- No pets
Facilities
- Family / Child Friendly
- Free Parking on Premises
Beside the Llugwy, facing Moel Siabod
Dolgam Campsite is a working farm on the bank of the river Llugwy, on the A5 between Capel Curig and Betws-y-Coed. Moel Siabod fills the view. Walkers and climbers have been coming here for nearly a hundred years, and Google reviewers give it 4.7 out of 5.
Open every month of the year
That is unusual in this part of Eryri, where most sites shut from October to Easter. Dolgam takes tents, campervans, motorhomes and trailer tents in every season, so you can walk here in winter and still sleep under canvas rather than drive home.
The facilities
An old stone farm building has been converted into the shower block, with toilets, hot showers, washing rooms and a washing-up area. There are chemical toilet and grey waste points. Electric hook-ups and hardstanding pitches are there but you have to book them ahead, and on summer weekends and bank holidays it is worth booking any pitch at all.
Getting here without a car
The bus stops in both directions right outside, and the stop is called Dol-Gam if you are looking up a timetable. Very few campsites in the mountains can say that. Capel Curig is a couple of miles west, Betws-y-Coed about four miles east, and the Llugwy runs between the two with Swallow Falls on the way.
What people come here to climb
Moel Siabod is the obvious one, straight out of the field, and the Daear Ddu ridge on its east side is the interesting way up. Capel Curig has Plas y Brenin, the national outdoor centre, and the A5 carries on west into the Ogwen valley for Tryfan and the Glyderau. Betws-y-Coed the other way has the shops, the cafés and the railway station.
House rules, and they are firm
No dogs, because it is a working farm. No caravans, no fires and no music, and no stag or hen groups. Barbecues are fine. Evenings are kept quiet, and a cash deposit is sometimes asked of groups who have not stayed before. Families, mountaineering clubs, Duke of Edinburgh parties, colleges and schools are all welcome.
At a glance
- On the river Llugwy between Capel Curig and Betws-y-Coed
- Open all year, which most sites here are not
- Views of Moel Siabod from the field
- Rated 4.7 out of 5 on Google
- Tents, campervans, motorhomes and trailer tents
- Shower block in a converted stone farm building, with hot showers
- Electric hook-ups and hardstanding, bookable in advance
- Bus stop directly outside in both directions, named Dol-Gam
- No dogs, no caravans, no fires, no music
- A converted chicken coop and a farmhouse bed and breakfast as well as camping
Good to know
What does it cost? £12 per person a night, not per pitch. Children aged 5 to 17 are £10 and an electric hook-up is £6. So two adults and two teenagers come to £44 a night before electricity.
Can I bring a dog? No. In their own words, as a working farm they cannot accept dogs.
Can I bring a caravan? No. Tents, campervans, motorhomes and trailer tents only.
Can I have a campfire? No fires of any kind. Barbecues are allowed.
How do I pay? At the farmhouse when you arrive, or they catch up with you on the field. Cash is easiest. If you have booked grass and been given the gate code you can come and go when you like.
Is there anything other than camping? Yes. There is a chicken coop, which is somewhere between camping and a bunkhouse, and bed and breakfast in the farmhouse with a Welsh breakfast in the morning.
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