Newbridge Country Park

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Pitches
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Beautiful morning sunrise

  • Rural dog-friendly site by a river 10 minutes’ drive from Dumfries
  • A five-minute drive from Dalscone Farm Fun; half an hour from the sea
  • Modern showers and disabled facilities; awnings provided; shop nearby
If you’re after a well-serviced spot to park up for the night or are looking to stick around and explore stunning Dumfries and Galloway, you’ve hit upon the right spot. Newbridge Country Park is a modern holiday park that handily suits both purposes, being half an hour’s drive from the M74 (for journeys to the Highlands or south to the Lakes) and about the same distance from beaches and historic castles. Set in several acres of countryside, the holiday park is only just off the A76, so there's no need to navigate country lanes or side roads to get there. It has spectacular views over the hills of Galloway Forest Park (half an hour’s drive), where you can soon be out exploring on foot or by bike. Anglers can cast for brown trout at Alderneuk Fishery or fly fish for salmon (in season) on the River Nith (both 15 minutes), and there are a couple of golf courses within 15 minutes’ drive too. The lively town of Dumfries (10 minutes) is a surefire bet for picking up food or any other bits and bobs. If you’re having a break from the stove, take your pick of cosy pubs, organic cafés and restaurants serving local Scottish produce while you’re there. There's another shop five minutes' walk from the site. Back at base camp, all the pitches are neatly landscaped, and spotless facilities on the site include a shower block with wet rooms and a laundry room, plus chemical disposal. There is also a games room with a pool table, football table and comfortable seating.

Site type

Tent pitches 10
Touring caravan pitches 10
Motorhome pitches 10
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.
  • Please note that the shower facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

German

Reviews

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10
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Customer service
10
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
9

95% would recommend this site to a friend

95% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Liked everything about the site.very clean and the extras were a bonus…

Overall 10/10

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Jackie S.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Liked everything about the site.very clean and the extras were a bonus i.e.pool table and fooseball table.would definitely go again.

Disliked Nothing to dislike.

Lovely site , very clean, friendly staff.

Overall 10/10

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10
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10
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Anonymous

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Lovely rural site, very peaceful. Good amenities, loved the pool table & tabletop football in the communal area. Really nucekt laid out. Very clean

Disliked Nothing

From the manager: It's so nice of you to leave us a lovely review, especially saying you disliked nothing.

We are pleased you appreciated our lovely rural site & you found it peaceful, with good amenities.

It's great to hear you loved the free pool table & free table top football in the communal area.

The team are so pleased to hear that you said our site is really nice laid out & very clean. They do take a lot of pride looking after the park.

We hope you will visit again soon.

Thank you again for your review.

Lovely clean site, well maintained. The people who run it are lovely,…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
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Facilities / Activities
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Eileen R.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Lovely clean site, well maintained. The people who run it are lovely, helpful and easy going. It is a lovely location with a lovely dog walk which takes you to the river, beautiful scenery around.
It was perfect for our stay.

Disliked Cannot fault the site

Highly recommended site near Dumfries

Overall 9/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
5
Jill S.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Extremely clean and well maintained.
Flat gravel pitches (some grass for tents).
Quiet with great views.
Friendly and helpful staff/owners.

Disliked As have others, I have to mention the toilet situation.
There are 4 toilets, 3 of which are in a room with a shower which means that when the site is full (15 pitches plus tents) and the showers are all in use, there is only one toilet available, which week inevitably lead to queues.
In addition, access to one of the shower rooms and the sole toilet is through the lounge/games room which feels a bit "weird".
The site really could do with a separate block of just toilets.
There's is free WiFi, but we couldn't get any bandwidth at the far end of the site

From the manager: Jill thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

We are pleased you found the site extremely clean & well maintained. The team work hard to keep up the high standards on site.

Jill It's nice to hear you liked the great views & how quiet the park was.

With regard to the staff/owners, we always try to make our guests feel welcomed & have a friendly face on arrival.

We are sorry to hear that there were queues for the toilets & showers. Your comments have been passed on to the owners.

Thank you again for your review Jill.

