picturesque location on the outskirts of the market town of Llanrwst in the beautiful Conwy Valley. Many customers return year after year to enjoy our gardens and relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Our site is renowned even as far as Europe.
The site is all grass, level, easily accessed, sheltered by trees and bordered by Nant y Goron stream, which runs into the River Conwy.
All caravan pitches have electric hook-up. 8 pitches are multi-service hook-ups (electricity, water, T.V. aerial and waste disposal). Some electric hook-ups are also available for tents, which are located in a separate field. The toilet blocks have free hot water and showers. A dishwashing area, chemical disposal point and a recycling collection area, playfield, dog walk and telephone box are also provided.
We also have a small farm stocking sheep, hens, ducks, geese and guinea fowl. Our site is well known for our animal cemetery, marked with little white crosses where children often leave posies of wildflowers.
Many varieties of birds can be found on the site; woodpeckers, goldcrests, mistle thrushes, redstarts, tree creepers, siskins, nuthatches, herons, buzzards, sparrow hawks and house martins are just a few apart from the more common garden species such as tits and blackbirds. When dusk falls the bats come out. The local Llanrwst agricultural show is held every August just a few fields away and the local sheepdog trials are held in the town every July. Our own sheepdogs can sometimes be seen herding our sheep, ducks (and customers who havent paid!!)
The Conwy Valley is a place of unsurpassed beauty clothed, it is said, in every shade of green imaginable. Despite the farming of its lands, the planting of great swathes of forest, building of roads and the railway the valley has remained relatively unchanged throughout the centuries. Apart from the natural beauty of its rivers, lakes and vistas of the rugged Snowdonia mountains there are numerous places of interest to visit during your stay.
Llanrwst, the capital of the Conwy Valley is an ancient market town built on the banks of the River Conwy. The ancient three-arched stone bridge leads into a town made up of narrow streets offering a plethora of shops selling goods from everyday needs to home baked bread and Welsh delicacies. There is something to suit all palates in the variety of restaurants, bistros, cafes, take-aways and olde worlde tea-rooms.
There is a wealth of culture and heritage in the Conwy Valley, including the following:
St. Crwsts Church, Llanrwst (½ mile)
15th century church with beautiful carved rood screen, effigy of Hywel Coetmor and stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great.
Tu Hwnt ir Bont, Llanrwst (½ mile)
Welsh afternoon teas are served in this ancient courthouse with its low oak beams, now in the keeping of the National Trust.
Gwydyr Castle, Llanrwst (1 mile)
16th century Manor House that was the ancestral home of the famous Wynns of Gwydyr.
Trefriw Wells Spa (3 miles)
This spa was said to have been discovered by soldiers from the XX Roman Legion.
Trefriw Woollen Mills (2 miles)
Working mill with large shop selling its products.
Crafnant & Geirionydd Lakes (4 miles)
Beautiful lakes nestling in the mountains above Trefriw.
Capel Garmon Cromlech (5 miles)
This burial chamber dates from circa 1800 BC.
Betws-y-Coed (3 miles)
This most well known of Welsh villages is in a picturesque location and offers many shopping opportunities.
Bodnant Garden, Eglwysbach (8 miles)
Surely the greatest garden in Wales. Famous for its Laburnum arch. (after which my mother named our caravan site - having been brought up on a farm adjacent to Bodnant Gardens)
Further afield, but still within easy reach there are many more attractions to be discovered including:
Conwy Castle
Caernarfon Castle
Llechwedd Slate Caverns - Blaenau Ffestiniog
Slate Museum - Llanberis
Copper Mines - Llandudno & Beddgelert
Welsh Mountain Zoo - Colwyn Bay
Steam Railways - Ffestiniog Railway & Snowdon Mountain Railway
The site is situated opposite the Leisure Centre and by the 30 m.p.h. sign on the B5427 Nebo Road from Llanrwst, and is clearly signposted at the junction with the A470 (click through for map).
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