Kippford View Holiday Park

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Outdoor pool
Outdoor pool
Heated outdoor pool
The pitches
View to kippford
Palnackie village
Fishing on a sunny day
Barlochan fishing
Some of the pitches
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Heated outdoor pool
The pitches
View to kippford

  • Friendly family country park on a terraced hillside with estuary views
  • Coarse fishing loch and woodland and coastal walks nearby
  • Heated outdoor pool, playground and games and TV room
Get on your bike for some splendid Scottish mountain biking – and coarse fishing, forest strolls and spectacular scenery, all close to the coast in Dumfries and Galloway. A short and scenic amble from the old fishing village of Palnackie is Kippford View Holiday Park , overlooking the tidal estuary of the Urr Water towards Kippford and the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The stunning scenery of Rockcliffe Bay is a few miles along the coast. Palnackie is the starting point for the circular peninsula walk following the Urr and Heston estuaries for excellent island views, a hidden beach and the historic Orchardton Tower. A stay here will also have you within four miles of the famed 7stanes mountain bike route at Dalbeattie (and 17 miles from Mabie's), and right next to a Sustrans cycle route passing the park entrance. The hugely scenic Screel Hill Walk and coarse fishing at Barwhanny Loch are close by too. This is a family-friendly site on a terraced hillside among green and serene surroundings. It has a seasonal heated outdoor pool, a TV and games room, a small shop and a play park, alongside amenities of toilets and hot showers, and a launderette with washing machines and tumble dryers. Chemical disposal and gas cylinders are both available.

Site type

Tent pitches 10
Caravans for hire 7
Touring caravan pitches 15
Motorhome pitches 10
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Open now
Opens 1 April

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 26/05 and 28/08 (subject to weather conditions).
  • The broadband service at the park may at times be slow, intermittent or unavailable. The swimming pool is closed on Wednesdays.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 1 Apr to

This site is a member of Gillespie Leisure group.

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

7.8

Overall rating from 11 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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64% would recommend this site to a friend

55% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

The sunshine …toilets nice and clean…

Overall 2/10

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K M.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked The sunshine …toilets nice and clean

Disliked Nothing in the park wasn’t good for the dog either!…fishing you had to walk a fair wee bit on the main road which wasn’t ideal!…thought it was a bit pricey for electricity for one night!swimming pool that’s outdoors was out of order

Quite/basic site, a long way from local amenities

Overall 6/10

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Andrew M.

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Nice clean site with good toilets/showers

Disliked Lack of WiFi and the fact all of the advertised on-site facilities were closed and the local pub was also closed (and clearly has been for some time)

Suggest the description is updated as this meant the features we were looking for when we booked were not available and, had we known, we would have booked elsewhere

Nice pitch. Nice welcome too friendly people. Quiet time of year so…

Overall 8/10

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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Child friendliness
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Anne C.

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Nice pitch. Nice welcome too friendly people.
Quiet time of year so very peaceful altho stray peacocks from neighbouring farm would make their presence known occasionally. Not bothersome to us.

Great site.

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Great site & facilities. Friendly staff and an excellent base for our tours around Dumfries areas.

Brilliant site all in all.

Overall 10/10

Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Andrew S.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Accommodated beyond what we purchased, turned up a day early (my mistake) & the owners managed to allow us to stay as I thought I had booked.
Lovely location, With great views the further up the hill you climb
Couldn't ask for more.
Thank you
(The teardrop couple)

Disliked All good

Good clean amenities, water at pitch, landscaped pitches. Friendly staff and welcome.…

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Good clean amenities, water at pitch, landscaped pitches.
Friendly staff and welcome.

Disliked Expensive to wash & dry clothes

Clean facilities staff nice bit isolated

Overall 6/10

Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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jan s.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Staff and pool,

Disliked Birds in the trees , dog barking constantly from static caravans left 4 days early

The beautiful holiday park is terraced. The spacious, fully serviced motorhome pitches…

Overall 10/10

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Gesina T.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked The beautiful holiday park is terraced. The spacious, fully serviced motorhome pitches are at the bottom , many of them in a circle around a big tree opposite the swimming pool and the open entry area. That creates a feeling of individuality. The facilities are very clean and well maintained, the staff is very friendly and helpful. An ideal base for cycling and exploring the beautiful countryside.

Disliked Nothing

Great value 👍

Overall 10/10

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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Colin M.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked Lovely site, great pool and great facilities. Also fantastic staff who look after the park.

Disliked Nothing

Not near kippford other side of estuary. Town not a lot .

Overall 6/10

Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked The welcome from wardens was excellent very friendly.

Disliked We where disappointed with the site , showing block was clean but very small and awkward . I definitely would not want to be there if I had any mobility issues as it was rough ground to the block and I think difficult to manover a wheelchair etc .
Noisy crows in trees .
Lacking landscape beauty, boring pitch . View to beyond ? Just .

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

D. of E. 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

Budget/backpacker Forest Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise 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 Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Kippford View Holiday Park

Palnackie

Castle Douglas

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG7 1PF

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.89577°N
3.84358°W

Nearest transport

Coach
7.5 km Carlingwark Street
7.5 km Carlingwark Street
15.6 km Village
Rail
24.9 km Dumfries Rail Station
30.4 km Maryport Rail Station
30.9 km Flimby 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

From coastal walks to castles, museums to monasteries to mountain biking, there's stacks to do around here whatever floats your Scottish holiday boat. As well as the circular walk from Palnackie around the Urr and Heston estuaries, you could also trek the trails in Doach Wood three miles away and Mabie Forest 13 miles away, or take the Almorness Point Walk, reachable in seven miles. Wanders of a different nature can be had around Sulwath Brewers, eight miles away at Castle Douglas. If you're hankering after ornithology days, the reserve at RSPB Mersehead is the place to spy snipe, lapwings, curlews and redshanks around its Wetland Trail (and huge flocks of barnacle and pink-footed geese getting ready here for their long journey north). There's also the Red Kite Feeding Station just outside Laurieston, where the birds swoop down to be fed each day. The 16th-century tower house of Drumcoltran Tower is nine miles away near Kirkgunzeon; also take a trip to the 14th-century island fortress of Threave Castle 10 miles away; the one-acre walled garden and rose areas of Threave Gardens, and the 13th-century Cistercian monastery of Sweetheart Abbey, 15 miles away at New Abbey.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Rockcliffe 4.7 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor
Sandyhills 7.9 km Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Southerness 15.8 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Dhoon Bay 18.1 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor
Brighouse Bay 21.7 km Sea N/APoorPoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 16.5 km

Robert Burns Centre 24 km

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 39.9 km

Buttermere and Ennerdale 46 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Doach Wood Circuit 2.5 km

Screel Hill 3.1 km

Dalbeattie - Colvend - Rockcliffe - Kippford - Dalbeattie 4.4 km

Rockcliffe to Port o' Warren 4.8 km

Rockcliffe - Loch Barean - Portling - Rockcliffe 4.9 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.

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Kippford View Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Kippford View Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Kippford View Holiday Park? From coastal walks to castles, museums to monasteries to mountain biking, there's stacks to do around here whatever floats your Scottish holiday boat. As well as the circular walk from Palnackie around … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Kippford View Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Kippford View Holiday Park? From €33.67 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.