Does Eco Camping Wales allow dogs?

Yes, dogs are welcome at Eco Camping Wales.

How much does Eco Camping Wales cost?

Budget pricing. Check the owner's site for current rates.

Eco Camping Wales

A family-run eco campsite in the heart of the upper Swansea valleys, with valley views, compost loos, and a pub at the gate.

Eco Camping Wales has been part of this corner of the Brecon Beacons since 1968, a proper family operation where the owners live on site and the compost toilets are genuinely well-kept. The pitch is in a broad valley meadow, and the views across the hills earn the drive in.

The site takes tents, caravans, and motorhomes, all of them sharing the same meadow and the same uncomplicated approach. Fires are welcome, the skies out here are dark enough to make a fire-and-stars evening feel like the whole point of the trip, and the pub sits right at the entrance to the site. Showers and toilets are clean; bring water just in case during a busy weekend.

Dogs are welcome, school groups book in for outdoor education, and the walking access into the Beacons is direct. The eco ethos runs through the operation without being preachy about it, no bins on site means you carry out what you bring in, which keeps the place feeling genuinely wild rather than managed.

Before you book

The water supply can run short during busy weekends, worth bringing a small reserve if the forecast looks popular.
No on-site bins: the leave-no-trace policy means you take your rubbish home.

“One of the straightforward, honest ones: a valley meadow in the Brecon Beacons, owner-run for over fifty years, with dark skies, a pub at the gate, and no performance about it.”

Why it made the cut

Continuous family ownership since 1968, the kind of longevity that only comes from a site people keep returning to
Valley views and genuinely dark skies make the location the draw, not the facilities
Pub directly at the entrance saves the usual evening logistics
Eco ethos is baked in rather than bolted on, compost loos, carry-out waste, site feels wilder for it

The Feeling

Lovingly scruffy · Off grid real · Mixed tempo

Fire and stars eveningsPub at the gateValley meadow lightCompost loo done right

Good For

Family
Solo
Dog holiday

Best For

Eco-conscious camping with compost toilets in the upper Swansea valleys
Family groups with kids' play area and school group bookings available
Walking access to Brecon Beacons and nearby trails including Beacons Way

In Campr's collections

Lovingly scruffyAn eco campsite in the upper Swansea valleys where the compost loos are a feature, not an apology, and the meadow does all the work.
Slow familyFamily-run since 1968 with a play area, school-group bookings, and Beacons walking on the doorstep, unhurried in the way only long-established places can be.
Dog holiday hqDogs are genuinely welcome here, with a meadow, open countryside, and the kind of site where nobody minds a muddy one.

Facilities

Showers

Toilets

Water tap

Quick answers

Does Eco Camping Wales allow dogs?: Yes, dogs are welcome at Eco Camping Wales.
What kind of stays does Eco Camping Wales offer?: Tent, Motorhome, in a valley.
How much does Eco Camping Wales cost?: Budget pricing. Check the owner's site for current rates.
Where is Eco Camping Wales?: Maes yr Eglwys farm, Swansea SA9 1GS, UK.