Green Tourism

It is the character of the park and its surrounding environment, that make staying at Pen y Bont Touring Park so enjoyable. To achieve this we try to have as small a negative environmental impact as possible, and encourage our guests to do the same

Within the Park we aim to meet the Green Dragon Environmental Standard:

Use energy efficient light bulbs where possible.

Encourage flora and fauna onto the site by leaving areas uncut to enable wildflowers to grow, and create habitat for wildlife. We also place bird and bat boxes around the site to encourage nesting and have planted buddleia plants to create a butterfly bar.

Timed hedge cutting so that it disturbs nests minimally.

Promote our local facilities such as, the village butcher, local post office and our local puse environmentally kind cleaning agents, and avoid the use of chemicals and pesticides where suitable alternatives are available.

Ensure that new equipment has a high energy efficiency rating.

Use recycled paper within the office, and try to re-use paper where possible. The office also uses reconditioned printer cartridges and all used cartridges are returned to be re-filled.

Keep lighting at night to a safe minimum to avoid light pollution.

Use push button taps for our showers and wash basins to avoid water waste.

To help us maintain and enhance our park we would appreciate it if our guests would take time to look at the suggested practical tips below.

Practical Tips

Recycle your Rubbish at source…….. keep 2 carrier bags in your tent or caravan to separate the Cans and Glass from the plastic, packaging and yukkie left-overs each day……..drop the ‘yukkie’ carrier bag in the bin; Cans and Glass go in the recycling bins, then Re-use the Carrier Bag for Cans and Glass the next day.

Put your Newspapers, Magazines and Cardboard boxes in the Paper Recycling Bin.

Put your Vegetable and Fruit peelings in the Compost Bin [but not bread and cooked food which feeds the mice!

When you have finished with a Disposable Barbeque, put the cold Charcoal in the compost bin and the mesh and aluminium tray in the Can Bank.

Don’t leave Water Taps running longer than necessary.

Clean up after your Dog at all times regardless of where it is.

Do not leave large leave unwanted items there is a Council Recycling Depot down the Road.

Use the local transport available, e.g. buses, steam train.

Use the recycling facilities provided.

Try to keep electricity, gas and water wastage to a minimum.

Look after our park's environment.

Keep noise levels to a minimum.