A luxurious caravan park on the Southern Snowdonia coast has been named one of the best in Wales within the AA Caravan and Tenting Awards 2022-’23.
Islawrffordd Caravan Park at Talybont, close to Barmouth, owned and run by the Evans household since 1957, has received the celebrated award for the second time, having beforehand triumphed in 2012.
Managing director Dylan Evans devoted the award to his late father, Gwynfor, who died final 12 months and to the park’s clients previous and current.
“My father continues to be near our hearts and he could be very proud that we have now received this award,” stated Dylan. “We’re very privileged and proud to be recognised as a number one caravan park within the business.
“This award is an endorsement of all of the exhausting work and funding that we have now put into the park over the past 30 years, however we couldn’t have achieved this success with out our wonderful workers.
“We’re delighted to convey this award again to, what we expect is, probably the most stunning a part of Wales.”
Dylan now runs the park along with his spouse Jane, niece Mari and chairman of the board John Billingham, who’re fellow administrators, following the retirement of his twin brother, Geraint, in February.
The 25-acre park has 12 workers, 201 vacation houses, 75 absolutely companies pitches for touring caravans and motorhomes, an indoor swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi, Nineteen.57 Bar and Restaurant, an leisure advanced, luxurious bathe and bathroom block, kids’s playground with a pirate ship, automotive rent and a personal slipway onto a sandy seashore.
In a double celebration for the park, Nineteen.57 Bar and Restaurant was runner up within the Better of North Wales class within the Welsh Restaurant of the 12 months Awards 2022. The bar and 40-cover restaurant are leased by Chris and Emma Statham and Sion Wellings.
Dylan added:
“We’re very happy with this unbelievable achievement by Chris, Emma and Sion and the partnership that we have now with them.”
Within the evaluation of Islawrffordd Caravan Park, the AA Inspector stated:
“Located on the coast between Barmouth and Harlech and throughout the Snowdonia Nationwide Park, this web site has clear views of Cardigan Bay, the Llŷn Peninsula and the Snowdonia and Cader Idris mountain ranges.
“This is a superb, family-run and family-friendly park that has seen appreciable funding over current years. An excellent restaurant and bar, ‘Nineteen57′ affords each formal and relaxed areas for having fun with domestically sourced meals.”
The park, which is an AA 5 Platinum Pennant Campsite, is open all 12 months round and contains former British motor racing champion Nigel Mansell as one in all its vacation residence homeowners.
The Mansell household has been having fun with holidays at Islawrfford for 65 years and the Evans household lays declare to setting Nigel on the street to stardom by beginning him go-karting as a boy.
