Caravan Parks In Dyfed, West Wales | MOTORHOMEingLife

Right on or near the coast, since the sea is the whole point of a Dyfed trip. Caerfai Bay Caravan Park on the clifftop by St Davids puts you inside the national park with the coast path at the gate, hardstanding and grass pitches on electric hook-up. For the south coast and Tenby, Trefalun Park is a sheltered inland base a short drive from the beaches, and Well Park Caravans sits between Tenby and Saundersfoot. All three are private parks and all get busy, so book early. Pick the clifftop for the view and the path, or the sheltered parkland sites if wind is a worry.

Trefalun Park near Tenby is a good bet for a big outfit, sheltered parkland with hardstanding and super pitches and sensible access. The clifftop sites like Caerfai Bay Caravan Park are stunning but more exposed and can be tighter to reach, so we always phone ahead about rig length and turning space before booking a coastal pitch. The narrow coast lanes to some sites are the bigger challenge, more than the pitches themselves. If you run an A-class or tow a twin-axle, ask specifically about the approach lane and whether hardstanding is available, and check whether a sheltered pitch is possible if the forecast is windy.

Well ahead for summer, more than almost anywhere in Wales. The clifftop and coast-path sites are among the most sought-after in the country and sell out for July and August months in advance, with the school holidays tightest of all. We reserve serviced or super pitches well out for peak season and ring to confirm rig length and the access lane. June and September are the sweet spots, with settled weather, the coast path at its best and shorter-notice booking at lower prices. Turning up on spec in high summer on this coast is a recipe for disappointment, so plan your dates and lock pitches in early.

This is a premium coast in peak weeks. Touring pitches with electric hook-up generally run from about £24 to £40 a night in summer, with clifftop and super pitches at the top and the inland parks near Tenby a little softer. Electric hook-up is included in the pitch price rather than metered on these private parks. Prices drop noticeably in June and September and outside the school holidays, so timing your trip well saves real money here. The exposed clifftop pitches carry a premium for the view and the coast-path access. For longer stays, check whether electricity stays included or moves to a meter.

Yes, and it is a highlight. Dyfed holds the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only coastal national park in Britain, so there is huge public access to the cliffs, coves and the long-distance coast path straight from many sites. We pair a private holiday park for the facilities with days out on the public national park land, walking the coast path, riding the coastal buses and hitting the beaches. There is no legal roadside motorhome overnighting on the protected coast, so licensed parks remain the overnight base while the public national park supplies the walking, the beaches and the views.

June and September are our favourites, with often-settled weather, warm sea and far fewer crowds than the school holidays. May is lovely too, with wildflowers along the coast path and quiet, cheap sites. July and August are warmest and sunniest but extremely busy and dear, with pitches booked months ahead. Autumn stays mild and the sea holds its warmth into September, so late-season swims are on. Winter is mild but wet and windy, with Atlantic storms battering the exposed coast and most parks closed, so plan carefully and expect the clifftop sites to feel the wind hard.

Both are common along this coast. Caerfai Bay Caravan Park offers hardstanding and grass with electric hook-up, and the Tenby-area parks like Trefalun have hardstanding and super pitches. We lean towards hardstanding given how wet and windy the Atlantic coast can be, especially outside high summer, as grass can go soft. Hardstanding keeps a heavy van off soft ground and gives a firmer anchor for the awning in the sea breeze. Grass pitches are fine in a settled summer spell and often roomier. State your preference when booking, and on the clifftop sites ask for a sheltered pitch if wind is forecast.

Yes, at the better-equipped parks. Trefalun Park and Well Park Caravans both offer super or serviced pitches that add fresh water and drainage to the electric hook-up right at the pitch, so you can settle in and walk or bus out along the coast without moving the van. They cost more than a standard pitch but save trips to the service point, which matters on a coast where the beaches themselves have few facilities. They also tend to be the larger, better-drained pitches. Book them early for summer, as serviced and super pitches are the first category to sell out on this popular coast.

Use the park-and-ride and the coastal buses. Tenby runs a park-and-ride in peak season that keeps you out of the walled town's tight, busy streets, and from a nearby site you can often walk in along the coast path. St Davids is tiny and easily done on foot once parked. The national park operates coastal bus services that link the towns and the path, so you can leave the van on the park and travel car-free for a day, walking one way and riding back. Driving a big outfit into either centre is not worth the stress, so leave it on the pitch.

