A beach, recently redisovered by tourists, is proving so popular people are being turned away.
Coachloads of day-trippers are turning up at Pen Llŷn beach and campsite only to find there is no space. Porth Iago, on the north-west side of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, first became popular in the 1970s.
It was home to a bustling campsite across more than 30 acres. However, following the death of a member of the Ty Mawr farming family that owns the surrounding land, camping at Porth Iago ended.
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But the site is now back up to eight acres and has soared since the pandemic, reports North Wales Live.
The beach, which is known for its turquoise waters to staggering sunsets, isn't just for caravans, campervans and tents. Day visitors can pay a £5 parking charge to explore the headlands or clamber down to the sandy beach for a dip.
Passing walkers on the Wales Coast Path need only pay £1. However, its popularity has brought with it certain challenges. Site manager Chris said: "People have begun coming in coaches but we’re not a big site and there’s no way we can allow that.
“Last summer a coach party from Birmingham called to ask if they could come and we said that, unfortunately, they couldn’t. They came anyway, so we had to turn them back. They drove all the way back to Bimingham.”
Lonely Planet named Porth Iago as the best wild camping beach in Wales, while the Sunday Times called it the Llŷn Peninsula’s “prettiest beach”. Last autumn the campsite won the North Wales category of Channel 4's The Perfect Pitch series.
There are no facilities on the beach but over winter the campsite's toilet and shower block has been refurbished. A burger van offers a lifeline for guests in the form of bacon baps, sausage rolls and ice-cream. There's freshly-made pizza too.
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