Galloway Activity Centre

The view over the loch (added by manager 01 Nov 2014)

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  • Award-winning activity holidays on the shores of Loch Ken
  • Laser combat, watersports, archery, climbing, zipwiring and more
  • Café serving evening meals and breakfast
Activity seekers and adrenaline champs – come and ken the place for you. Zip your way along to Galloway Activity Centre on the shores of Loch Ken in Scotland’s southwest for a shipshape activity hol, whether you’re planning on plunging into water alongside your beloved, paddling about as part of a group, or taking the family along to try (and fail) to show them who’s boss with a bow and arrow. Even the views here are champion, with roomy pitches overlooking Loch Ken and the Galloway Hills, and the centre has assembled a winning line-up whether guests are happier on land or in the safe non-tidal waters of Loch Ken. There's a huge range of activities and outdoor equipment to tackle: outdoor laser combat games, archery, climbing, paddle sports, windsurfing, sailing, mountain biking, zip wires… take your pick then design your own activity package to mix it all up. After all that energy burning, you might be chuffed to know that the centre has a TV for night time chilling, and that evening nosh (as well as brekkie) is available at the site café. Toilets and showers are available in the clubhouse, which is open all night.

Site type

Tent pitches 15
Touring caravan pitches 15
Motorhome pitches 15
Open all year

Languages spoken

English

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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

Disabled facilities

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

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Fishing nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Galloway Activity Centre

Loch Ken

Castle Douglas

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG7 3NQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

55.03778°N
-4.10124°W

Route directions

The site is 10 miles north of Castle Douglas on the A713 road to Ayr. Coming from the south, go through Parton Village and after approximately three miles look out for the site entrance. Coming from the north, go through St John Town of Dalry and after approximately five miles look out for the entrance.

Nearest transport

Coach
9.6 mi Carlingwark Street
9.6 mi Carlingwark Street
11.3 mi Mill on the Fleet
Rail
19.9 mi Dumfries Rail Station
24 mi Sanquhar Rail Station
24.6 mi Kirkconnel Rail Station

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

Most folk who visit Galloway Activity Centre find more than enough to do on site, but if you do decide to explore the area you’ll be on a winning streak whether you stick close to home or get into the car for a drive around Dumfries to visit award-winning gardens, National Trust Scotland sites, championship golf courses or the many nature reserves and wildlife havens: Dumfries and Galloway has a famed Red Kite Trail, red squirrel sanctuaries and seabirds by the thousands at the Mull of Galloway. The activity centre is right on the edge of the Galloway Forest National Park, where you can take a break from all the activity by gazing upwards: the park was the first Dark Sky Park in the UK and has the darkest skies in Europe because of its remote location. Elsewhere, there are three hundred square miles to explore, the 7Stanes trails beloved by mountain bikers, that Red Kite Trail (and a Red Deer Range). Drop into one of the visitor centres for armfuls of info and ideas: there are centres at Kirroughtree, Glentrool and Clatteringshaws. Also about, Castle Douglas, Galloway Activity Centre’s nearest town, has a growing (and apt) rep as Scotland’s food town: sample all sorts of fish, toffee (not together), game and other delicacies to see for yourself; you’ll be burning off hundreds of calories after all… Foodies can also go along to one of Castle Douglas’s regular food fairs, food weekends or chef masterclasses, and walk it all off with a trek around Threave Castle and its gardens or a circular hike from Castle Douglas around Carlingwark Loch. Film fan or feeling wicked? Dumfries and Galloway is where The Wicker Man was filmed and there’s now an annual festival as well as a Wicker Man trail from Kirkcudbright.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Mossyard 15.1 mi Estuary N/A Good Good Good
Dhoon Bay 15.4 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor
Carrick 15.4 mi Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Rockcliffe 17.1 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor
Brighouse Bay 17.5 mi Sea N/A Poor Poor Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Robert Burns Centre 19.3 mi

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 22.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

KEN-DEE MARSHES (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 01/06/2001) 1.6 mi

Mossdale - Big Water of Fleet Viaduct Linear Walk 1.8 mi

Mossdale Circular 1.8 mi

The Ken - Dee Marshes Nature Reserve 4.1 mi

A Moorland Walk from St John's Town of Dalry 5.3 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.

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