Quiet site, very friendly and clean ,well looked after, pitches flat.

Overall 9/10

Location
7
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
7
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
6
Ian H.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Very friendly and helpful bloke that run the site, everywhere was immaculate and clean, about 2 mile walk into Dumfries Although a 246 bus runs past with a bus stop being right on the entrance. An excellent field next to the site for dog walkers all mowed with paths through the long grass.

Disliked Although the shower and toilet are kept immaculate they are in the games room, so you have to walk through people playing pool and teenagers just hanging around to go to the toilet or shower

From the manager: Ian we really appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review.

It's nice to hear you found our warden very friendly & helpful. He works very hard to keep everywhere immaculate & clean.

We are very lucky to be in the countryside but also very close to Dumfries centre. It's a nice walk into Dumfries, but as you noted there is a bus stop just outside the site straight into Dumfries.

You like many guests Ian find the field on site for dog walking/walking excellent with a mowed path all the way around, with lovely views and alongside the river.

Ian as for the toilet & shower situation, it should of been made aware to you at check in that we have 2 further showers/toilets a short 2 minute walk next to reception. But we pleased you found the toilets & shower off the games room immaculate.

Thank you again Ian for taking the time to leave us a review.

We will be back here for sure.

Overall 9/10

Location
9
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
6
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
8
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
4
Jenny B.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Great location for us as we have family in Dumfries and it was so easy to see them. Really peaceful location too - bit of traffic noise but you don't notice it after a while.

Great games room and washing area - the dog walking route is perfect too.

Great check in from Mick - really friendly and helpful.

Disliked More showers perhaps - only 2 on site - 1 at the touring pitches and 1 at reception.

From the manager: Jenny thank you for your kind review.

We are pleased to hear we are an ideal location for you to visit family in Dumfries & pleased you found the site really peaceful.

It's nice to hear that you thought the games room & washing up area were great.

We are pleased you found the dog walking route perfect too. Yes we are very lucky to have such a lovely open field along side the river with beautiful views.

Mick is very helpful & friendly and we are pleased that you appreciated that.

Jenny If the wind is blowing in the wrong direction, we do hear a little of the traffic noise, but there are trees and another large area with holiday lodges in between the road and the touring site so we don't tend to hear the noise very often.

We actually have 4 toilets & 3 showers on site. 1 toilet & 1 shower/toilet next the touring pitches and 2 showers/toilets a short 2 minute walk away next to reception

Thank you again for your review Jenny, we really appreciate it.

Loved it will defo recommend and use again

Overall 9/10

Location
10
Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Child friendliness
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Jeni T.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Was lovely n peaceful..large pitches..clean facilities..value for money

Disliked Only 1 shower for approx 15 pitches..I like to pitch on grass because of the awning

From the manager: Jeni, thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

It's so nice to hear you found our site lovely & peaceful, that you enjoyed the large pitches, clean facilities and, said we offered good value for money.

Jeni there are actually 3 showers on site and 4 toilets, some being just a short walk from the touring pitches, which should of been made aware to you on check-in.

As for liking to pitch your awning on grass, we like to keep the grass between pitches as privacy between you and your neighbours. But Jeni if you had asked we would of tried to help with that for you.

Thank you again for your review Jeni.

We hope you will come and stay with us again soon.

good pitch, location is good, one shower is not enough for 15 pitches

Overall 6/10

Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Henk R.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Pitches well layed out at back of the park, gravel pitch with power.

Disliked Insufficient amount of showers and toilets for the number of pitches available, 1 shower in total for 15 pitches, they were clean and tidy however games room could easily accommodate additional 4 shower toilet units and sell of the fussball.

From the manager: Henk we are very disappointed with your review, especially the rating, as you said it was a good pitch & good location. You also said that you liked that the pitches are well laid out at the back of the park and gravel pitches with power.

As explained when you were checked in by myself Henk, that there are actually 3 showers & 4 toilets on site, 1 shower & 2 toilets are off the games room, & a further 2 toilets and showers next to reception, which is a 2 minute walk away from the touring site.

