About Us

Smugglers Cove

 

A beautiful location on the mid Wales coast offering a selection of holiday options alongside an active working boatyard, moorings and creative workshops. The types of stay available include holiday cottage accomodation alongside spectacular water's edge camping and glamping boats. Please enjoy reading about them all below. Smugglers Cove also has artists and craftsmen in residence, working from various buildings, including for instance acclaimed sculptor, Steve Howlett http://www.stevehowlett.com/ and the legendary, Giles Thaxton http://madebygiles.co.uk/. We are a family and a pet friendly establishment with a relaxed atmosphere set in beautiful surroundings.

 

Smugglers Cove Cottages

 

Sympathetically renovated in 2006 to a design by eco architects ‘Simmonds Mills’ & with assistance from the Wales Tourist Board, the converted Chapel and Cottages are furnished in a comfortable style, with log burners, beautiful features & a four poster bed in Chapel House. There is full gas central heating, bolstered by solar thermal collectors, tiled floors on the ground floor & exposed wooden floorboards on the upper floor. Both Chapel House & Quarry Cottage have open plan kitchens, dining area & lounges with Chapel House having a dining table large enough for the whole party to be seated around together as one. Four of the bedrooms in Chapel House are on the ground floor with easy ground floor access.

Outside there are seating areas, a private BBQ area & access through to our boatyard and onto the Dyfi Estuary foreshore & tidal beach. For boat lovers, there is a slipway, hardstanding & moorings to store, renovate, repair, launch and moor your pride and joy/s.

 

Smugglers Cove Camping

 

Along the coastal footpath, a hundred meters from the boatyard, three individual camping pitches offer the very best spots on the Dyfi’s banks and, tucked beneath the tree line, they provide ultimate waterside views in a positively dreamy location. Called Dyfi, Dulas, and Angell, the pitches are big enough for larger tents.  There are shower and toilet facilities in the boatyard carpark, as well as a compost toilet & shower block on the foreshore. Fire pits are provided for each pitch.

 

The Boy John 

 

The Boy John is 40’ long and 13’ wide, with good standing headroom. The main space has a kitchen/bar area with 2 ring gas hob; a piano (likely out of tuen!) and a wood burning stove, with seating along the sides. Beyond, the stern cabin has a small double bed and is lined with boards that follow the lines of the hull, which gives it a real nautical feel. Upstairs the wheelhouse is glazed and there is a bench seat that turns into a small double bed, you can sit outside on deck enjoying amazing views of the estuary but unsupervised children are not allowed in this area. 

Hannah

 

Hannah is a gorgeous 32ft mahogany Hillyard yacht that we have sympathetically converted into basic glamping accommodation.  Hannah was rescued following a particularly violent storm that washed her up onto the Smugglers Cove foreshore. She is smaller than the Boy John, but with the same spectacular views... There is a twin bunk cabin and another cabin which can sleep two people in a bed which fits into the shape of the hull.

Smugglers Cove Boatyard

 

A small sustainable resource on the banks of the river Dyfi, Smugglers Cove Boatyard has up to 5 swinging moorings available in the tidal estuary on the north side of the river. There is a concrete slipway and some dry winter storage along with hoisting facilities on the foreshore side of the railway line which is easily accessed via the car park. Further dry winter storage is also available on the north side of the railway line. Other facilities such as power washing are available on request, see the Rates page for further information. There are toilet and shower facilities available for boat owning customers.