Caerau Campsite

This dog-friendly site welcomes campers with tents and campervans to the north side of Anglesey island. It’s a quiet spot, surrounded by wildlife, just a mile’s walk from the nearest beach. Here, the birdsong sounds louder, the stars seem to shine brighter, and the camping is blissfully wilder. Make your way to Caerau Campsite and you’ll be able to pitch where you please, have a campfire and let your kids run free in a field.

The campsite occupies one of the fields of a former dairy farm, the toilets are housed in a well-renovated former pig sty and the on-site cafe is in the farmhouse courtyard. It’s a lovely rural setting and aside from the farm’s own buildings there’s no civilisation in sight. This, and the fact that the campsite is off grid, keeps light pollution to a minimum and dials the star gazing up to max.

Owner Marc says he and his family moved here for a different pace of life and that’s what’s on offer to campers too. This is the quieter side of Anglesey. It’s fields, farms and country lanes with grass growing down the middle all the way to the beach at Hen Borth. That’s the closest place to get to the coast—with a shoreline of cobblestones. For sand, head five miles to Cemaes Bay where a long stretch makes for a family-friendly place to swim. Or, if it’s wildlife you’re into, set a course for the nearby nature reserve at Cemlyn Bay. 

Caerau Campsite feels far from anywhere and for more than what nature (and the campsite cafe) provides, you will have to jump in the car. But it’s only 15 minutes to the nearest town where you’ll find shops and a place to eat out. Within an hour you can be anywhere on the island or even in Snowdonia National Park, safe in the knowledge that you’ll soon return to your pitch on the wilder side of Anglesey.