Kinlochewe Club Campsite

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This must be one of the best

If you're into mountain walking, magnificent scenery or a great driving experience this is a perfect base. The drive through Applecross and Glen Torridon (without the caravan) is possibly the finest in Britain. The site is an absolute gem. The wardens are friendly and very knowledgeable about the local area (and beyond). There is no WiFi on site but there is television reception for the main channels, BBC and ITV via booster cable. There was mobile reception for at least EE, can't speak for others. The village has the basics but then you don't come here for supermarkets! There is also a garage and two cafes. The Wistle Stop cafe serves really good food. We had an evening meal there and thoroughly enjoyed it. You can take your own wine; they charge £1.00 for corkage and glasses, I have to say, it was worth it, the food deserved the wine!

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Reviewed on 23/05/2017 18:41

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This must be one of the best

If you're into mountain walking, magnificent scenery or a great driving experience this is a perfect base. The drive through Applecross and Glen Torridon (without the caravan) is possibly the finest in Britain. The site is an absolute gem. The wardens are friendly and very knowledgeable about the local area (and beyond). There is no WiFi on site but there is television reception for the main channels, BBC and ITV via booster cable. There was mobile reception for at least EE, can't speak for others. The village has the basics but then you don't come here for supermarkets! There is also a garage and two cafes. The Wistle Stop cafe serves really good food. We had an evening meal there and thoroughly enjoyed it. You can take your own wine; they charge £1.00 for corkage and glasses, I have to say, it was worth it, the food deserved the wine!

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Unclemort54

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Reviewed on 23/05/2017 18:41

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A gem of a site

We booked Kinlochewe because the roads to it are good for towing (A832) and we wanted to use it as a base for exploring the area. However, we ended up spending quite a bit of time doing great walks in the Ben Eighe nature reserve which is right next door. The site is lovely, small and friendly and the staff are really friendly. The layout is good too, we had a spacious pitch with stunning views. The petrol station right next to the entrance has a lovely little cafe in it which serves great coffee and provides free wifi, we started most days in there. It is really peaceful and relaxing, there are birds everywhere and it's just fabulous. On our last night another caravanner got out his bagpipes and played them for 15 minutes. The sound echoed round the mountains, it was magical.

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binksandbunks

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Reviewed on 17/05/2017 08:15

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Fantastic

What a great little site. The wardens have to be the best we have ever met

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HazelB

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Reviewed on 28/04/2017 18:43

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Brilliant

We returned to this site this year that we visited for the first time last year. Nothing has changed it still is tranquil, quiet, with friendly helpful Wardens and above an all idiot free zone. I won't write too much as the more who know and go there then the chances are it will be spoilt.

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Reviewed on 28/04/2017 16:16

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Perfectly wild

We only stayed for one night passing through, but we couldn't have had a better time. The site has spectacular views up to Ben Eighe, the pitches are easy to get into and level and the facilities are very clean. The wardens couldn't have been more welcoming, cheerful and ready with useful advice. This isn't a place to surf the internet (there's none), but you should be out in the magnificent Highlands anyway! Easy walking to both the village and the Ben Eighe visitor centre. Highly recommended.

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Maczero

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Reviewed on 23/04/2017 22:30

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Really quiet stopover

We stayed just for the one night en route to the North West. This is really nice, the wardens were very friendly and helpful and the facilities were excellent for such a small site. There's not much to do in the immediate area, there's a pub, a cafe, a garage/shop and a post office/shop in the village plus walks in the local nature reserve. We visited Gairloch on the way onwards, but it's quite possible to do this from the site as a day trip. It's surprisingly quiet on site, even though it's on the corner of a road junction. Recommended.

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Reviewed on 14/04/2017 16:59

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Grateful

This was my second visit and it won't be my last. Very convenient location for touring the wonderful Scottish scenery and excellent facilities. I have to record my thanks to the warden who pegged down our awning which we had forgotten to secure in our haste to get to the equally excellent Whistle Stop Cafe ! A lovely site with friendly and helpful wardens. Love it.

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Nobleman

Reviewed on 04/04/2017 19:01

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Kinlochewe

Very tidy site with a friendly staff. The site is probably in this hamlet because of the route but when we got to Kinlochewe it was shut. It was Sunday so the pub was shut but the hotel had all the lights on but the doors were locked. Again all the shops were also closed but in March the season has not properly started so I will give them a break there. The garage was well stocked with touristy items though and the guy was very friendly.

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CarAndy

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Reviewed on 03/04/2017 14:23

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A little haven

We hadn't intended visiting this site but we were driven inland from a north west coastal tour by heavy rain and gales that were the strongest we'd encountered for years. So driving to Kinlochewe even we were pleasantly surprised by the beautiful scenery despite the rain and low cloud. It was the end of September so we had fingers crossed that the midge season had ended as reviews for the site often mentioned that they were problematic. Midges don't seem to always understand that beginning of June to end of September is their alloted eating time and not before or after. However despite an even bigger storm predicted for the night of our arrival at Kinlochewe (hence our retreat inland), the usual “lull” of calm and rain before a storm didn't mean we were eaten alive by midges. Thank heavens this year they seemed to have retired from their human feasting a little earlier. The site is right in the middle of the small village of Kinlochewe which is very handy for using the local amenities. There is a small hotel/pub, a shop/post office, a petrol station/shop and an excellent quirky cafe called The Whistle Stop Cafe where we ate a couple of times. The site itself is nicely laid out and afforded us more shelter than any on the coast could have done, although that night was still a very stormy one indeed. The wardens were simply excellent. I always think they have a very difficult task and need a sense of humour and excellent interpersonal skills to do the job well. When we arrived I was given a cheery greeting from Norrie who was striding purposefully across to the laundry with a hammer in hand. When I queried him, he simply said the tumble drier had broken and he was going to fix it. My silent but quizzical expression prompted a further explanation from him that first he was going to threaten it back into use, and if that didn't work the hammer gave him a second albeit more brutal option. We never did find out which approach worked. The toilet and shower blocks were in excellent condition, they looked as if they had recently been refurbished and were kept scrupulously clean and warm. The whole site is level and set out on a gravel which drains well (a pleasant change from the mud bath we left the day before on the coast). The minimum standard that we have all come to expect from Caravan Club (CC) sites is refreshing and welcoming when we come to use them. We probably use private sites about 75% of the time, purely because there are more of them in the areas we visit, but so many times with those you pay a lot more than the CC club sites for greatly inferior facilities, even taking into account the CC membership fee. The day we left Kinlochewe calm had returned to the north west of Scotland and the journey back to the west coast.

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Julie and Bob

Reviewed on 08/12/2016 09:38

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