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Cwm Tawel Yurts

Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales
1 acre hosted by Cwm Y.

The Pembrokeshire Coast, Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons – Wales is a country carved from iconic landscapes. But just when you think you've got this legendary land pegged, you stumble upon another undiscovered spot that astonishes yet again. 

The charms of the Lynfi Valley elude most westbound tourists cruising along the M4. With the coastal delights of The Gower, The Mumbles and Swansea Bay to explore, visitors can be forgiven for neglecting the inland lustre of the Bridgend Valleys. But the boundless, bucolic beauty of its gambolling hills, (not to mention its rich mining heritage) makes this a pocket of authentic Mid-Glamorgan life.

Drive through Lletty Brongu and you'll miss it. Just outside Maesteg ('the town in the hills') and the historic hilltop settlement of Llangynwyd, this not-quite-a-hamlet hosts Cwm Tawel Yurts on the splendrous seclusion of Cwmcedfyw Farm. Started in 2010 by a group of like-minded locals, the blissfully peaceful Cwm Tawel (hard to believe Cardiff is just half an hour down the road) is an entirely community-run venture founded to promote traditional rural crafts and foraging. As co-op member Sasha takes up the story; "We originally began as a group of residents collecting fire wood together to see us through the winter nights, volunteering to help local farmers to reinstate lovely hedgerows for the local wildlife". This social enterprise has now blossomed to encompass the current wonderful glampsite. All the income generated from campers is invested back into the community through the employment of local people, sustainability courses for local schools, and environmental improvement projects for the surrounding area. 

With such an admirable not-for-profit ethos, your hosts could be forgiven for skimping on facilities. But quite the contrary. Cwm Tawel boasts four genuine Mongolian yurts (each sleeping up to five) dotted around an idyllic valley meadow. Comfy beds are provided, though you'll need to bring your own bedding or hire some if you fancy travelling light.  

Next door, you'll find The Roundhouse, a covered communal cookout kitchen complete with clay pizza oven. This is the hub of camp life, particularly in the evenings when everyone basks in the warming glow of the roaring firepit. Sasha is an expert local forager and the surrounding woodlands and Lynfi river are a veritable smorgasbord of wild delicacies, such as rainbow trout, wild garlic and all manner of delicious fungi. Nothing beats cooking your own foraged feast on the flames.  

The Cwm Tawel team's green credentials speak for themselves. Everything is as low-impact as possible, from solar lights to the state-of-the-art 'Natsol' compost loo and eco shower. You can buy eggs and veg (grown on the community garden) from the small site shop and they also offer an assortment of traditional courses such as willow weaving, Welsh Lovespoon carving, coracle building, clay oven building and bushcraft survival. While the world can sometimes move at a frantic pace, this commendable clique of unpaid volunteers continue to keep notions of rural heritage and community spirit alive through the good work they do at Cwm Tawel. Truly inspiring.  

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Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales, United KingdomTraditional, ancestral territory of various First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
Hosted by Cwm Y.Joined in January 2014

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