Ten breathtaking festival locations
Dance music with a view
9 Gottwood
Gottwood Anglesey, Wales
Gottwood is the independent Welsh festival nestled in the woods by the Welsh coastline, hidden away by a lake on the private Carreglwyd Estate in Anglesey. The area won the accolade of Lonely Planet's 'Greatest Region on Earth 2012', and the setting is a world away from the corporate sponsorship of many UK festivals. Attendees can immerse themselves in the raves that take place across a combination of seven indoor and outdoor stages, or get away from it all in one of the most ambient surrounds of the British countryside. It also boasts sunsets and sunrises that are something of legend.
Capacity at the event is kept to just 5,000 to ensure the festival feels intimate and the site as environmentally sustainable as possible. With all seven stages made from materials found on site, one of Gottwood's cofounders has since been signed up to consult on the green credentials of Secret Garden Party and Festival No. 6. Those founders self describe the festival as a "mystical little party hidden in the middle of the woods", but that only goes a short way to capturing the magic of the Gottwood experience.
Gotwood takes place in mid June
