Garlieston Club Campsite
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A pleasant week, with excellent wardens, lovely views and decent walks from the site and nearby. Unlike other reviewers were not overly impressed with the nearby pub, which we found not to be the friendliest. But there are plenty of alternatives a short drive away. Our hopes for a peaceful week were also regularly shattered by a high number of very vocal, unruly small dogs. We are dog owners ourselves, and not usually put off by dogs barking, but the numbers of noisy dogs during our stay was exceptional, especially early mornings. Pitches are ample and level, with awning pitches on the main site set back from the waterfront, but still enjoying sea views, and excellent sunsets. Facilities were immaculate, if a little tired, with the shower cubicles in the walled garden area a bit of the small side with limited hanging space. It was on the whole a very pleasant site, but we will not be rushing back.
STAYED 15THSEP 21 NICE SITE VERY FRIENDLY WOULD RECOMMEND IT
VERY NICE SITE FRIENDLY AND CLEAN WOULD RECOMMEND IT SEP. 21.
Another visit....a lovely place.
Another visit to one of our favorites. As always the site was in excellent condition and the facilities spotlessly clean thanks to the hard work of your hosts Anne and Martin ......... both are always cheerful and it seems nothing is too much trouble. Even accepting our Amazon stuff while we were out enjoying ourselves.
If you are looking for peace and quiet in a lovely place this is for you.
We have booked again already.
Love this site
We love this site, sadly we don't get to this kneck of the woods as often as we would like.
Nice pitches good facilities, lovely wardens who are really chearful and helpful.
Lovely walks and great scenery.
Nice dog friendly pub 2 minutes away.
We will visit again as soon as we can.
Buster1967
Reviewed on 13/09/2021 13:47
Fantastic location
We stayed for two nights on our Scottish trip. Our pitch was located in the walled garden which did not have a sea view but was secluded, spacious and very quiet. The warden team could not do enough for us including delivering our Amazon delivery bringing forgotten essentials.Nice walks along the shores with a great information centre. Highly recommend.
Lovely peaceful site
We visited this site for a weekend break lovely peaceful site and was kept beautifully clean and tidy.
No queuing for showers at anytime even though site was full.
will definitely be going back.
Lovely beach side site
We stayed at this site in August as a family with a child age 6 in a small campervan.
The site facilities were always clean and never busy. The team on-site were friendly, chatty and welcoming throughout our visit.
The site has toilets, showers, laundry and information room. There is no shop but the petrol station has most things you need looked milk, meat and other food supplies.
Our 6 yr olds loved the site and the other residents were really friendly too. We spend our time walking, geocaching, rock pooling, playing on the beach, biking up and down the quite lanes. There are no child activities on site but if you love the outdoors there are plenty of things to do without moving your van.
We used the village shop / garage, pub, chippy van on Friday and bingo in the hall on Fridays too.
All in all a lovely site with great scenery and walks from the door.
Regular visitor to Garlieston
We have been visiting this site on a regular basis for a good many years. Our last visit was from13th to16th August. As always the site was in excellent condition and the facilities spotlessly clean thanks to the hard work of Anne and Martin who are the wardens.
The area is great for walking and cycling. The local hotel does great food and the guy who has the garage will order rolls, papers and other provisions for you.
As I said in my last review the toilet facilities could do with a face lift and although Anne and Martin keep them spotlessly clean they cannot update them.
So my challenge to the club administration is let me see if you bother reading the reviews and respond to my request for upgrading. We use club sites whenever we can and certainly in Scotland stay at sites that are not as busy but have been upgraded. Come in club give me a response!
Pretty Harbour Gem
Return visit to this site, located in a small town overlooking Wigton Bay. The site is divided into two halves, one walled garden area and the other the harbour view. Pitches along the harbour wall give an amazing vista over the Bay but can get very crowded as the grass between hard-standings are also allocated as pitches during high season. We were on pitch 6 which was lovely and spacious.
The facilities are a little dated - I could not get one of the showers to operate, which left only 1 working cubicle. The hairdryer is very low power too but adequate if you are patient. The motorhome service point is in the walled garden area only, which can be a little tight if you have a large outfit.
There is a bus stop right outside of the site but the timetable is a little erratic - you can get to places but there can be long waits for the return journeys. The town itself is pleasant to walk around, The Harbour Inn is always worth a visit, and the locals play crown green bowls even in wet weather. Delicious mobile fish and chip van arrived on Friday evening (4pm - 7pm) and very good prices.
The harbour/bay is dog friendly all year round when the tide is out. There is a lot of history attached to Garlieston, so worth wandering around, reading the information and visiting the 'museum' in the community hall.
Will definitely be back for a third visit.
Best Relief Wardens A***
We have had a relaxing wonderful week at Garlieston, we had the pleasure of the relief wardens looking after the site & ourselves while there.
They were polite very friendly & had a warm welcome for visitors/members on site. I read the review below and I'm afraid I disagree with the comments left about the relief wardens. They kept the site very clean & tidy, they both worked extremely hard, they couldn't do enough for you they gave us some dental sticks for our dogs.
The views are fantastic, the beach gorgeous for the dogs and only 2 mins away.
Just go & you won't be dissapointed