When can I check in and check out of Heads of Ayr Holiday Park?

Camping and caravan Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Depart by: noon Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Heads of Ayr Holiday Park?

From $57.62 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Heads of Ayr Holiday Park

View prices & book Last booked 3 days ago 9.5 142 reviews

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Play park (added by manager 01 jun 2021)

Family-run holiday park with views of the Ayrshire coastline
A 15-minute drive from Ayr and walking distance to the beach
Pets welcome; on-site kids' play area and food shop available

Wake up to views over the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Arran at Heads of Ayr Holiday Park, a friendly family-run site in southern Scotland. With a coastal location, a family-friendly feel and close proximity to a number of bays and beaches, it makes an excellent base for getting out and about on the Ayrshire coast. The site is just off the A719 coastal route, a handy location that makes it quick and easy to head south to Culzean Castle (20 minutes) or north to Ayr town centre (15 minutes), coastal golf courses (20 minutes) and Ardrossan (40 minutes), where you can catch ferries to the Isle of Arran or to the tip of the Kintyre Peninsula. Facilities here include toilets, showers, internet access, a food shop and a play area. Well-behaved dogs (on leads) are welcome. Away from base, more family-friendly entertainment is on hand a mile away at Heads of Ayr Farm Park, a fun park with boats, tractor rides, trampolines and lots of furry animals. When your mind turns to more practical matters, just head into Ayr for supermarkets, restaurants, takeaways and a railway station.

Campground type

Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Please note that the chemical disposal point only accepts green organic toilet fluid, which can be purchased from the holiday park shop if needed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 1 Mar 2024 to Fri, 31 Jan 2025

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Well played out pitches, spotless facilities…

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

Anonymous June 2024

Powered concrete slab caravan site (large)

Liked: Well played out pitches, spotless facilities

Disliked: Distance to toilets and bins

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with immaculate facilities, friendly staff.

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

Anonymous June 2024

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: Immaculate site with level pitches. Very friendly welcome at reception. Very clean toilet and shower block with homely touches.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really nice site and area Clean facilities Pleasant receptionist…

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

Adrian W. June 2024

Powered concrete slab caravan site (large)

Liked: Really nice site and area Clean facilities Pleasant receptionist

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nothing To dislike everything was spotless…

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous June 2024

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: Nothing To dislike everything was spotless

Disliked: Would have liked a clubhouse so you could meet other people

Recommend to friends Visit again

Up there with the best sites. Level and well maintained pitches

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

Anonymous June 2024

Powered concrete slab caravan site (large)

Liked: Amazing place. WC's and showers spotless and upmarket. Warm greeting on arrival. Fab location. Great for dog owners. Amazing views

Disliked: Nothing to dislike.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The young receptionist was very welcoming, and extremely helpful. The pitch was…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Alan P. June 2024

Powered concrete slab caravan site (large)

Liked: The young receptionist was very welcoming, and extremely helpful. The pitch was large enough, with a water supply. The views across the valley were stunning. The toilet block was spotless and there was a plentiful supply of hot water. The shop was well stocked. The walk don to the beach was beautiful, although steep, and the walk along the old railway track was even better. My dog and I loved this site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The fantastic views and mountain walks.…

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	2

Adele H. June 2024

Powered concrete slab caravan site (large)

Liked: The fantastic views and mountain walks.

Disliked: No phone or tv signal.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff were very friendly, the whole site was immaculate and toilet areas…

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 June 2024

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: Staff were very friendly, the whole site was immaculate and toilet areas clean and fresh ..we will definitely stay again

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Peaceful, you do need transport so no good for motorhomes.

Overall	6/10
Location	2
Value for money	6
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	2
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Helen L. June 2024

Powered concrete slab caravan site (large)

Liked: Clean site Large pitches

Disliked: Shop (described as local village shop) was just the office with just had some very basic items, bread and eggs really. very expensive, and very small, we wished we had taken more supplies - wine was £11.25 a bottle, and tasted like a £3-£4 bottle... and didn't have a huge choice of anything fresh, ie salad. Just emergency items really. The write up on the page was for the sister site of Maidens Beach is on the same page so I think we thought that was what we were getting. The beach we had nearby was not sandy, shoal, rocks, stones, seaweed and rotten sludge running from the sheep/cow fields. Also unpleasant yellow foam running along the shoreline. No dog walks nearby. We had to run the gauntlet with traffic as also the roads nearby didn't have footpaths the whole way along so we were walking in the road. The showers were too close to the toilet cubicles so if they were being 'used' was very smelly. Family rooms, ie shower and toilet in a separate closed room where you would have privacy would have been better. The coastal trail was dangerous, taking you through cow fields where there were loose cows that would walk aggressively towards you, at one point we had to run into the sea to escape them... cows have been known to trample people and kill them so I am very wary of cow herds more than I used to be. Very difficult trail, not suitable for 'walks', more for seasoned, experienced, very fit and able hill/mountain hikers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site would definitely recommend

