Beach camping near Cardiff

Wales’ main city destination mixes culture with great scenery to tempt outdoors lovers.

97% (321 reviews)
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  5. Cardiff
97% (321 reviews)

Popular camping styles for Cardiff

Under £50

  • Gwerniago Camping Site
  • Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this mid-Wales campsite on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
97%
(65)

Gwerniago Camping Site

5 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales
Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this site. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£15
 / night
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
  • Smugglers Cove Boatyard
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
97%
(79)

Smugglers Cove Boatyard

7 units · Glamping, Tents1 acre · Gwynedd, North Wales
Camping and rustic glamping in a working boatyard with an exceptional waterside location on the Dyfi estuary
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£20
 / night
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
  • Tenby Harbour
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
97%
(92)

Parke Farm Camping

67 units · Motorhomes, Tents8 acres · Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Idyllic farm campsite with campfires in south Pembrokeshire, 10 minutes' drive from several top beaches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£20
 / night
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
  • The Mawddach Estuary
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
98%
(254)

Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes

32 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents45 acres · Gwynedd, North Wales
Succumb to the tranquil hills of Graig Wen. Smart, sustainable and quite simply, lush.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£22
 / night
  • Sweet Hill Farm
  • Sweet Hill Farm
  • Sweet Hill Farm
93%
(257)

Sweet Hill Farm

10 units · Motorhomes, Tents6 acres · Dorset, South West England
Simple, almost-wild, seaside camping on the Isle of Portland
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£12
 / night

Available this weekend

  • Wood-fired hot tub
  • Overview
  • Wood-fired hot tub
100%
(130)

Westland Farm

21 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents27 acres · Barnstaple, Devon, South West England
Camping and glamping on a working farm, with yurts, huts with hot tubs, and simple, spacious, sociable camping pitches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£12.50
 / night
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
  • Tenby Harbour
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
97%
(92)

Parke Farm Camping

67 units · Motorhomes, Tents8 acres · Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Idyllic farm campsite with campfires in south Pembrokeshire, 10 minutes' drive from several top beaches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£20
 / night
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
  • Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this mid-Wales campsite on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
97%
(65)

Gwerniago Camping Site

5 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales
Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this site. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£15
 / night
  • Rosie
  • Tent pitch
  • Rosie
98%
(42)

Hideaway Camping

17 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents24 acres · Okehampton, England
Carefree camping and glamping in Devon with a nature-friendly setting and imaginative owners
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
from 
£13
 / night
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
  • The Mawddach Estuary
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
98%
(254)

Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes

32 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents45 acres · Gwynedd, North Wales
Succumb to the tranquil hills of Graig Wen. Smart, sustainable and quite simply, lush.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£22
 / night

12 top beach campsites near Cardiff

  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
  • Tenby Harbour
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
97%
(92)

Parke Farm Camping

67 units · Motorhomes, Tents8 acres · Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Idyllic farm campsite with campfires in south Pembrokeshire, 10 minutes' drive from several top beaches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£20
 / night
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
  • The Mawddach Estuary
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
98%
(254)

Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes

32 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents45 acres · Gwynedd, North Wales
Succumb to the tranquil hills of Graig Wen. Smart, sustainable and quite simply, lush.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£22
 / night
  • Sweet Hill Farm
  • Sweet Hill Farm
  • Sweet Hill Farm
93%
(257)

Sweet Hill Farm

10 units · Motorhomes, Tents6 acres · Dorset, South West England
Simple, almost-wild, seaside camping on the Isle of Portland
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£12
 / night
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
  • Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this mid-Wales campsite on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
97%
(65)

Gwerniago Camping Site

5 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales
Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this site. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£15
 / night
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
  • Smugglers Cove Boatyard
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
97%
(79)

Smugglers Cove Boatyard

7 units · Glamping, Tents1 acre · Gwynedd, North Wales
Camping and rustic glamping in a working boatyard with an exceptional waterside location on the Dyfi estuary
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£20
 / night
  • Torrent Walk Campsite
  • Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse
  • Torrent Walk Campsite
90%
(126)

Torrent Walk Campsite and Bunkhouse

58 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents2 acres · Dolgellau, Gwynedd, North Wales
Campfires, mountain views and ample grassy space in the heart of Snowdonia National Park
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£20.99
 / night
  • Wood-fired hot tub
  • Overview
  • Wood-fired hot tub
100%
(130)

Westland Farm

21 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents27 acres · Barnstaple, Devon, South West England
Camping and glamping on a working farm, with yurts, huts with hot tubs, and simple, spacious, sociable camping pitches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£12.50
 / night
  • Rosie
  • Tent pitch
  • Rosie
98%
(42)

