Southerness Holiday Park

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  • Family-friendly park with spectacular Solway Firth views
  • Kids' and teens' clubs, soft play, amusements and outdoor playgrounds
  • Showbar, bar-restaurant, takeaway and 25-metre indoor pool with flume
Northerners, fear not: southern-ness is not a prerequisite to enjoyment of a stay at Southerness Holiday Park at the foot of the Galloway Hills; the superb sea views and great facilities on site should please all comers. The pitches at this family-friendly park look out over the windswept beauty of the Solway Firth towards the English Lake District; and the surrounding countryside is teeming with wildlife, from the tiny creatures that inhabit the rockpools on the neighbouring beach to the great stags stalking the Galloway Forest Park further inland. Amphibian admirers will be interested to know too that the site is next door to Scotland’s largest breeding colony of Natterjack toads… When it comes to your own wee beasties, Southerness serves up a generous dollop of fun for kids too: buzzing clubs catering for the very small to hulking teens; an indoor pool, a flume, fountains and toddler pool (and a Jacuzzi for the grownups); a soft play area; crazy golf; amusements; outdoor playgrounds – plus of course the lively schedule of evening entertainment for the whole family in the Sunset Showbar. There’s a good choice of menu options in the bar-restaurant, as well as fresh Costa coffee; or you can opt for a takeaway if you just want to chill out in your own space and admire the views. There’s free wifi in designated areas of the site.

Site type

Caravans for hire 103
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Tent pitches 50
Touring caravan pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 50
Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Single-sex parties of three or more people under 25 are not permitted on site. Swimming pool access is included: please show your Entertainment pass. Entertainment passes are included in the rate.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 15 Mar to

Parkdean Resorts Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award AA Holiday Centre
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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

7.6

Overall rating based on 237 reviews View breakdown

Peaceful

Voted 43% of visitors View breakdown

69%

would recommend this site to a friend

66%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Great destination for a family break

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Good friendly atmosphere and good facilities

Disliked: Customer wi-fi very poor and prices are a bit over what would be expected which will guide the customer to use the facilities in Southerness village. Could do with max speed signs with the amount of children running around on bikes etc.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would never stay here or recommend to anyone .

Overall 2/10
Location 2
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: No one in reception to greet us and tell us our pitch number . Note on door said open till 8pm. Email said 7pm . We arrived at 6pm . We rang the out of hours number on the door . No one answered. Disgraceful!! One shower head missing in first shower . Didn’t realise till all undressed ready to shower, so had to redress and move to another .Nowhere to put shower gel / shampoo apart from floor!Gents didn’t shave shower curtains so my partner’s clothes got wet . On departure at 9am , Reception still closed , even though the notice said open at 9. So never saw any staff whatsoever!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good visit, facilities are good.

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Facilities and Location was good. Close to beach.

Disliked: Pitch sizes too close.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site, plenty space and good facilities…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great site, plenty space and good facilities

Disliked: Lots of cigarette butts left on tent pitching areas

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with very clan facilities staff was lovely

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The staff where lovely and very welcoming

Disliked: Pitch was uneven which resulted in us being in a puddle the whole night

Recommend to friends Visit again

Bit of a chew to get to site worth it not a lot to do without a car

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
kriss b. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Water and electric next to you nice size pitch, plenty of room, free toilet washer bonus for us men lol

Recommend to friends Visit again

Shame about unfriendly dog policy, no wifi or signal otherwise great!

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi 2
Theresa C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Stunning location with direct access to the beach and lighthouse. The beach has the most shells I've ever seen!! Pitch was level and quiet, showers were hot and clean, staff very friendly throughout the site especially housekeeping who were always good humoured!

Disliked: Disappointed dogs not allowed at all within the complex unlike other Parkdeans we've stayed at. Whilst I totally accept there should be dog free areas as you pay a charge to bring a dog I would have expected a dog designated area under cover where you could eat and drink not just an outside beer garden. As the weather was inclement we politely declined and didn't buy any food or drink on site but went down the road to the very dog friendly pub! Elsan point was a machine that supposedly cleans your cassette unfortunately it left loads of waste which then couldn't be disposed of as no manual elsan point. WiFi non existent, limited phone signal too which was frustrating at times!!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Warm welcome with plenty of information to hand.…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Neil C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Warm welcome with plenty of information to hand.

Disliked: Very small pitch, no room to put an awning.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent holiday park very clean shower and toilet blocks staff were very…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
George M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Excellent holiday park very clean shower and toilet blocks staff were very helpful and friendly plenty to do for our grandchild within five minutes walk of the beach we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and will be returning next year

Disliked: A bit pricey in the clubhouse

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would happily return when in location

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Michael C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Pleasant staff, location.

Disliked: Not keen on the Entertainment Centre. A separate comfortable lounge might helpeou

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

Peaceful Spectacular scenery

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Southerness Holiday Park

Southerness

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG2 8AZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.8739°N
-3.5974°W

Route directions

By bus There is a bus stop within 100 yards of the park gates, with services running to Dumfries and Dalbeattie. The service is infrequent, running approximately every two hours. The approximate cost of a taxi fare to Dumfries is £12.

Nearest transport

Coach
21.7 km Whitesands
21.7 km Whitesands
22.7 km Carlingwark Street
Rail
19.3 km Maryport Rail Station
21.1 km Flimby Rail Station
21.3 km Aspatria Rail Station
Ferry
42.1 km Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
42.8 km Keswick Ferry Landing
43.1 km Hawes End Derwentwater 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

Assuming the weather is kind, the area surrounding Southerness Holiday Park is tiptop for anyone looking for an active holiday; do your own thing or shake off the cobwebs and try something new at one of the excellent activity centres in the Dumfries and Galloway region. Golfers are in for a particular treat, given the enormous choice of excellent courses nearby (the closest championship course is on the doorstep, in Southerness). If you fancy getting out and about, there’s a plethora of attractions to choose from: tickle your taste buds with a trip to the Cocoa Bean Factory or nearby ice cream factory; rattle around on the barrel train at Mabie Farm Park, a great value attraction packed with activities to keep the kids entranced all day; ramble around the romantic ruins of Sweetheart Abbey; clamber around a couple of castles, or visit the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries. Or you could head to one of Dumfries and Galloway’s 'themed' towns: Wigtown for bookish types, Castle Douglas for foodies, or the artists’ town of Kirkcudbright.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Southerness 0.2 km Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Sandyhills 8.1 km Sea N/A N/A Poor Poor
Rockcliffe 12.8 km Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor
Allonby 15.7 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Dhoon Bay 32.1 km Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 2.5 km

Robert Burns Centre 21.6 km

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 36.7 km

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 37.2 km

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 39.2 km

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 27.6 km

Buttermere and Ennerdale 39 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

MERSEHEAD (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 04/11/2003) 4.7 km

Carsethorn - Powillimount - Arbigland 5.7 km

Sandyhills - Rockcliffe - Kippford (and back?) 8.6 km

Criffel 9 km

Caerlaverock Castle and Nature Reserve 11.6 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.

Nearest sites

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Want to know more about camping in Dumfries and Galloway?

  • Does Southerness Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Southerness Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Southerness Holiday Park? Assuming the weather is kind, the area surrounding Southerness Holiday Park is tiptop for anyone looking for an active holiday; do your own thing or shake off the cobwebs and try something … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Southerness Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Southerness Holiday Park? From R159.90 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.