When can I check in and check out of Braids Caravan Park?

Camping and touring Arrive: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Braids Caravan Park?

From £28 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Braids Caravan Park

View prices & book Last booked one day ago 8.7 45 reviews

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Well-maintained site just outside Gretna, in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries half an hour’s drive; Caerlaverock Castle 35 minutes
Dogs welcome; several golf courses within a half-hour drive

It almost sounds like the set-up to a joke – why did three lads from Northern England move to Gretna, in Scotland? To open Braids Caravan Park, that’s why. David (from Northumberland), Paul (Tyneside) and Tim (Yorkshire) have set up this site on the outskirts of Gretna (a 10-minute walk from the town and its shops, restaurants and pubs), in Dumfries and Galloway. Easily accessed from main roads like the M6 and A74, the site is peaceful and surrounded by well-maintained greenery (including leafy cherry trees), with level hardstanding pitches and lawn areas for each caravan, plus a large area with picnic tables for alfresco eating. And while you devour your dinner… who knows? You might be lucky and be treated to views of the spectacular Northern lights. Each pitch comes with electric, water and drainage hook-up points, and the site has a pristine toilet and shower block (including spacious facilities for disabled guests), a washing-up area and a launderette. Scotland is renowned for its golf courses, and there are a handful within a half-hour drive; if you want a proper Scottish links golf course, though, you’ll have to go a little farther, to Southerness Golf Club (one hour’s drive), on the Solway Firth. The Solway Firth coastline is, of course, well worth exploring even if you’re not into golfing. Your canine companion might enjoy a walk on beaches such as Powfoot and Annan (20 minutes), while history buffs should continue on to Caerlaverock Castle (35 minutes), a moated, three-sided fortress with a long history.

Site type

Open all year

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
A charge of £0.20 applies for the use of the shower.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Spanish

Pitch types & availability

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

8 people maximum Wifi at the unit/pitch

Ground type: Hardstanding

Pitch size: Max 5.0m width x 13.0m depth (16.4ft width x 42.7ft depth) Calculated area: 65.0m² (699.7ft²)

8 people maximum Wifi at the unit/pitch

One Touring caravan or Campervan or Motorhome or Trailer tent allowed per pitch

Additional units require additional pitches - quick book via 'Make another booking like this' after making your booking.

Pitch size

Max 5.0m width x 13.0m depth (16.4ft width x 42.7ft depth) Calculated area: 65.0m² (699.7ft²)

Ground type

Hardstanding

0 rooms

Twin-axle vehicles accepted

Suitable for

Touring caravan, Campervan, Motorhome, Trailer tent, (Tent not allowed)

Features

Electric: 10 amp included
Electric: 16 amp included

Bring a gazebo 1 included, 1 max.
Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.
Bring a pup tent 1 included, 1 max.
Car 2 included, 2 max.
Dog(s) allowed 4 included, 4 max.

Car parking by pitch/unit
Chemical disposal point
Firepit
Picnic table
Wifi at the unit/pitch

Other restrictions

Arrival days

From £28 (£28) 1 night, 2 adults

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Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Crest stop off for a couple of nights.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	9
Facilities / Activities	9
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Karen H. May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Easy check in and out. Clean no hassle park. Two toilet blocks with showers. Waste disposal Close to a co-op, and other amenities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location, good sized pitch, clean facilities…

Overall	9/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	5

Paul W. Jun 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Location, good sized pitch, clean facilities

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly and helpful staff, close to local amenities, relatively peaceful site. …

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	7
Facilities / Activities	7
Customer service	9
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	9
Wifi	No rating

Tracey M. May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly and helpful staff, close to local amenities, relatively peaceful site. Good stopover en route to the heart of Scotland.

Disliked: Facilities clean and tidy but a bit dated.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stopover spot.

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	5
Customer service	7
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	3

Anonymous May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very handy for a few nights stopover. 2 shower blocks. The one I used near the entrance was a bit dated but clean and 20p for 10 mins is a bargain. (the next site I’m on charges £1 for 3 mins!) 20p also for hair drier. Staff were friendly and helpful. I travel between Scotland and England regularly and this will be my new stopover spot.

