Bike Ranch Snowdonia
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 4YD
Contact & location
- Address
- Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 4YD
About camping in Wales
Wales is a devolved nation within the United Kingdom with its own parliament (Senedd Cymru), distinct legal system, and official bilingual status. Welsh (Cymraeg) is a living Celtic language spoken by approximately 29% of the population and is the first language in many rural communities. The country's dramatic landscape is largely the result of glaciation during the last Ice Age, which carved the U-shaped valleys (cwms) and deposited the lakes (llyns) that characterise Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons. Wales has a disproportionately large number of castles relative to its size — over 600, more per square mile than any other country in the world.
Why camp in Wales?
Wales packs an extraordinary amount of landscape variety into a country the size of Wales — from the glaciated peaks of Snowdonia to the red sandstone cliffs of the Pembrokeshire coast, from the rolling Black Mountains to the sheltered Gower Peninsula. Three National Parks, five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the longest coastline relative to area of any UK nation combine to make Wales one of the premier camping destinations in Britain. It's also notably more affordable than comparable English destinations, and the wild camping situation on Access Land in Wales (permitted since the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) gives independent campers far more freedom than most of England.