Pont Kemys Caravan & Camping Park

Eight acres on the River Usk

Pont Kemys Caravan & Camping Park is a five-star family-run touring park on the banks of the River Usk at Chainbridge, four miles from Usk and seven from Abergavenny. It has been welcoming guests for over twenty-five years. The park runs to eight acres and is reached easily off the B4598.

Pitches

There are hardstanding and grass pitches on the main site, all with TV and electric hook-up on pre-paid meters. There is a separate area of non-electric pitches for tents and campervans. And there is a small adults-only area of fully serviced super-pitches, each with its own water, TV, drainage and metered electricity.

On site

The shower block is fully equipped, with a separate disabled toilet and shower room and a baby changing room. There is a laundry with a washer, a drier and an iron, using tokens from reception, and a washing-up room with a microwave. Reception has a small shop selling gas, ice creams and everyday provisions, and the WiFi is free for guests. There is a dog walking area, and the whole park is easy to get round with a caravan behind you. Salmon and trout fishing is available from the site on the Usk.

At a glance

Five-star family-run park, eight acres on the River Usk at Chainbridge · four miles from Usk, seven from Abergavenny · hardstanding and grass pitches with TV and metered electric · a separate non-electric area for tents and campervans · an adults-only area of fully serviced super-pitches · shop, laundry, baby changing and a disabled shower room · salmon and trout fishing from the site.

Clytha Castle

A couple of miles upstream, on the Abergavenny side, stands a castle that was never meant to defend anything. Clytha Castle is a folly — three towers and a run of battlemented curtain wall on a rounded hill above the river, put up in 1790 by William Jones of Clytha Park. He built it, in his own words, to relieve a mind sincerely afflicted by the loss of an excellent wife. Elizabeth had died three years earlier. He hired the architect John Davenport and set the thing on a hill where the whole estate could see it. The Landmark Trust looks after it now and lets it out, so somebody is usually staying in it — but the National Trust owns the parkland round it and there are paths through that. Two of the three towers are habitable; the third never was. It is a strange, sad, rather beautiful thing to come across in a field.

Getting here

The park is off the B4598 between Usk and Abergavenny. Abergavenny lies seven miles north, with a market, supermarkets and trains running north to Hereford and south to Newport. Usk, four miles south, has pubs and a butcher.

Good to know

What does a pitch cost? A caravan, motorhome, trailer tent or tent including two people is £28 a night on stays of three nights or more. A fully serviced pitch is £30.

What about a single person? Single occupancy is £20, and walkers, cyclists and bikers £15. Those rates exclude bank holiday weekends and June, July and August.

Is electricity included? No. Hook-ups are on pre-paid meters, so you pay for what you use.

Are dogs allowed? Yes, up to two per unit at £1 each per night, and there is a dog walking area.

When is it open? From Friday 6 March to Sunday 1 November 2026.

Can I fish? Yes, salmon and trout fishing from the site. You will need an Environment Agency rod licence, and salmon on the Usk is catch and release.

Are visitors allowed? By prior arrangement only, and they must stop at reception on arrival. One car per unit.

Is there an adults-only area? Yes, with fully serviced super-pitches.