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8.4

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83% would recommend this site to a friend.

72% would stay here again.

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lovely site and scenery

amanda m. (With friends, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Mar 2013 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Touring pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: this is a lovely well looked after site, quiet and peaceful would defiately return.

Disliked: only dislike was the weather rain , wind and snow but was lovely sitting in our caravan looking at the view of the hills.

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Thank you for taking the time to review Balgair Castle Holiday Park. Customer feedback is very important to us and we are delighted that you enjoyed your stay.

Hopefully the next time you visit the weather will be better!

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weeiend away

Stuart_F (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Touring pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: Well maintained site with modern toilet shower facilities which were spotless throughout our stay.
Food at the restaurant also fairly good.

Disliked: The roads in and out of the site are not the best but this is not the fault of the site.

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Balgair Castle Holiday Park

helen_j (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would not recommend to friends
  • Would not visit again

Liked: it was a nice park TOILETS ANS SHOWERS WAS NICE AND CLEAN

Disliked: IT WAS A GOOD PARK APART FROM NO SHOP AND AT THE BAR THERE WAS N O FAG MACHINE SO YOU HAD TO GO FOR A WALK INTO KIPPEN THAT WAS A 5 MILE WALK UNLESS YOU HAVE A CAR

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A few days camping with my son & my nephew

Tracey_H (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: The site was well maintained, the shower block was spotless, the pool was clean, the staff were very polite and very helpful all ropund big thumbs up :)

Disliked: Not really anything i disliked about Balgair Castle holiday park apart from it would be good to have a small shop on site rather than have to drive for 15 minutes into Balfron for the co op

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Thank you for reviewing Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay. Cleanliness and customer care are of high priority to us and it is lovely to hear that these met your expectations.

There is a small shop in Fintry which sells milk, bread etc however, Balfron has a larger selection.

We hope to welcome you back soon!

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Camping Perfection

Margo_M (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: From arrival to departure the experience was one of serenity. The site is situated in such a poetic part of Scotland with views of the Campsies, burns, and lakes.
The facilities are extremely well kept by an enthusiastic staff team.

Disliked: Only having one night to appreciate the peace, quiet and tranquility of this campsite.

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Thank you for reviewing Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay and appreciated the beautiful countryside around Balgair Castle. Hopefully you can stay longer on your next visit!

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camping

stuart_f (Family with older children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would not visit again

Liked: most things about the site

Disliked: the noise even though it says keep down after 10pm it didnt especially from friday onwards

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Thank you for taking the time to review Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted that you liked the park and hope you enjoyed your stay with us.

We do have wardens on the park that keep an eye on the noise however, we are sorry this was a problem for you on your visit. We also provide guests with a number that they can call to report any problems during their stay.

Thank you for your feedback.

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Weekend break

Sophia R. (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: The good weather that allowed my grandaughter to play in the outdoor pool. I liked the fact thet my grandaughter could play safely in the park area and I was able to watch from my pitch.

Disliked: I had no dislikes all good

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Thank you for taking the time to review Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted that you enjoyed the outdoor pool and even better that the sun was shinning!

We hope to welcome you back to the park in the future.

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4 nights

Kevin P. (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Jul 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: The Pool, The Location, The Camp Layout, the opportunity for electric hook up for tents, The play park, The bar & food. Staff were very friendly.

Disliked: No shop, late opening times for the pool and other amenities. No on-site shop for basics (only found out on last day that there was a shop at the Fintry sports centre - no info anywhere to help with this). Was told on last night that there was no evening meals left - at 7.45pm!

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Thank you for your review on Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us and were happy with the facilities on the park and our customer care.

On arrival, we do provide our customers with an information booklet that informs them about the local area including the shop at Fintry. We also have some posters displayed on the park about the shop but will certainly try to increase these and emphasis it to our customers on arrival.

Thank you for your feedback and we will take your comments into consideration.

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Kids had fun, food was great....quiet time could be implemented

cat_wilke (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)

  • Stayed Aug 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would not recommend to friends
  • Would not visit again

Liked: First time visitors - Kids liked playpark, pool and openness of campsite.
Food was brilliant at the restaurant..superb!
Staff tried to accommodate a site move due to bad quality of pitch area, but hands were tied due to being fully booked, but did assist which was appreciated.
(we have a pitch map now for future bookings)

Disliked: Due to weather, pitch area very muddy and we were right on corner of ajoining road area...vehicles short cutted and bike riders made surface worse...

Neighbours were horrendous, a gentleman that worked for the park had to constantly ask people to keep it down well after 01:00am in the morning, foul mouthed and loudness made it a disturbing stay especially when you have small kids. Possibly a quiet down policy after 12:00am could be put in place..

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Thank you for reviewing Balgair Castle.

We are delighted you enjoyed the facilities on the park and the food in the restaurant.

Unfortunately, due to the poor weather the pitches have become wet and in some places muddy. We do our best to arrange alternative pitches however, in some cases due to advance bookings this is not possible.

We are sorry that you experienced noise from people next to you. Our wardens do try to keep noise to a minimum after 11pm and we do emphasise this to customers on arrival. We also provide a telephone number for guests to call in the event of disturbances.

