Garlieston Club Campsite

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Beautiful and relaxing.

Just returned from this beautiful, well-maintained site with our 14 year old son. Golfing, fishing, cycling and walking from this gem of a site. The wardens were friendly and welcoming and very informative. Stunning scenery everywhere with quaint little harbour villages with many coffee shops and tea houses. The site has a great pub within walking distance that offers super food at reasonable prices. There are activity centres within driving distance for lots of different things for the kids to do. This site is well worth a visit - you won't be disappointed.

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Harebearbunch

Reviewed on 10/08/2016 23:00

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Get a life

Recent visit to this siterm with family but was put off when apparently we where having toooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun it was 10.30 when the warden gave us a visit we where not loud as we are of a mature age and always finished our night by 11 as is the rules but to be told that noise travels at 10.30 was a downer . I think the the club if it doesn't want to die needs to encourage younger members not rowdy etc but sensible my daughter and son in law are both in their 40s were shocked at how people are. The wardens where nice but maybe should have advised the said complaint ends to ring back after 11 if the noise continued (which it wouldn't have) I have now bought a pair of slippers to wear so I don't make a noise on the gravel hardstanding otherwise had a cracking holiday

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Matoe

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Reviewed on 10/08/2016 22:05

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Super laid back site

We stayed at Garleiston for 3 nights as a stopover from the Scottish Highlands, on the way back home to West Norfolk. A super little site – a bit compact but, with three separate areas, it was reasonably quiet & relaxed. We walked both ways along the coastline, south to the ruins of Cruggleton Point & north to the fort at Eggerness. It was, of course, de rigueur to stop off at the welcoming Harbour Inn for refreshments afterwards! What we weren’t aware of, until we drove into the village and saw the entrance sign, was the local connection to the testing of the Mulberry Harbours used in the Normandy D-Day landings. There is little physical evidence of this event now but there is a notice board just outside the site giving relevant details. Such is the dominance of the site in the village, you do wonder how the pub & Post Office survive during the winter months when the site is closed. Nonetheless, a laid back site in an area that is a bit off the beaten track.

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Pilgrimphil

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Reviewed on 08/08/2016 12:21

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Peace and Tranquility

Beautiful location, so peaceful and relaxing. The ideal location to explore from if you want or just sit and relax admiring the views. Lovely pub within walking distance which serves delicious meals or snacks. Wardens were very welcoming and always happy to help if needed.

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DGrubb

Reviewed on 07/08/2016 12:51

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Great wardens. Peaceful site

Lovely site in a quiet location. Great for coastal walks and exploring the rural delights of this part of Dumfries and Galloway. Really helpful, flexible and friendly wardens, who could not have been more welcoming. They found us a lovely pitch in the walled garden. Probably not the best site for young families, as you are quite a way from any significant towns or facilities, although we found that to be one of the benefits. Our second time here and we shall definitely be back.

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RichardandJo

Reviewed on 04/08/2016 10:30

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Peace and Quiet

Superb wardens and a beautifully kept site - facilities as usual high standards. We had a harbour side pitch and were lucky enough to see the tide in a few times which was very picturesque. Nice pub in Garlieston The Harbour Inn good food and reasonably priced and the locals are very friendly. The majority of the pitches are very snug and some rather small. We initially booked 8 nights but decided to sample New England Bay after a couple of days and the Wardens happily and efficiently arranged the booking for us.

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smiffy12

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Reviewed on 03/08/2016 23:24

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Get a way from it all

Lovely welcome by the friendly warden, chose a pitch in the wall garden area which was very quiet with plenty of room between each pitch, no view but we preferred the space. Very clean toilets and shower block. If you want total piece and quiet and a "get away from it all" (including phones, no phone signal) then this site is the one. Garlieston is not the prettiest place we have visited in Scotland, have to to be honest we won't return to Garlieston but glad we have seen it.

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ClubMember9A8564C4F7

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Reviewed on 03/08/2016 19:03

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Wish I Could Agree With Other Reviewers

One thing I can agree on is that the wardens do a grand job and Mrs Warden in the office should be treasured by the club as she is so good with customers, even disgruntled ones. We arrived and booked in for six nights. With a 7.5 metres caravan nearly all the harbourside pitches were out of bounds as too narrow so we were given one directly behind i.e. in the middle of three rows of caravans. We felt like sardines so close were the vans in front, beside and behind. Within twenty minutes I had been back to the office and asked the warden to book us in to the New England site and refund the money paid for the further five nights. I cannot speak too highly of how she dealt with this. If you are small enough for a harbourside pitch or are in the awning pitches area perhaps the glowing reports are justified but we will not be returning. To add insult to injury the tide was out when we arrived at a quarter to three and had not returned by the time we went to bed at ten o'clock and we did not see it in again before we left at ten thirty the next morning so just looked at a patch of mud while we were there.

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Longtimecaravanner

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Reviewed on 03/08/2016 12:40

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Probably our favourite site

Although having once lived in Scotland we had never visited the south west of Scotland and when planning our tour Garlieston was a speculative choice. What a beautiful site it turned out to be. We were lucky enough to get a front sea view pitch. The site has a mixture of grass and hard standing pitches and is split into two sections but the sea view part is far the nicer. The village of Garlieston is a very pleasant with a small harbour, bowling green, a post office/shop and a tea room adjoined to a very nice pub where the food is good and plentiful. A bus stops just outside the pub taking you to the larger towns and villages in the area. The locals are very friendly. You just know you are going to get a warm site welcome when you see the beautiful flower display around the reception area as you arrive and this proved to be the case. The wardens were very friendly and informative and the site was well maintained and the facilities were modern and clean Our only regret was we were only there for two days we will be back but our stay will be longer

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DavidDunning2668

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Reviewed on 02/08/2016 14:37

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A quiet holiday

Just had a 2wk stay at Garlieston and it is a quiet and tidy site. One note of caution is the site has two areas, the one at the office/sea front is split into two areas with a bridge over a stream/burn. Be careful while driving over the bridge with your caravan / large motorhome as the entrance/exit on and off the bridge is angled. I witnessed a member crunch the rear side of his caravan on the Armco barrier when he was exiting the site. Otherwise a lovely quiet site even when busy.

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Hamgar

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Reviewed on 01/08/2016 19:06

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