Castle Cary Holiday Park

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  • Spectacularly scenic lakeside park, set around a 16th-century castle
  • A 10-minute drive from Newton Stewart and the Galloway Forest Park
  • Pools, inn, crazy golf, games room, playground and donkey corner
Care for a hol among spectacular Scottish scenery… on a fably kitted out park with access to its own loch for fishing – and with its own swish inn and restaurant to keep you fully fuelled? Come and call upon family-run Castle Cary Holiday Park in Dumfries and Galloway. Set a handy seven miles from Newton Stewart, Castle Cary is in splendid surrounds with royally fine views over the local woodland, fields and the estuary of the River Cree. It's centred around a 16th-century baronial castle, part of which has been restored as the Laird's Inn, a warm and cosy space of wooden beams, stone walls and open fires (it's best to book a table in advance here as it's rather popular). The inn's the place to retreat to after a day getting active around the site and in the local countryside: you can fish here or in river, sea or loch nearby; there's sailing, boating, horse riding and wild swimming all nearby, and Galloway Forest Park is 10 minutes' drive north. Castle Cary has excellent amenities to go with its smartly kept pitches, including a chalet building with showers, toilets, a disabled-access toilet, a baby changing room, a laundry room and sinks; guests also have access to a dishwashing area. The site also has a family-run café that serves breakfasts, meals, snacks, coffee and sweet treats. Facilities are rather fine too, with two big heated pools (one indoor and one outdoor; charges apply for both), a heated paddling pool, a playground, crazy golf, a games room with pool tables and video games, and – pretty much guaranteed to make the kids go gaga – a donkey corner to greet the site's four-legged residents.

Site type

Tent sites 50
Caravan sites 48
Motorhome sites 48
Open all year
Opens

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Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • All: access to the swimming pool is not included in the rate and is charged £2.50 ($5.64) per adult and £2.00 ($4.52) per child per session.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 30/05 and 31/08 (subject to weather conditions).
  • Entertainment and activities are available between 23/03 and 30/09.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Reception is unmanned after 4 p.m.. Please inform the campground while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • The café is open daily from 1 April to 30 September, and from Friday to Sunday from 1 October to 31 March. The Laird's Inn opening times will vary depending on the season. You are advised to book tables in advance for the restaurant.

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English

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Reviews

8.8

Overall rating from 616 Pitchup.com customers

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88% would recommend this site to a friend

86% would stay here again

What customers say

Great spot for families. Has pools, cafe & the Lairds Inn. Reviews love the clean showers, wildlife & spacious pitches. Staff are helpful. Some older facilities & traffic noise noted.

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced concrete and grass site

Liked Nothing special, staff friendly and helpful, especially Gillian, whose help we are eternally grateful.

Nice site unfortunately did not get a chance to enjoy it.

Disliked There should be more prominent signs with regards to dogs being kept on leads, and tackled by the site staff if they are running around. As we witnessed a large husky off lead making its way towards our small dog. This resulted in my husband being assaulted by the owner when mentioned. Thanks Scotland you were very welcoming.

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Perfect location

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Mark H.

Fully-serviced concrete slab motorhome site

Liked Absolute brilliant site so piece full fantastic facilities on site showers immaculate great food and entertainment in the pub on site make sure you book 💯 return loved it.

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Good amenities, pleasant staff, nice surroundings.

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Toby W.

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked Good amenities, pleasant staff, nice surroundings. The Lairds Inn was a lovely restaurant.

Disliked Shower quickly overflowed, and had no functionality to adjust temperature.

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Fabulous site with clean facilities level pitches and friendly staff.

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Karen D.

Fully-serviced concrete slab motorhome site

Liked Scenery, donkeys.
Good cafe and takeaway food.
The laird's Inn friendly, welcoming staff and fabulous food.

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Good site, good food, pity about showers...

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Janice G.

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Spacious pitches and didn't feel too cramped although there were a lot of van/motorhomes. Fairly level, we didn't use levellers although I noticed some vans had. Location ideal for exploring Dumfries and Galloway. We didn't use the swimming pool/café etc so can't comment on those. The playpark was very popular with children, looked a good site for families. 11 pm quiet rule adhered to when we were there. Site was clean.
Laird's Inn was very busy on the Saturday night, 5 stars to the staff who worked there and kept everything running smoothly. Food good, as was the beer. You do need to book online as it was fully booked when we were there. (Simple process!)
Rules on website said no gazebos/awnings/pup tents but there were quite a few in use.
Would possibly use again as a one night stop . We do prefer smaller sites, but size hasn't put us off (see dislikes).

