One of Wales’ great campsites, Caerfai Farm

One of Wales’ great campsites, Caerfai Farm, a beautiful coastal site.

One of Wales’ great campsites

Overlooking the sea

Caerfai Farm is somewhere that anyone who loves camping should try and visit if they love pretty coastlines and tiny cities…

The campsite is located a 5 minute walk out of St Davids, Britain’s smallest city, containing a couple of decent pubs and excellent restaurants as well as a helpful variety of shops, banks and tourist information. The cathedral is incredible and huge in comparison to the city itself, befitting its importance as a key place of medieval Christian pilgrimage.

The campsite is on a very well maintained organic farm south-east of town, with decent, if not luxurious, facilities, its own farm shop stocking the incredible Caerfai Caerphilly cheese (try the garlic and leek one…) and friendly owners running both farm and campsite. However, its trump card is that it sits right on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path above the gorgeous Caerfai Bay.

If you camp in the field nearest the beach you can wake up to stunning cliff-top views and be on the coast path within 2 minutes. If you are wondering why a path is so exciting, I’ll briefly explain: it showcases the Pembrokeshire Coastal National Park which can be walked in its entirety taking in some of the most stunning cliffs, beaches and natural harbours in the UK, if not Europe. You can expect to see plenty of seals (and pups at the right time) as well as rare birds, beautiful flora and if you’re lucky, dolphins.

Caerfai Bay itself is a pretty beach swelling in size at low-tide and holding some decent surf in the right conditions. The Glan Y Mor pub, just up the lane from Caerfai Farm, serves food and a decent pint of local Felinfoel Beer. If Caerfai is full, you can ask to camp behind their beer garden. Whilst in the area, be sure to go on a boat trip to Ramsey Island and if you like surfing, Whitesands Bay is the best spot around here (8-10 min drive) where you can also hire equipment.

This site, unsurprisingly, is becoming ever more popular and the owners do not allow it to get crowded so booking is essential during the summer months. Despite its popularity, it always manages to feel like you’ve really escaped somewhere special…