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Local attractions •National Showcaves of Wales’ top award-winning visitor Welcome to • attraction, this is the most breathtaking The Gower Peninsula is both beautiful Showcaves complex in Northern Europe. and unspoilt and there are many historic Every year tens of thousands of visitors features in an area that measures just step back in time, as they walk within sixteen by 7 miles. the limestone rocks, and deep into the www.enjoygower.com subterranean world. •Weobley Castle 01639 730284 Perched on the Gower’s wild and lonely www.showcaves.co.uk Caravan Club Site north coast, Weobley is not quite what •Brecon Beacons National Park it seems. Despite its name, it served Its remote wilderness, contrasting with more as a fortified manor house than a sheltered ancient woodlands, reservoirs, serious military stronghold. breathtaking waterfalls, caves and 01792 390012 windswept uplands, offers something www.cadw.wales.gov.uk for everyone. •Aberdulais Falls 01874 623366 The National Trust property at www.breconbeacons.org Aberdulais Falls has one of the most famous waterfalls in South Wales. It is Activities a compact and easy access site for all, situated in the village of Aberdulais. •Cycling Get to know your site 01639 636674 Cycling is suggested on the Millennium www.nationaltrust.org.uk Cycle path within 2 miles of the site and This is a level, well-designed site within shops. On the far side of the bay you will •National Botanic Garden there are also routes around the a short drive from the stunning Gower find the famous and and Mumbles cycle path. Information is of Wales Peninsular with its beautiful clean and with the Life Boat Station, quirky shops and available from the office and Information The most visited garden in Wales is sandy beaches, fabulous walking and slipway access for boats. Room. The nearest National Cycle blossoming into a stunning attraction with quaint villages and pubs. Network route to this site is Greenwich to the iconic Great Glasshouse at its heart. Further inland you can explore the Vale Fishguard, Route 4, OS ref SS579969. 01558 668768 There is something for everyone on the of Neath to Aberdulais Falls, and see how www.gardenofwales.org.uk Gower whether it’s a day by the sea, the waters have powered a succession of Walking • pleasant coastal walks or exciting water industries over three hundred years. Then •RSPB Cwm Clydach All the Gower beaches are within easy sports. Plenty of beaches for families and on to Craig Gwladys where you can walk Enjoy a stroll through a peaceful driving distance, or try the dog walk to woodland setting on a lovely summer day. observe the bird life. surfers on the peninsular, and the forest trails and climb the steep ascent You might see pied flycatchers, redstarts Oxwich being particular popular. with the hang-gliders soaring above you. On and buzzards, as well as dippers along the Tourer Explorer again to Pont Nedd Fechan, from where you • Swansea offers a traditional market and reaches of the Lower Clydach river. Tourer Explorer is available on this site can see nine major waterfalls on four rivers, shopping centre with great museums 029 2035 3000 - ask at reception for your activity booklet! then into the Brecon Beacons National Park and visitor attractions. with www.rspb.org.uk which is worth a holiday all on its own. its expansive sands, boasts a trim track and excellent beach side cafes and coffee General site information

Reception services Electric hook-up Safety on site Close by The costs of electricity are included in your Mail and messages pitch fee, but please help us minimise our Pets Access to the adjoining ELBA Sports Ground Mail and messages are put on the board effect on the environment by considering Please keep your dog on a lead at all times and local shops and pubs is through a gated outside the office. your electricity use while on site. Also any on the pitching areas and roads within the path which also allows cyclists safe passage Reception opening hours saving could help to reduce pitch fees or site. You are welcome to use the woodland to Swansea Bay (6 miles) and the Gower. 9am - 6pm from May Day weekend help towards investments in new sites or dog walk to exercise your dog. Please don’t Supermarkets until August Bank Holiday. Outside these redevelopments. forget to clean up after them. The closest is Tesco Express within a dates, opening hours are displayed on the Fire point short walk. office door. Site facilities (to activate alarm/warning) Located outside Cinema the office and at each service point. There are three cinemas (Odeon, Vue Site shop Please see the Site map for locations of and UCI) in Swansea, about 7 miles Open at the same times as reception. amenity blocks. Vehicles and cycles The shop sells toilet chemicals, gas, Parents are reminded that children from the site. newspapers, ice cream, sweets and a Toilets and showers remain their responsibility and therefore Swimming pool small selection of provisions. The toilet blocks are closed for cleaning they should be supervised at all times, LC2 Waterpark in Swansea. Information room from 10.20am - 12.30pm. The individual and to ensure that all members of their cleaning times for the Ladies and Gents Tourist Information Centres Leaflets are available about the many party follow the principles of road safety. In Swansea, Tel: 01792 468321 are displayed in the shower block, the attractions and places of interest that you Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, or in Mumbles, Tel: 01792 361302. can visit during your stay. Information Room and the laundry. There is a baby and toddler bathroom for at all times, be used with due regard to Public transport the safety and convenience of others and Mobile telephones children under 4 years old. Keys are available There are bus and train services to All networks can be used on this site. their speed should not exceed walking pace from reception. Please ensure that children Swansea, Llanelli and the Gower. The bus (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site are supervised by an adult at all times. The stop is 10 minutes walk from the site and between the hours of dusk and dawn, as disabled toilet and shower facilities are the railway station 20 minutes walk. Pitches determined by the Wardens. Any one-way Park & Ride is 6 miles away. Pitch care located in the toilet block, with a RADAR system signs should be observed by all key needed for the door locks. Please lift awning ground sheets daily. vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled cycles, Places of worship Motorhomes Laundry scooters and skateboards can be used, but C of E, Catholic and Methodist Churches are not allowed on the paved area around If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave Prices for the use of the laundry facilities are in the local area. toilet blocks and communal areas and must your motor caravan sign on display. are: Washing machine £4.00, Tumble drier not be ridden on footpaths. Please note Emergency numbers £1.00, Rinse & Spin £1.00 per 15min cycle. Doctor: 01792 872404 Vacating your pitch Washing sinks are also available. Please do that motorised mobility scooters are allowed If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your Dentist: 01792 898347 not hang washing lines between trees or on on site, but children’s motorised scooters or day of departure please ask at reception. Vet: 01792 896379 the fences. skateboards are not. Barbecues Recycling Visitors Tell us what you think… These are allowed on site but open fires are Please ask your visitors to make themselves On site for bottles, paper, cardboard, plastics not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. known at reception when arriving at the If you have any comments or suggestions and cans. that could help us to improve this Site, TV reception site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, Ball games and kites please meet them at reception. Visitors cars please put them in our Visitors’ Comments As part of the Digital Switchover, this region Book. And if you discover a local pub or has now had its analogue television signal No ball games or kite flying are allowed must be parked in the visitors car park. on site. restaurant or an interesting place to go, switched off. In order to watch television tell us about that too! on site you will need an Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) or a digital receiver, and you may Site address, Pont-y-Cob Road, Gowerton, also need an aerial or satellite dish. For more Swansea, SA4 3QP information visit www.digitaluk.co.uk. Telephone: 01792 873050