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and also stayed with 2 older boys

nicola n. (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Jul 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: the very friendly and helpful staff nothing was to much trouble for them also liked the clean shower room and sophie loved swimming in the pool will defenately be back lovely location

Disliked: the weather but that isnt something we can control

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Thank you for reviewing Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. Cleanliness and customer care are of top priority to us and we are happy that these met your expectations.

Hopefully when you visit again we will have some sunshine!!

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last minute camping deal

Angie_E (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Jul 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: It a lovely little plan surrounded by great scenery great park for the kids

Disliked: Didn't dislike anything but would say a shop on the complex would be an advantage

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Thank you for reviewing Balgair Castle Holiday Park.

We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay and the beautiful scenery surrounding Balgair.

We look forward to welcoming you back in the future!

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Really nice site with friendly staff

Colin_M0 (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Jun 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Motorhomes
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: The clubhouse was good with really nice food and at a reasonable price.

The outdoor pool whilst small is heated and very clean.

the site is well maintained and the staff were very helpful and friendly

Disliked: Speed bumps on road in are huge

Shower cubicles could do with seat or shelf to put things on

Struggled to get a tv reception

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Thank you for your feedback on Balgair Castle Holiday Park. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us.

We have now added seats to our shower cubicles for putting clothes etc on.

We hope to see you back at Balgair in the future!

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great campsite

Stuart H. (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Jun 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Touring pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: great facilities, with outdoor pool a bonus,
lovely meal in bar/restaurant.

Disliked: bar closing at 8pmweekdays

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Thank you for taking the time to review Balgair Castle Holiday Park. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us. The bar will open later during the week during high season (July/August) however at present there is not a high demand for it. We will certainly take this into consideration.

Hope to see you again soon!

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Great park, loved it

Steven_P (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed Jun 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Touring pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: Very quiet, peaceful, clean, good amenities nearby caravan. Good intertainment, kids loved it. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay

Disliked: People walking dogs and allowing them to do their business near caravan area (even though they picked up stools) where kids were playing and rolling about on grass.

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We appreciate you taking the time to review Balgair Castle. We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. We do try to encourage guests to walk their dogs in the open areas and down by the river away from children playing etc. We will certainly try to reinforce this and hope to welcome you back in the future.

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niclola_P (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)   Confirmed ?

  • Stayed May 2012 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: we enjoyed everything about the site we did say it could bre doing with just a small shop so ppl do not have to leave the food was good and entertainment was fab,kids had a good time but dnt think we will be doing tents much longer once we save pennies for wend we are defo coming back as we were speaking abt buying on site :) x

Disliked: none

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Thank you for taking the time to review Balgair Castle. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back soon.

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Beautiful holiday park in a great country

kathcake (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)

  • Stayed May 2011 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would not visit again

Liked: Balgair Castle Holiday park was my families first experience of holidaying in the UK and it wont be the last. The camp was run by lovely people who really knew that the customer came first.

I was a bit worried about how my kids would be. Would they get bored quick? there was quite a lot put in place for kids though so i was pleasantly suprised and great entertainment at night!

The accomodation was pretty standard for standard priced rooms, and I can't say we found any cockcroaches or anything that shouldn't be there!
Easy to get to

Disliked: Weather was a bit rubbish but it is Scotland !!

However bearing everything in mind and weighing it all up it's a lovely place to go.

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Stayed in a tent, two adults and six children.

Fiveinourhouse (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)

  • Stayed Aug 2011 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Tent pitches
  • Would not recommend to friends
  • Would not visit again

Liked: Overall I would say that this campsite was value for money however I am not sure that I would return.

The site is fairly clean and well kept. It consists mainly of holiday homes and caravans with some areas for pitching tents.

There is a club house that sells meals but to be honest we didn't use it as we prefer to cook ourselves while camping. Other than that there where no shops or facilities to purchase milk etc. It would be helpful if there was a shop as the nearest village was quite some distance away.

There was however great facilities for the children in the swimming pool that was available, cold but clean, and also a well presented and accessible play area. The site had plenty of open and safe play space for the children to run around freely, important when you camp with six of them.

Having said all this the location is very good if you want to visit any of the attractions that Stirling has to offer. The children also had a very good time despite being tired.

Disliked: The toilet facilities appeared to be fairly new but where inadequate as there where only three female showers for the whole site. So queueing was inevitable.

One of the main reasons why I don't plan to return is that the park is very undermanned. We had a big problem with the noise at night. The tents next to us where very noisy until well into the night, 1.30am, playing music and drinking. This wasn't checked and very unreasonable when we where trying to get our own children to sleep.

The other big downside was the rubbish bins. Not only where they few and far between but they where unhygienic in that they where grossly overflowing.

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Fab weekend away!

michelle (Family with young children, 1 review, 0 photos)

  • Stayed Jun 2011 Review submitted
  • Stayed in: Touring pitches
  • Would recommend to friends
  • Would visit again

Liked: The warm and friendly welcome i recieved from Joanne and John. I was alone with 3 young kids. Joanne and John made sure i had everything i needed and i felt really safe knowing they were there if they were needed. I also liked the way everyone looked out for all the kids. A very happy weekend was had by all.

Disliked: Although the shower block looks fantastic, It was not practical when u have the kids to shower and dress. Maybe a shower basin at the bottom of the shower, or a ledge to put clothes on.

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