Westlands Country Park

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Entrance pond
Touring area on a sunny day
Touring area on a sunny day
Front entrance pond

  • Gretna country park with fly fishing and clay pigeon shooting
  • Over 100 acres with three fishing ponds
  • Shooting tuition, shop and café
Found a great catch or fancy a shotgun wedding? Sorted: this fab shooting and fishing site is 10 minutes' drive from Gretna Green. Spread over 100 acres of grounds in the Dumfries and Galloway countryside, Westlands Country Park combines outdoor activities with fine natural surrounds: there are three fishing ponds here for starters, with some whoppers weighing in at 12lb (catch and release or keep a few to barbecue for supper). You won’t find the clay pigeons as tasty as the trout but the shooting’s a lark, with the faux-birds being launched from a 140-foot tower. Novices can book a session with an instructor, but if you’ve got a shotgun licence you can hone your skills with some tuition or just head for the traps (booking essential). The site has a café serving hot food from 9am and a small shop for basics… it’s hungry work all that shootin’ and fishin’, after all… And even if you’re not planning any nuptials, Gretna has pubs, eateries and supermarkets for stocking up.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 27
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 50
Tent pitches 10
Touring caravan pitches 27
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Facilities/activities including fishing, shooting range access are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

84%

would recommend this site to a friend

79%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent facilities with a near deserted camping field. Great food, nice staff,…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch (solo)

Liked: Excellent facilities with a near deserted camping field. Great food, nice staff, good price.

Disliked: Nothing that i can think of.

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Excellent place

Overall 9/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 7
Cleanliness 7
Wifi 7
David L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely place and enjoy there hopefully improve more toilet and shower building that all

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Easy check in on arrival. Great area for tent pitches. Good showers facilities.…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 9
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch (solo)

Liked: Easy check in on arrival.
Great area for tent pitches.
Good showers facilities.

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Ok as a stop over heading north or south.

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 5
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Nick K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Close to M74
On site bar and restaurant (if that’s your thing)

Disliked: Toilets to far away from campsite.
Rubbish bins to far away from campsite.
Lots of cars and people passing close by campsite.
Ducks and peacocks on site (and that’s fine) but leave poo around areas where people walk and camp.
Very much a country club with the focus being day visitors and residents rather than the camping/caravan community.

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Great stay!

Overall 9/10
Location 9
Value for money 9
Accommodation 9
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 9
Child friendliness 5
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 5
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch (four person)

Liked: Really good facilities, clean toilets and showers

Disliked: Odour was strong from farm

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Very nice site with friendly staff. Excellent on site restaurant, bar and…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Billy O. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very nice site with friendly staff. Excellent on site restaurant, bar and gun shop.
I found the on site gun range challenging as well as a lot of fun.
First class site.

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Wild life…

Overall 2/10
Location 2
Value for money 2
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Wild life

Disliked: Spacing between each tourer not wide enough, no rules set to what side of the pitch you park at as there is only 6ft of putch available, tent campers noise was excessive playing music to 4.30am, toilets run out of paper gabd dryer not working gents urinal smelling, roads loose gravel with no speed limit hence stones damaging vans and cars, 2 main culprits cleaners in morning driving white vans rushing about to get work done, electric bikes doing wheelies and speeding hence damage again to property.

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Would stay again

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very nice clean site very quiet and plenty space

Disliked: Tenters playing loud music until 4am

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24 hour check in. Spacious, clean pitch. Water and electric close to…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: 24 hour check in. Spacious, clean pitch. Water and electric close to hand.
Lovely fishing lakes plus nice walks. Staff were friendly. The food and bar looked great

Disliked: No grey water dump spot, which would have been nice.
The pitches are close to a small still water pond and there were a few mosquitos about.

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Another amazing stay.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Sally T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Extended our stay. So relaxing. Weather has been fab.

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Forest Lake and/or mountain Luxury Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Pub campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Westlands Country Park

The Broats Moss

Annan

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG12 6RS

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

55.00919°N
-3.15969°W

Route directions

Please follow road signs to Westlands Activity Centre.

Nearest transport

Coach
4.4 mi War Memorial
4.4 mi War Memorial
4.4 mi Market Square
Rail
3.8 mi Gretna Green Rail Station
4.5 mi Annan Rail Station
11 mi Lockerbie Rail Station
Ferry
27.6 mi Leaplish Ferry Landing
28.6 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
28.7 mi Keswick Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

You don’t have to confine your fishing to the ponds: head to Port Carlisle (35 minutes' drive) for sea fishing from the Solway estuary banks, or 55 minutes to Bassenthwaite in the Lake District. Closer to home, Westlands is a 10-minute drive from Annandale Distillery for those who care to celebrate their fishing or shooting prowess with a single malt: tours are available every day and the distillery also has a café serving afternoon teas and regional food including haggis, plus Scottish and local craft beers and ciders… and a fine selection of whisky, of course. It’s a 40-minute trip to Bowness-on-Solway, at the tip of the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; walk the Hadrian’s Wall Trail all 73 miles to Tyneside if you fancy it, or march a shorter section and picnic on the walls like legionaries did. Some fine family-friendly walks start from Burgh-by-Sands (35 minutes) and Silloth (50 minutes), taking in the (alleged) resting place of Edward I, Hammer of the Scots, and the wildlife of the wetlands; various do-in-a-day bike routes start from Carlisle, Kirkbride (35 minutes) and Silloth to see the region from the saddle. If you’re seeking more pulse-racing stuff, try flyboating nine metres over the water or jetskiing at Wetjets in Dumfries (25 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Southerness 19.8 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Allonby 19.9 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Sandyhills 24.2 mi Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Rockcliffe 27.2 mi Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 3.9 mi

Carlisle Castle 11.6 mi

Robert Burns Centre 18.6 mi

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 18.6 mi

Birdoswald Roman Fort 22.1 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 25.3 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Hadrian's Wall Part 1 - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 4.4 mi

CAMPFIELD MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/11/2006) 6 mi

Burgh Marsh and the Edward 1 Monument 6.8 mi

Battle of Solway Moss, 1542 7.8 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 2 - Carlisle to Lanercost Priory 11.7 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Westlands Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Westlands Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Westlands Country Park? You don’t have to confine your fishing to the ponds: head to Port Carlisle (35 minutes' drive) for sea fishing from the Solway estuary banks, or 55 minutes to Bassenthwaite in the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Westlands Country Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Westlands Country Park? From £15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.