Eco lodge accommodation in Wales

Our eco lodge in Pembrokeshire provides you with comfy and friendly accommodation in west Wales. The Preseli Venture eco lodge is Wales only 5 star activity centre built with sustainability in mind.

 We’re proud to be Pembrokeshire’s only 5 star activity centre!

You’re welcome to join us on an accommodation and meals only basis, or opt into a range of adventure activities – the choice is yours.

The lodge provides for all your creature comforts and accommodates up to 40 people in comfortable shared bedrooms including singles, doubles, twins and shared and family rooms. All beds are fully made up on your arrival with sheets, duvets and spare blankets.

We have a fully licensed bar, which stocks all of your favourite tipples as well as some interesting local brews! If you have any special requests for special beverages then please let us know and we’ll try our best to get some in for you.

The lodge stays warm and cosy at all times, courtesy of our ground source heat pump and our wood burning stove. You’ll find that nothing beats that apres coasteer feeling when you find yourself fresh out of a hot shower, glass of wine in hand, lounging in front of a glowing stove in our cosy lounge.

We have a courtyard in which to enjoy the sunsets, a sheltered bonfire site for nights under the stars, a large bar and dining area with pool table and awesome sound system. And all this in the middle of a beautiful coastal National Park – your neighbours are a field of sheep on one side and cows on the other!

All the food served at the lodge is home cooked, delicious and wholesome and ingredients are sourced locally wherever possible. We can happily cater for the vegetarian diet.

North Pembrokeshire location

The Preseli Venture eco lodge is located deep in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, right on the inspirational Pembrokeshire coastline and provides an excellent base for exploring the local area.  The lodge is nestled under the hilltop village of Mathry, and is within easy reach of Fishguard and St Davids, as well as the South of the county, the Preseli Hills, and the whole North Pembrokeshire coastline.

The long distance walking trail, the Pembrokeshire coast path, is just a mile away, and we’re 200 metres (or so!) from the Celtic Cycle Trail.

Our eco lodge is the perfect venue for individuals, couples, and for group accommodation in Wales. We provide comfy and friendly accommodation and excellent hospitality.

Eco lodge prices and availability

All of our weekend adventure events include accommodation and meals at the lodge, and the lodge is also very much open for business on a MID WEEK basis when we can cater for individuals, couples, families, schools and colleges, and groups.

The lodge is open year round.  We offer a range of weekend adventure events, mid week adventures and holidays and family adventure holidays that include adventure activities – but we also offer accommodation on a room and / or meals only basis for those looking to use the lodge as a base to explore the Pembrokeshire coast national park under their own steam.

Please do call on 01348 837709 or contact us if you have any questions, or if you’d like to make a booking.

Prices for FULLY CATERED LODGE ACCOMMODATION per person, per night

• from £39 lodge accommodation and breakfast

includes use of all lodge facilities, plus a range of breakfast choices including a cooked Welsh breakfast.

• from £59 lodge accommodation and all meals

includes use of all lodge facilities, breakfast as above and home cooked lunch and evening meal.

Under 16′s are priced at £49 for a nights lodge stay including breakfast, lunch and supper.

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Eco Lodge facilities

Lodge facilities include:

• FREE wireless broadband
• dedicated and friendly hospitality staff
• private licensed bar
• drying room
• pool table and bonfire site
• excellent music system – plug in your own ipod or use our Spotify premium account (hook up on facebook with Libby at Preseli Venture before your visit and you’ll be able to access your playlists via our account!)
• complementary teas, coffee and cold drinks available to help yourself to at all times
• unique coastal location, with a 10 minute walk through the bluebell woods to the local sandy beach.

Bedrooms

There are a total of 11 bedrooms at the lodge, all different, so we can be very flexible with regards to rooming arrangements.  The bedrooms are all named after off-shore islands around north Pembrokeshire:

Upstairs

• Skomer – sleeps 4
• Ramsey – sleeps 3
• South Bishop – sleeps  9
• Caldey – sleeps 2
• Ynys Bery – sleeps 2
• Skokholm – sleeps 4

Ground floor

• Ynys Michael – sleeps 3 (has double bunk bed)
• Bitches and Whelps – sleeps 2 in a double (on a sleeping platform accessed via steps)
• Hats and Barrels – sleeps 3 in a double (the double is on a sleeping platform as above) plus a single bed at ground level
• Grassholm – sleeps 6
• Carreg Rhosson – sleeps 4

You are welcome to request a single room as we can be flexible with rooming particularly during mid-week stays at the lodge. Also unless we are very full over a particularly busy weekend, the rooms need not be filled to their maximum – flexibility is the key!

All bedrooms have either delicious under floor heating or radiators fed by our ground source heat pump, so you’ll be warm and cosy at all times.  Every bed has its own LED bed light for bedtime reading and discreet night time lighting for your convenience.  All bedrooms have storage and hanging space and bedside tables as well as a mirror and plenty of sockets for charging appliances.