Disliked Oh dear, the toilets/showers! The "ensuite" idea does not seem to be working, more like a very wet/dirty room. Showers weren't fully enclosed and cloakroom sized hand wash basins meant water leaked onto the floor, out of the cubicle and into the corridor where it mixed with footprints from people's shoes. There was a notice to asking people to mop up the floor after using. We did, BEFORE use, to try to get into a cubicle without getting too wet/dirty! No sign that over a busy weekend these were ever cleaned. Foot prints (dog prints?) left in the actual showers. We gave up trying to find a clean one and thankfully we were only there a couple of nights so gave the showers a miss.

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Excellent facilities for children, great pitch…

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Tammy W.

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Excellent facilities for children, great pitch size and friendly atmosphere 👏

Disliked Toilet could be reviewed and cleaned more frequently

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Pretty site but cleanliness of the facilities left a lot to be desired

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Anonymous

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked Friendly staff in Reception and in the cafe. Nice site with a fair bit of privacy due to the hedges. Dog friendly apart from the slate chipping on individual pitches. Very pretty site with the castle ruins and the Laird’s Inn and spectacular sunsets over the Solway Firth. Grandkids loved the 2 pools and playground.

Disliked The lack of cleanliness of the showers, toilet and in particular the disabled facilities. The disabled toilet was not cleaned the whole time we were there. The same rubbish in and on the sink, same tissue in the shower plug, same rubbish on the floor, no hand drying facilities in there neither paper towels nor air dryer. The bolt on the door needs changing as I got stuck in there twice as the bolt is too stiff to open . Normal showers and toilets were very dirty and also the showers were slippy, despite the layers of sand in them.

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Position. Excellent for exploring.…

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Position. Excellent for exploring.

Disliked Almost everything else. Butlins comes to mind. My pitch was near the toilet block so people simply walked all over the pitch. Toilets in the morning were filthy. I booked for two nights but only stayed one. Presence of police were a definite deterrent. Will not book again.

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Not bad

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Natalia Z.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked The whole are was great, lairds inn was good for food

Disliked Pitches cramped in together, unisex toilets quite a let down. My young daughter couldn't go pee on her own. Long queues to the shower on the morning and big mess within

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Very nice clean site staff at…

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Very nice clean site staff at lairds inn very friendly

Disliked The pitch we was on was noisy as we were right next to park

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Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Composting toilet 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 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

Themes

Bush Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

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

Large (51-200 sites) Pub campground

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Drainage hook-up points for caravans Seasonal sites Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Castle Cary Holiday Park

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG8 7DQ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.8907°N
4.3808°W

Nearest transport

Coach
1.1 km St John Street
1.1 km St John Street
1.1 km St John Street
Rail
34.4 km Barrhill Rail Station
41.4 km Stranraer Rail Station
Ferry
41.2 km Stranraer Ferry Terminal
41.5 km Cairnryan P&O Ferry Terminal
43.3 km Cairnryan Stena Line Ferry Terminal

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 and Galloway is stuffed with activities and attractions for all ages and tastes. To access a good number of these at once, drive 20 minutes to the activity and adventure centre Cream o' Galloway, where there's a woodland playground, rides and slides, nature trails and indoor play. Further afield at Loch Ken there's Galloway Activity Centre, for watersports, mountain biking and climbing. Keep the kids sweet at the Cocoabean Company (20 minutes), where they can get stuck into interactive workshops and indoor and outdoor play: yes, there's a chocolate shop here too.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Mossyard 9.9 km Estuary N/AGoodGoodGood
Carrick 12.5 km Sea N/AN/AGoodGood
Brighouse Bay 20.2 km Sea N/APoorPoorPoor
Dhoon Bay 20.5 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor
Rockcliffe 37.5 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Cycle routes

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

Other

Creetown - Fell Quarries - Kirkmabreck - Creetown 0.8 km

Creetown - Balloch Wood - Cardoon Ponds 1.2 km

Carsluith - Kirkmabreck - Carsluith 3.2 km

Around Wigtown 4.7 km

Cairnsmore of Fleet via the 'Tourist Route' 5.6 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Castle Cary Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Castle Cary Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Castle Cary Holiday Park? Dumfries and Galloway is stuffed with activities and attractions for all ages and tastes. To access a good number of these at once, drive 20 minutes to the activity and adventure centre … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Castle Cary Holiday Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Castle Cary Holiday Park? From $57.20 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.