Popcorn Camping Bethesda

A pop-up campsite on a rugby pitch in Bethesda, between Snowdonia National Park and the island of Anglesey , It's pitch invasion time at Bethesda Rugby Club this summer. But what's this? The invaders are armed with tents and club officials are cheering them on! This is a scene that's playing out at rugby clubs and school playing fields around the UK this summer, as they are taken over by Popcorn Camping. This growing start-up uses existing well-maintained fields and clubhouse facilities for pop-up campsites at a time when they would otherwise be empty. It's a neat idea that will turn Bethesda's scenically-situated rugby pitches into 75 camping pitches for six weeks of summer.As you might expect for a pop-up campsite on a rugby pitch it's a back-to-basics affair, but the big benefit of Popcorn Camping Bethesda is its enviable location on the northern edge of Snowdonia National Park. It's also just five miles from the North Welsh coast and the island of Anglesey, and less than two from daredevil adventure park Zip World, where you can whizz on a zip wire across a former slate quarry. For history lovers, some of Wales' most impressive castles are within 20 miles of the site: Caernarfon, Conwy, and Beaumaris among them. Mountains, castles, slate mining, beaches, and rugby — it doesn't get much more Welsh than this.