Most private parks in Dyfed welcome dogs, asking that they stay on a lead around the site and are cleaned up after. This is a superb coast for dog walkers, with the coast path, cliff tops and many beaches accessible, though some Pembrokeshire beaches have dog restrictions in summer, so check before you go. Caerfai, Trefalun and the Tenby parks all sit near good walking. Some sites limit the number of dogs per pitch, so check the rules when you book. Outside the summer beach bans the sand is excellent for dogs, and the public national park land gives miles of clifftop walking on the lead.

A few coastal sites stay open, but many close from late October to March, so off-season plans need checking. If you tour in winter for the dramatic coast, ring the park directly to confirm it is open and that showers and the service point are running, because some cut facilities even when nominally open. Expect mild but wet and windy weather, with Atlantic storms hitting the exposed clifftop pitches hard and short daylight for the coast path. Sort your heating and gas before you arrive, and favour a sheltered hardstanding pitch. The inland parks near Tenby tend to be calmer than the clifftop sites in a winter blow.

The coast is the star, but there is real variety. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path gives world-class clifftop walking, and boat trips run to Caldey Island from Tenby and to Ramsey and Skomer for the seabirds. St Davids, Britain's smallest city, has a medieval cathedral and bishop's palace, while Tenby offers a walled harbour, beaches and a lively front. Inland, Carmarthenshire has castles and the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and Ceredigion adds Cardigan Bay and its dolphins to the north. From a well-placed base you can fill a week with beaches, walks, boat trips and towns without long drives.

The trunk roads, the A40, A48 and A477, are all fine for caravans and motorhomes with no awkward low bridges. The care is needed once you turn off for the sea. The A487 coast road and the narrow, hedge-lined lanes down to the beaches and to St Davids are tight and twisty, so take them slowly and be ready to use passing places. Tenby and St Davids centres are unsuitable for large vehicles, so use the park-and-ride and the coastal buses. Fuel and water gaps grow out on the coast lanes, so fill up in Carmarthen or Haverfordwest, and confirm each park's approach lane when you book.

Right on or near the coast, since the sea is the whole point of a Dyfed trip. Caerfai Bay Caravan Park on the clifftop by St Davids puts you inside the national park with the coast path at the gate, hardstanding and grass pitches on electric hook-up. For the south coast and Tenby, Trefalun Park is a sheltered inland base a short drive from the beaches, and Well Park Caravans sits between Tenby and Saundersfoot. All three are private parks and all get busy, so book early. Pick the clifftop for the view and the path, or the sheltered parkland sites if wind is a worry.

Trefalun Park near Tenby is a good bet for a big outfit, sheltered parkland with hardstanding and super pitches and sensible access. The clifftop sites like Caerfai Bay Caravan Park are stunning but more exposed and can be tighter to reach, so we always phone ahead about rig length and turning space before booking a coastal pitch. The narrow coast lanes to some sites are the bigger challenge, more than the pitches themselves. If you run an A-class or tow a twin-axle, ask specifically about the approach lane and whether hardstanding is available, and check whether a sheltered pitch is possible if the forecast is windy.

Well ahead for summer, more than almost anywhere in Wales. The clifftop and coast-path sites are among the most sought-after in the country and sell out for July and August months in advance, with the school holidays tightest of all. We reserve serviced or super pitches well out for peak season and ring to confirm rig length and the access lane. June and September are the sweet spots, with settled weather, the coast path at its best and shorter-notice booking at lower prices. Turning up on spec in high summer on this coast is a recipe for disappointment, so plan your dates and lock pitches in early.

This is a premium coast in peak weeks. Touring pitches with electric hook-up generally run from about £24 to £40 a night in summer, with clifftop and super pitches at the top and the inland parks near Tenby a little softer. Electric hook-up is included in the pitch price rather than metered on these private parks. Prices drop noticeably in June and September and outside the school holidays, so timing your trip well saves real money here. The exposed clifftop pitches carry a premium for the view and the coast-path access. For longer stays, check whether electricity stays included or moves to a meter.