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

Dean J. May 2024

Powered grass caravan site

Liked: Really nice site with great views of the sea. Very clean facilities and powerful showers. Kids loved the park and on site shop. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

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 site/unit Composting toilet Disabled facilities Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal sites

Location

Heads of Ayr Holiday Park

Dunure Road

Ayr

Ayrshire

Scotland

KA7 4LD

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

55.42577°N
-4.71232°W

Nearest transport

Coach

6.4 km Bus Station

Rail

6.6 km Ayr Rail Station

7.7 km Newton-on-Ayr Rail Station

8.1 km Maybole Rail Station

Ferry

6.6 km Ayr Compass Pier

13.9 km Troon Ferry Terminal

22.3 km Girvan Harbour Ferry Terminal

Airport

11.3 km Glasgow Prestwick International 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

Bracken Bay beach, a spacious sandy spot with shallow waters, is about a five-minute walk down a footpath from the site that's well worth visiting. Once here, it's easy to join the Ayrshire Coastal Path and head south to Dunure and its castle via quiet countryside along the clifftop (or you can drive there in about 10 minutes). To the north, the Victorian seaside resort of Ayr (15 minutes' drive) is well worth a visit for a stroll along the seafront and to stop for fish and chips (Marco's is particularly tasty). The area surrounding the town also has a racecourse (15 minutes) and the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (10 minutes), where you can see the bard's cottage plus manuscripts, books and artwork. Day trips from Ardrossan ferry terminal (40 minutes) include jaunts to the Isle of Arran or the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll, which feels very much like an island despite being attached to mainland Scotland. For a total change of scene, it's also possible to drive to Glasgow (an hour) for trips to fab free museums like the Kelvingrove Art Gallery or Riverside Museum and its hundreds of transport-related artefacts.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Heads Of Ayr	1.9 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Poor	Poor
Ayr (South Beach)	4.8 km	Sea	N/A	Poor	Poor	Poor
Prestwick	10.2 km	Sea	N/A	N/A	Good	Good
Culzean	10.5 km	Sea	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maidens	11.7 km	Sea	N/A	N/A	N/A	Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Burns National Heritage Park 4.7 km

Culzean Castle & Country Park 9.3 km

Scottish Maritime Museum 20.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Alloway - Culroy - Brown Carrick Hill - Genoch Farm - Alloway 4.8 km

Alloway - Doonfoot - Greenan - Belleisle Park - Alloway 4.9 km

Alloway - Rozelle - Belleisle - Cambusdoon 4.9 km

Ayr Low Green - Heads of Ayr - Ayr Low Green 5.2 km

Croy - Culzean Country Park - Maidens 6.4 km

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.
All guests spending the night at the park must present their ID at the reception desk and sign registration forms.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.

General

Bookings are nominative and non-transferable.

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 28 day(s) of arrival.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Dogs

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

Safety

Firearms are not permitted.

General

In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.

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.

Changes to your holiday

Modifications are subject to a GBP25.00 ($47.95) fee.

Occupancy

No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Arrivals and departures

No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.

Vehicles

Only one car is to be parked at the site. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.

Safety

Open fires are prohibited.

General

Public areas are non-smoking.
Quiet hours must be respected between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m..

Reception

Reception is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. between 01/10 and 31/10.
Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. between 01/04 and 30/09.

Dogs

The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.

General

The campground/park is not liable for any refund in the event of force majeure.

Vehicles

The car is only included in the rate if you are traveling with a camper, trailer tent or tent. Cars are not permitted when traveling with a motorhome/RV.

General

The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behavior is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.

Admission

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Units will be allocated on arrival.

Additional terms

Please note that the chemical disposal point only accepts green organic toilet fluid, which can be purchased from the holiday park shop if needed.

Payment terms

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Does Heads of Ayr Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Heads of Ayr Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Heads of Ayr Holiday Park? Bracken Bay beach, a spacious sandy spot with shallow waters, is about a five-minute walk down a footpath from the site that's well worth visiting. Once here, it's easy to join the … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Heads of Ayr Holiday Park?

Camping and caravan

Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Depart by: noon

Read more
How much does it cost to stay at Heads of Ayr Holiday Park? From $57.62 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.