Hideaway Camping

17 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents24 acres · Okehampton, England
Carefree camping and glamping in Devon with a nature-friendly setting and imaginative owners
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
Cooking equipment
from 
£13
 / night
  • 5m Bell Tent
  • Bring your board and wetsuit—the rest is taken care of at this luxury Cornish glampsite.
  • 5m Bell Tent
88%
(64)

Surf Pods and Camping at Atlantic Farm

50 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Bude, Cornwall, South West England
Glamping near Bude, with eye-catching eco-pods, a staggering treehouse for couples and traditional tent camping
Pets
Potable water
Showers
Trash
Cooking equipment
from 
£26
 / night
  • Fox Barn
  • Big Barn Camping
  • Fox Barn
99%
(59)

Big Barn Camping

17 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents4 acres · Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
Care-free camping and glamping in the heart of Carmarthen Bay's Dylan Thomas country.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£22.44
 / night
  • Camping Pitch
  • Hillfort Camping
  • Camping Pitch
98%
(76)

Hillfort Camping

11 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Pencaer, Wales
Camping and glamping in secluded pitches on top of the world in Pembrokeshire. Views don’t get much better than this.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£15
 / night
  • The Old Airfield
  • The Old Airfield
  • The Old Airfield
85%
(123)

The Old Airfield

114 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents30 acres · Hampshire, South East England
A New Forest airfield that's been overtaken by nature, less than 10 minutes' drive from the coast
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
Showers
Trash
from 
£38
 / night

Star Hosts in Cardiff

  • Wood-fired hot tub
  • Overview
  • Wood-fired hot tub
100%
(130)

Westland Farm

21 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents27 acres · Barnstaple, Devon, South West England
Camping and glamping on a working farm, with yurts, huts with hot tubs, and simple, spacious, sociable camping pitches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£12.50
 / night
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
  • Smugglers Cove Boatyard
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
97%
(79)

Smugglers Cove Boatyard

7 units · Glamping, Tents1 acre · Gwynedd, North Wales
Camping and rustic glamping in a working boatyard with an exceptional waterside location on the Dyfi estuary
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£20
 / night
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
  • Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this mid-Wales campsite on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
97%
(65)

Gwerniago Camping Site

5 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales
Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this site. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£15
 / night
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
  • The Mawddach Estuary
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
98%
(254)

Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes

32 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents45 acres · Gwynedd, North Wales
Succumb to the tranquil hills of Graig Wen. Smart, sustainable and quite simply, lush.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£22
 / night
  • Fox Barn
  • Big Barn Camping
  • Fox Barn
99%
(59)

Big Barn Camping

17 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents4 acres · Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
Care-free camping and glamping in the heart of Carmarthen Bay's Dylan Thomas country.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£22.44
 / night

Dog-friendly getaways

  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
  • Smugglers Cove Boatyard
  • The cabin area has truly breathtaking 360 degree views across the Dyfi estuary, including across to Ynyshir RSPB reserve, ideal for a spot of bird watching.
97%
(79)

Smugglers Cove Boatyard

7 units · Glamping, Tents1 acre · Gwynedd, North Wales
Camping and rustic glamping in a working boatyard with an exceptional waterside location on the Dyfi estuary
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£20
 / night
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
  • Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this mid-Wales campsite on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
  • Gwerniago Camping Site
97%
(65)

Gwerniago Camping Site

5 units · Motorhomes, Tents1 acre · Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales
Leave it to your kids’ imagination when it comes to this site. Rocky outcrops and magical valleys. It’s a proper fairytale of a site.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£15
 / night
  • Sweet Hill Farm
  • Sweet Hill Farm
  • Sweet Hill Farm
93%
(257)

Sweet Hill Farm

10 units · Motorhomes, Tents6 acres · Dorset, South West England
Simple, almost-wild, seaside camping on the Isle of Portland
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£12
 / night
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
  • Tenby Harbour
  • Non Electric Grass Pitch (Upper Parke East)
97%
(92)

Parke Farm Camping

67 units · Motorhomes, Tents8 acres · Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Idyllic farm campsite with campfires in south Pembrokeshire, 10 minutes' drive from several top beaches
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£20
 / night
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
  • The Mawddach Estuary
  • Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes
98%
(254)

Graig Wen - Wild Snowdonia Escapes

32 units · Glamping, Motorhomes, Tents45 acres · Gwynedd, North Wales
Succumb to the tranquil hills of Graig Wen. Smart, sustainable and quite simply, lush.
Pets
Potable water
Campfires
from 
£22
 / night
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Overview

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