Henk It may have been lost in translation when i explained about the further 2 showers, but there is also a notice on the shower door, off the games room, that there are more showers next to reception.

We would really appreciate it Henk if you could amend your review & rating as it may give other guests the wrong information.

But Henk we are really pleased you chose to stay with us for 2 nights & we hope you will stay with us again if you are in the area and you can then appreciate our further 2 showers.

Well laid out, level pitch, clean and tidy, good WiFi.…

Overall 9/10

Location
10
Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Anonymous

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Well laid out, level pitch, clean and tidy, good WiFi.

From the manager: Thank you so much for you glowing review. It means a lot to the team to be appreciated for their hard work at keeping the site clean & tidy and looking good for our guests.

We are pleased you found the site well laid out, with a level pitch and you had good Wi-Fi.

Thank you again. We hope you will visit again soon.

Clean, friendly would recommend

Overall 9/10

Location
10
Value for money
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Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
7
Customer service
10
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Kim S.

Electric gravel pitch

Liked Lovely site, large pitches. Excellent dog field adjacent to pitches.
Good road into Dumfries we hired a car as a larger motorhome. Excellent place for a base to Edinburgh or Glasgow
Washing machine and tumble dryer perfect

Disliked Would like a couple more showers only 2 but only few caravans or motor homes so was okay waiting. But in height of the season may cause issyes

From the manager: Kim, thank you for taking the time to leave a nice review. The team really appreciate it.

It's nice to hear you found our site lovely & you enjoyed the large pitches.

We are so pleased you got to enjoy the beautiful, historical, Dumfries and, surrounding area.

The use of a washing machine & tumble dryer, has been appreciated by many of our campers..

There are 3 showers on site and 4 toilets and we have never had any issues when the site is full. But thank you for your comments.

We hope you will come and stay with us again soon.


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 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

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

Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 30 inches/75cm) Level site, no steep slopes Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Step-free or level access Well-lit path

Nearby leisure

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

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Newbridge Country Park

Glasgow Road

Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG2 0LF

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

55.09247°N
3.64378°W

Nearest transport

Coach
3.2 km Whitesands
3.2 km Whitesands
18.6 km Police Station
Rail
3.4 km Dumfries Rail Station
18.8 km Lockerbie Rail Station
27.2 km Annan 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

Dumfries (10 minutes’ drive) was the birthplace of Robbie Burns in 1759; see displays on the life of Scotland’s favourite poet, as well as portraits and period rooms, at the Robert Burns House, or read more about his life and times at the Robert Burns Centre, an 18th-century watermill sitting on the banks of the River Nith. There’s more on his backstory at Robert Burns Ellisland Farm (five minutes), a sprawling homestead where he once farmed. Spectacular Drumlanrig Castle and Gardens (20 minutes) makes a great day out for all the family, with its stellar art collection, woodland walks and adventure playground. For more Scottish heritage, stop by the moated remains of medieval Caerlaverock Castle (25 minutes), or have a nose around impressive cloisters of 13th-century Sweetheart Abbey (20 minutes) in New Abbey. If you prefer to do your exploring on foot, amble up to the 60-foot waterfall in Grey Mare’s Tail Nature Reserve (50 minutes), or pack a picnic and hike to Loch Trool and Bruce’s Stone – commemorating Robert the Bruce’s victory over the English in 1307 – in Galloway Forest Park (half an hour).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Sandyhills 24.3 km Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Southerness 24.3 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Rockcliffe 27.2 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor
Allonby 38.5 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Dhoon Bay 41.9 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Robert Burns Centre 3.2 km

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 22.2 km

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 38.3 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Around Dumfries 3.2 km

Mabie Forest: Lochaber Trail 7.8 km

KIRKCONNELL MERSE (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/08/2001) 10.8 km

The Glenkiln Sculptures 11.2 km

In The Forest of Ae 12 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

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Newbridge Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Newbridge Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Newbridge Country Park? Dumfries (10 minutes’ drive) was the birthplace of Robbie Burns in 1759; see displays on the life of Scotland’s favourite poet, as well as portraits and period rooms, at the Robert Burns … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Newbridge Country Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Newbridge Country Park? From €34.51 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.