All beds are made up prior to guests arrival with sheet, duvet, pillowcases and spare blanket and all bedrooms have adequate ventilation with wide opening windows to breath deep the fresh Atlantic air.

Food and meals at the lodge

Our resident lodge chef  is on hand to cook delicious home-cooked meals for our clients to enjoy at the eco lodge and keep them well sustained until their next adventure. We have delicious set menus for the weekend or mid-week event and always take into account whether we are feeding adults or family groups.

If you are a vegetarian, a vegan, or have special dietary requirements, do not worry as we are happy to cater for individual needs, no worries.

New for 2012: As we now have the services of an excellent chef we can offer “specials” during our mid-week holidays and courses comprising of a selection of local fish meals – yum!

There will be an additional charge for the “special menu” and here are some of the fishy delights you can pre-order.

• Local Abercastle dressed crab meal, or crab cakes for an extra £10
• Local Abercastle lobster meal: whole lobster extra £15, half-lobster extra £10
• Local mackerel for an extra £6
• Local white fish (Pollock) fish cakes for an extra £5

Please let us know if you’d like to choose any of these special options for your stay at the lodge.

Read more about our suppliers, and see sample menus on the food and drink at the eco lodge page.

Bathrooms – everyone is very pleased and surprised at the quality of our bathrooms and showers!

The eco lodge has a total of ten bathrooms including seven new modern swanky wet-rooms which are all equipped with a modern power shower, plus washbasin and toilet.

They also have lovely underfloor heating throughout – perfect!  The other three bathrooms are also very nice and comprise of two separate toilets, plus three separate shower rooms.  The bathrooms are all equipped with hand towel plus eco soap and shower gel.

Bar and Lounge

On the other side of the traditional Welsh farmhouse courtyard is the brand new bar and lounge area – built out of modern polystyrene formwork which is incredibly insulating. Combine this very insulated building with the underfloor heating – coutesy of our ground source heat pump – and add our delightful wood-burning stove and you are guaranteed to stay very warm and cosy even on the coldest winter night. So jumping in the sea is not a problem for us ALL year round as you are guaranteed the ultimate in warmth and comfort when the day is over!

The lounge has sofas to relax in and engulf you in front of the wood-burning stove, plenty of seating and tables and chairs for socialising, playing games or fiddling on your lap top or mobile phone using our free broadband WiFi.  There are books to browse and information leaflets to read at your leisure.  The lodge TV is brought out only for special occasions – it can be used for showing films or videos for schools or on training courses and its opened up to show a special sporting fixture or for watching the Olympics in 2012!

The funky lodge bar is made from Latvian railway sleepers and is well-stocked with all your favourite tipples as well as local Welsh brews.  There is an awesome sound system in the bar, supplied by our local sound specialist. Music can be played by plugging in your ipod, off a good old-fashioned CD or most popularly courtesy of Spotify premium. So you can kick back, relax at the bar and make your own playlist – wonderful!

There are hot and cold drinks to help yourselves to in the bar area – all free of charge – available 24 hours: a selection of regular teas with herbal and fruit teas, regular and decaff coffees and cold drinks such as our delicious and refreshing Pembrokeshire Preseli Hills water and a choice of juice drinks.

Outside social areas

Here at Preseli Venture we are great fans of outside seating – so we have several areas where you can enjoy the warm Pembrokeshire sunshine and the clean (oh so clean!) fresh sea air wafting up the valley from Abermawr bay.

The Lodge can boast a traditional Welsh farmhouse courtyard with stunning views down the tranquil and wooded National Trust valley to the sea at Abermawr. There are outside seating and socialising areas inside the sheltered courtyard.  Out the back of the lodge facing due west is located our patio area – the perfect spot to soak up the evening sunshine after a hard day out on the sea – bliss….! Here you can also enjoy our wonderful west Wales sunsets and did you realise being out on the very western edge of the UK our night sky does not go dark in summer until 11.00pm!

Located here is also the bonfire area – perfect for nights out around a blazing bonfire beer in hand. We are proud of our dark, clear night skies. Try brushing up on your astronomical constellations during your stay as we are blessed with night skies clear of light pollution, there is even a star watching guide in the lodge.  Out the back of the lodge we also have our field where you can play ball games – which includes a volley ball/netball net.

Cyclists and walkers welcome!

Preseli Venture hold the ‘Cyclists and Walkers Welcome’ award from VisitWales.  This means that the lodge has facilities that will suit the needs of cyclists and walkers, and has:

• A separate space available for drying outdoor clothing and footwear.

• Lockable undercover area for safe overnight storage of bicycles and panniers, with an unobstructed entrance.

• Access to water point for washing bicycles and outdoor clothing.

• Boot scrapes at main doors and/or access to facilities with water supply for cleaning boots and outdoor clothing.

Like more information?

Please do call us on 01348 837709  or contact us for more details about our eco lodge accommodation, we’d really love to have you along for a stay in Pembrokeshire soon!