Westlands Country Park

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Entrance pond
Entrance pond
Touring area on a sunny day
Touring area on a sunny day
Front entrance pond
Touring pitches
Fishing lake
Wildlife
Well-maintained pitches on a 100-acre site
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Touring area on a sunny day
Touring area on a sunny day
Front entrance pond

  • Gretna country park with fly fishing and clay pigeon shooting
  • Over 100 acres with three fishing ponds
  • Shooting tuition, shop and café
Found a great catch or fancy a shotgun wedding? Sorted: this fab shooting and fishing site is 10 minutes' drive from Gretna Green. Spread over 100 acres of grounds in the Dumfries and Galloway countryside, Westlands Country Park combines outdoor activities with fine natural surrounds: there are three fishing ponds here for starters, with some whoppers weighing in at 12lb (catch and release or keep a few to barbecue for supper). You won’t find the clay pigeons as tasty as the trout but the shooting’s a lark, with the faux-birds being launched from a 140-foot tower. Novices can book a session with an instructor, but if you’ve got a shotgun licence you can hone your skills with some tuition or just head for the traps (booking essential). The site has a café serving hot food from 9am and a small shop for basics… it’s hungry work all that shootin’ and fishin’, after all… And even if you’re not planning any nuptials, Gretna has pubs, eateries and supermarkets for stocking up.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 27
Touring caravan pitches 27
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 50
Tent pitches 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Facilities/activities including fishing, shooting range access are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

8.8

Overall rating from 332 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

84% would recommend this site to a friend

79% would stay here again

What customers say

Well-kept, clean site with friendly staff & great restaurant. Peacocks add charm. Spotless facilities, but some found them a bit far or not always perfectly clean. Peaceful atmosphere after shooting, but morning shooting noise was a bother for some.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Amazing site, very affordable, modern and clean. Not for nervous dogs

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch (four person)

Liked Lovely site, nice shower block with 3 powerful warm showers and 3 toilets (ladies). Also toilets inside the main building you can use. Really nice bar, outdoor seating area with little lake, and restaurant, some essentials available in the shop, bread milk bacon snacks etc.
We saw signs for laundry room but didn’t use it but very handy if you need it.
we camped and the field was nice and clean.
Staff extremely good! Very friendly and helpful, our car broke down and needed a jump start, a member of staff had the car going within 10 minutes and we were so so grateful!
We did 4 nights and could have easily done more.

Disliked No water tap for the camping. We asked where it was and they said there wasn’t one but staff are happy to refill at the bar for free. But we were able to fill up early hours from the caravan points that were not in use whilst bar was closed. So were never without water.
The site is beautiful and dog friendly, but the gun shots from the clay pigeon shooting starts from 9-10am onwards and stops at 5ish pm. These are very loud and frequent so if you have a dog that is easily startled this is not the site for you. If they are scared of fireworks I would stay away. But there were lots of dogs about that were completely comfortable with it, you will need to judge this for yourself on how your dogs are with noise. The camp bit is just meters away from the start of the shooting range.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent facilities, friendly staff. Good fully serviced pitches.

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Setting great if shooting doesn’t bother you 9.30-5pm. Place has good pitches with great restaurant and bar with comfy outside seating if you prefer sitting outside. Shop for essentials great to have. Site was busy but quiet. Walk around lake or shooting range after 5pm was ideal. Main building spotlessly clean.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really great stay at Westlands country park will go back soon

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Kate W.

Non-electric grass tent pitch (four person)

Liked Cleanliness of toilets, showers and pitch, dog friendliness, hard working and helpful staff, bar and shop, parking for car near tent pitch, beautiful spot with peacocks.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Never again

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Very little

Disliked No security at night
Felt very threatened due to argument between drunk people going on early hours
Couldn't let my dog out. Called the emergency no, but help

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely quite site but not great for kids or pets

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Emma S.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Quite site, good size pitches with electric and water points, clean usable facilities with friendly staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

Sehr sauberer Campingplatz mit freundlichen Service

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Sehr sauberer Platz, Wasserabschluss ubd Strom direkt am Platz

Recommend to friends Visit again

Würde ich wieder übernachten!

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch (two person)

Liked Sehr schön gelegen! Sehr saubere Anlage! Sehr freundliche Angestellte! Die Zeltwiese war hervorragend, sehr eben.

Disliked Das Frühstück ist teuer und wird nicht wie versprochen um 9:00 Uhr sondern erst gegen 9:45 Uhr serviert.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Well maintained site. Will be staying there again

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The cleanliness of the shower block and washing up place and handiness for clay shooting

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean &tidy…

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Richard Alan P.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Clean &tidy

Disliked Fishing was terrible obviously not looked after

Recommend to friends Visit again

Perfect stop over on way from the Highlands back to London.

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch (solo)

Liked Great customer service
Good facilities
Lovely restaurant
The peacocks!

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

Forest Lake and/or mountain Luxury Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery 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

Type

Pub campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

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

Location

Westlands Country Park

The Broats Moss

Annan

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG12 6RS

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

55.00919°N
3.15969°W

Route directions

Please follow road signs to Westlands Activity Centre.

Nearest transport

Coach
7 km War Memorial
7 km War Memorial
7 km Market Square
Rail
6.1 km Gretna Green Rail Station
7.2 km Annan Rail Station
17.7 km Lockerbie Rail Station
Ferry
44.4 km Leaplish Ferry Landing
46.1 km Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
46.1 km Keswick Ferry Landing

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

You don’t have to confine your fishing to the ponds: head to Port Carlisle (35 minutes' drive) for sea fishing from the Solway estuary banks, or 55 minutes to Bassenthwaite in the Lake District. Closer to home, Westlands is a 10-minute drive from Annandale Distillery for those who care to celebrate their fishing or shooting prowess with a single malt: tours are available every day and the distillery also has a café serving afternoon teas and regional food including haggis, plus Scottish and local craft beers and ciders… and a fine selection of whisky, of course. It’s a 40-minute trip to Bowness-on-Solway, at the tip of the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; walk the Hadrian’s Wall Trail all 73 miles to Tyneside if you fancy it, or march a shorter section and picnic on the walls like legionaries did. Some fine family-friendly walks start from Burgh-by-Sands (35 minutes) and Silloth (50 minutes), taking in the (alleged) resting place of Edward I, Hammer of the Scots, and the wildlife of the wetlands; various do-in-a-day bike routes start from Carlisle, Kirkbride (35 minutes) and Silloth to see the region from the saddle. If you’re seeking more pulse-racing stuff, try flyboating nine metres over the water or jetskiing at Wetjets in Dumfries (25 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Southerness 31.8 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Allonby 32.1 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Sandyhills 38.9 km Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Rockcliffe 43.8 km Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 6.2 km

Carlisle Castle 18.6 km

Robert Burns Centre 29.9 km

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 30 km

Birdoswald Roman Fort 35.6 km

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 40.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hadrian's Wall Part 1 - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 7.1 km

CAMPFIELD MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/11/2006) 9.6 km

Burgh Marsh and the Edward 1 Monument 11 km

Battle of Solway Moss, 1542 12.6 km

Hadrian's Wall Part 2 - Carlisle to Lanercost Priory 18.8 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 Westlands Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Westlands Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Westlands Country Park? You don’t have to confine your fishing to the ponds: head to Port Carlisle (35 minutes' drive) for sea fishing from the Solway estuary banks, or 55 minutes to Bassenthwaite in the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Westlands Country Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Westlands Country Park? From R353,95 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.