Cerrig Drudion

The morning mist lifts late here, clinging to the green slopes that fold into the high moorland above Cerrig Drudion village.

This is proper North Wales hill country — not quite Snowdonia, but close enough that climbers and walkers use it as a quieter base for the peaks, and far enough into Gwynedd that you feel properly remote. It takes tents, campervans and caravans, so it suits couples after solitude, families who don't need a playground, and anyone happy with straightforward camping rather than bells and whistles. The village itself is small and working, a genuine hill farming community rather than a tourist hub.

Facilities are simple — toilets and showers onsite — and you'll need to ask about campfires when you arrive. It's the kind of place where you hear curlews instead of traffic, where the sky opens up wide at night, and where a good waterproof and a flask feel like sensible kit. Uncomplicated, unpretentious, properly Welsh.