wales

North or South Wales? Or all of it?

Davy

Our experience is limited and restricted to N. Wales. We tend to use camping club meets and their small certified locations. Have stayed at the camping and caravan club site at Bala. Pleasent site but two or three miles out of Bala, so you need to leave the site each day for touring shops etc.
There is an aire beside Conwy castle, good for day parking, although I am not sure if you can overnight at it. A pleasent and historic castle town. Well worth visiting.
Llandudno is a worthwhile Victorian seaside town. We have parked for unlimited day time parking on some of the streets leading away from the promenade. I understand that overnighting is tolerated at the eastern end of the prom, but as you know things can change.
Betws y coed is a nice place to stop, particularly if you like outdoor shops, we parked at the hotel carpark (pay) at the south end of the town, otherwise overrated.
Llanberis is a good stop, easy parking and we spent hours at the slate museum.
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a good spot to see the bleakness of the slate quarrying with an underground mine to visit and huge zip wires for the adrenaline rush.
Portmadoc is worth a visit to take a trip on the steam trains which Wales has loads of. We stayed at the C&CC site at llanystumpdwy Which again is not close to any town or village
We did various drives round the north visiting places such as Twywn, Barmouth,and of course drives through the mountains which can be a bit exciting at times.
Although it is not quite north wales, Chester is a lovely town to visit. You can park at the park and ride at Little roodee. And it is permitted to stay overnight if you wish, although they do lock the gates.

Hope this gives you a few pointers, if I can think of anywhere else or you need more info just ask, although we go away next week and wifi might be problematic.

Davy

If you're taking the ferry to Holyhead you might think of going to Beaumaris. The car park there allows vans overnight for a few quid. You park up in a big grassy area overlooking the Menai Straits and the mainland. When stayed, there were usually 4 or 5 vans parked in the same area. It's a lovely spot near the castle, and the little town itself is nice too. There are shops, restaurants and pubs. It's a very handy place to stay on a first or last night relatively near the ferry.

just after coming back from uk thursday and while looking for a place close to the ferry.found most campsites were a bit away for an early start so we drove around past the railway and up the hill at the back of the town.there was a carpark on the right overlooking the sea so drove into it and down a little road by the sea to a yacht club where there were a few campers parked on the hill so we pulled in there,lovely flat spot in view of the ferry port.there were 6 campers there eventually and after talking to a few we were told it was ok to be there even though there was a sign on the opposite entrance saying no overnight parking.seems they dont bother once its kept quiet and no mess.ideal for an early start.