Facilities at reception
- Reception hours are 7 am – 11 pm except mid-week low season when you can use the call button at reception to get the attention of a staff member who may be cleaning
- Our carpark is beside reception. Entry to camping fields is controlled by a barrier.
- The Cegin food outlet sells pizzas and evening meals, and has an evening bar see Food and drink for more.
- Siop Gwynant our shop is beside reception and open 8 am – 8 pm except midweek low season 9am – 10 am and 4pm -8pm. Food, beer and camping things for sale.
- Limited Wifi is in most areas and by reception and the Cegin: no payphone
- Laundry: 2 washers 2 dryers (contactless card payment only) sink and power points are beside the shop.
- Rubbish and recycling centre is in the carpark. Separating waste into appropriate bins is a condition of camping here.
- A chemical toilet emptying point is next to the recycling area. No formaldehyde based blue chemicals allowed.
- All taps have drinking water purified by ultraviolet light and checked regularly by the council. Water can run short so please take care.
- Washing up area is near reception with sinks, hot water, stainless tables, 2 microwaves and an instant water boiler.
- A small chest freezer is for freezer packs only not food or drink. Bag and name your packs, leave at your own risk.
- A first aid cabinet is on the wall at the staff side entrance.
- No electric vehicle charging sorry due to our remote location and single-phase electricity supply.
- Weather information is displayed in the reception window.
Siop Gwynant shop
Siop Gwynant is in our reception building, beside the window. A variety of grocery and non-grocery items are for sale, including basic items that you may have forgotten and food that you can cook yourself here.
- Edible grocery items include basics such as tea, coffee, sugar, pastas, as well as refrigerated items including milk, cheese, bread. Sweet items include chocolate and of course marshmallows for toasting over your campfire. We also sell cans of beans and pasta sauces, ketchup and other bottled sauces. In summer a wider range is offered. Local craft ale is also on sale.
- Other groceries include essentials such as batteries, torches, washing-up liquid, can openers, common gas canisters, as well as toiletries such as shower gel, toothbrushes and toothpaste, sun cream, insect repellent. Matches and firelighters are also for sale.
- Maps include a range of local Ordinance Survey maps as well as climbing and local walks guides and a local “Around and about map” to help you navigate the area.
- A range of postcards is available.
- Walking sticks made by our woodsman from local hazel are also on sale.
- Books include a bilingual history of Nantgwynant and our very own picture book!
Y Bragdy / The Brewery
Our newly opened brewery offers our own range of beers in a secluded environment among trees beside reception. Here you can stand in the brewery building and sometime watch the brewers at work, or sit at picnic tables outside with a communal fire pit in the evening.
We now produce our own beers at the brewery, a lager, IPA and bitter ale. The brewery is open on the weekends when the brewer is busy.
Boat hire is at the riverside
Kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and sit-on-tops can be hired from the Boat hire area on the riverside from Easter until late in the season and can be booked on-line if you log in to your Guest Area. See our Boat hire page for details of costs and availability
Toilets and showers
- There is one main stone toilet block beside reception with separate men and women’s sections. These are spacious and light and decorated with hand-painted tiles of wildlife, see our Nature tiles. These have hot and cold water, stainless steel benches, soap dispensers, mirrors, Dyson airblade hand drier, and power socket for hair dryers. Two smaller blocks are in the camping fields, with 6 communal handbasins behind a screen in the covered washing up area between reception and the toilet blocks.
- Toilets: in the main block, there are 7 toilets for women, 6 toilets plus large urinal for men. Nearby behind the washing up area are 3 multisex toilets Small toilet blocks in Bridge Field and near Boathire each have 4 multisex toilets. In the Brewery, there are 2 multisex toilets. The toilets in the main block close for 1 hour per day for cleaning. All toilets are open at night. The showers are shut between 2pm and 4pm, and from 11pm to 7am.The women’s has 7 hand-basins and 7 toilet cubicles, while the men’s has 8 hand-basins, 6 toilets, and a large stainless urinal as well as a shaving socket above the basins.
- Showers: there 12 hot and cold showers behind the main toilet block including a level entry and a family shower. There are also 3 outdoor showers for washing down after being in the lake: clothing is required. All showers are free, simply keep pushing the button for hot water.
- A level entry toilet with baby changing table and a level entry shower is accessed from a ramp behind the washing up area.
Camping fields and vehicle bays
- Camping fields are green grass for tents, where you can choose your own pitch with a few bays, with a few bays for tents wanting EHU. All tent camping is separate from the cars which are parked nose in to the fields, separated from tents by rocks or tree plantations or else in designated parking fields at the back of the site. Campers vehicles must be no larger than 6m long.
- Van bays are mostly along hedgerows, with hard standing of gravel or reinforcing for the vehicle – not concrete as we want a natural environment. Beside the parking area is grassy space for a small puptent or awning. Vans 6 – 7m long can only be accommodated in lakeside bays, where Bay 1 is secluded under trees and bays 2 – 6 side by side overlooking the lake. No puptents, gazebos or stand along awnings can be accommodated here.
- Firepoints are located throughout the campsite and have fire extinguishers as well as water taps: all taps on site have treated drinking water. But please use sparingly in hot weather.