Disliked: Shower block a bit dated. Wi-Fi poor

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would recommend

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Colin G. May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Coming up from the westcountry we find it a perfect stop off on the way on up to the
Scottish Highlands and Islands. Good clean facilities, quite and places to eat and shop nearby.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Suited our needs as a stopover on the way home.

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Conviniant for motorway

Disliked: 20p for showers we don’t carry cash!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent situation and brilliant site.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	6

David F. May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The caravan park was ideally placed for easy stroll into Gretna and Gretna Green. The facilities were second to none, washing up station, waste disposal, water points everywhere. Toilet blocks were very clean and the showers were excellent costing only 20p for @8-10 minutes. Shops within a few minutes walk.

Disliked: Nothing to report here.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Happy to stay on site in the future and would visit again.

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Martin L. May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean site as our first trip out in a motorhome, staff on site are very friendly and helpful.

Disliked: No WiFi at the top end of the site but believe this will be in place soon.

Couldn't put our awning up as the electric box was too close to the pitch.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Convenient location with good amenities available. Staff were friendly and helpful. Nice…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Susan M. May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Convenient location with good amenities available. Staff were friendly and helpful. Nice hot showers. Good value for money.

Disliked: Amenities a little dated, but spotlessly clean.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Warm shower blocks Lovely and clean Very helpful staff…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous May 2025

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Warm shower blocks
Lovely and clean
Very helpful staff

Disliked: Poor wifi

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

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

Peaceful

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

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Pitch close to accessible bathrooms

Nearby leisure

Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

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

Location

Braids Caravan Park

Annan Road

Gretna

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG16 5DQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.99643°N
-3.0741°W

Nearest transport

Coach

7.5 mi War Memorial

7.5 mi Market Square

Rail

0.5 mi Gretna Green Rail Station

7.5 mi Annan Rail Station

9.2 mi Carlisle Rail Station

Ferry

25 mi Leaplish Ferry Landing

26.5 mi Belvedere Ferry Landing

26.8 mi Tower Knowe Ferry Landing

Airport

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

Cross the border into England to visit Carlisle (20 minutes’ drive), where in 1568 a tower in the medieval castle was ‘home’ to Mary, Queen of Scots for a couple of months (she was a prisoner, really). The 13th-century cathedral has a splendid choir area, with a star-studded sky-blue ceiling and stained-glass windows. In Dumfries (half an hour), the Dumfries Museum displays regional artefacts such as fossils, prehistoric weapons and Victorian farming tools; in good weather, it also runs demonstrations of its camera obscura. Cross the River Nith via the stone Devorgilla Bridge to get to the town centre and find the monument to poet Robert Burns. In addition to the long-distance multi-use path circling Kielder Water and a large network of hiking biking trails, Kielder Forest (one hour) is home to assorted wildlife, including nesting ospreys and England’s largest population of red squirrels.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Allonby	21.3 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Southerness	22.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Excellent
Sandyhills	27.1 mi	Sea	N/A	N/A	Poor	Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 0.8 mi

Carlisle Castle 8.6 mi

Birdoswald Roman Fort 18.7 mi

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 21.5 mi

Robert Burns Centre 22.1 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 25.8 mi

Allen Banks and Staward Gorge 29.6 mi

Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Fort 29.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Battle of Solway Moss, 1542 4.4 mi

Burgh Marsh and the Edward 1 Monument 4.5 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 1 - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 6.2 mi

CAMPFIELD MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/11/2006) 7.8 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 2 - Carlisle to Lanercost Priory 8.7 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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.

Extras

A charge of £0.20 applies for the use of the shower.

General

Quiet hours must be respected between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.

Pitches

Please note, pup tents are to be used for storage purposes only. Guests may not use them for sleeping.
You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Reception

If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. between 01/01 and 31/12.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.

Taxes

This area is not subject to city tax.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Only one car is to be parked by the pitch. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.
The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

Does Braids Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Braids Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Braids Caravan Park? Cross the border into England to visit Carlisle (20 minutes’ drive), where in 1568 a tower in the medieval castle was ‘home’ to Mary, Queen of Scots for a couple of months … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Braids Caravan Park?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

Read more
How much does it cost to stay at Braids Caravan Park? From £28 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.