Yes, and it is a highlight. Dyfed holds the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only coastal national park in Britain, so there is huge public access to the cliffs, coves and the long-distance coast path straight from many sites. We pair a private holiday park for the facilities with days out on the public national park land, walking the coast path, riding the coastal buses and hitting the beaches. There is no legal roadside motorhome overnighting on the protected coast, so licensed parks remain the overnight base while the public national park supplies the walking, the beaches and the views.

June and September are our favourites, with often-settled weather, warm sea and far fewer crowds than the school holidays. May is lovely too, with wildflowers along the coast path and quiet, cheap sites. July and August are warmest and sunniest but extremely busy and dear, with pitches booked months ahead. Autumn stays mild and the sea holds its warmth into September, so late-season swims are on. Winter is mild but wet and windy, with Atlantic storms battering the exposed coast and most parks closed, so plan carefully and expect the clifftop sites to feel the wind hard.

Both are common along this coast. Caerfai Bay Caravan Park offers hardstanding and grass with electric hook-up, and the Tenby-area parks like Trefalun have hardstanding and super pitches. We lean towards hardstanding given how wet and windy the Atlantic coast can be, especially outside high summer, as grass can go soft. Hardstanding keeps a heavy van off soft ground and gives a firmer anchor for the awning in the sea breeze. Grass pitches are fine in a settled summer spell and often roomier. State your preference when booking, and on the clifftop sites ask for a sheltered pitch if wind is forecast.

Yes, at the better-equipped parks. Trefalun Park and Well Park Caravans both offer super or serviced pitches that add fresh water and drainage to the electric hook-up right at the pitch, so you can settle in and walk or bus out along the coast without moving the van. They cost more than a standard pitch but save trips to the service point, which matters on a coast where the beaches themselves have few facilities. They also tend to be the larger, better-drained pitches. Book them early for summer, as serviced and super pitches are the first category to sell out on this popular coast.

Use the park-and-ride and the coastal buses. Tenby runs a park-and-ride in peak season that keeps you out of the walled town's tight, busy streets, and from a nearby site you can often walk in along the coast path. St Davids is tiny and easily done on foot once parked. The national park operates coastal bus services that link the towns and the path, so you can leave the van on the park and travel car-free for a day, walking one way and riding back. Driving a big outfit into either centre is not worth the stress, so leave it on the pitch.

Most private parks in Dyfed welcome dogs, asking that they stay on a lead around the site and are cleaned up after. This is a superb coast for dog walkers, with the coast path, cliff tops and many beaches accessible, though some Pembrokeshire beaches have dog restrictions in summer, so check before you go. Caerfai, Trefalun and the Tenby parks all sit near good walking. Some sites limit the number of dogs per pitch, so check the rules when you book. Outside the summer beach bans the sand is excellent for dogs, and the public national park land gives miles of clifftop walking on the lead.

A few coastal sites stay open, but many close from late October to March, so off-season plans need checking. If you tour in winter for the dramatic coast, ring the park directly to confirm it is open and that showers and the service point are running, because some cut facilities even when nominally open. Expect mild but wet and windy weather, with Atlantic storms hitting the exposed clifftop pitches hard and short daylight for the coast path. Sort your heating and gas before you arrive, and favour a sheltered hardstanding pitch. The inland parks near Tenby tend to be calmer than the clifftop sites in a winter blow.

The coast is the star, but there is real variety. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path gives world-class clifftop walking, and boat trips run to Caldey Island from Tenby and to Ramsey and Skomer for the seabirds. St Davids, Britain's smallest city, has a medieval cathedral and bishop's palace, while Tenby offers a walled harbour, beaches and a lively front. Inland, Carmarthenshire has castles and the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and Ceredigion adds Cardigan Bay and its dolphins to the north. From a well-placed base you can fill a week with beaches, walks, boat trips and towns without long drives.

The trunk roads, the A40, A48 and A477, are all fine for caravans and motorhomes with no awkward low bridges. The care is needed once you turn off for the sea. The A487 coast road and the narrow, hedge-lined lanes down to the beaches and to St Davids are tight and twisty, so take them slowly and be ready to use passing places. Tenby and St Davids centres are unsuitable for large vehicles, so use the park-and-ride and the coastal buses. Fuel and water gaps grow out on the coast lanes, so fill up in Carmarthen or Haverfordwest, and confirm each park's approach lane when you book.