Kippford View Holiday Park

From £31 For 1 night, 2 adults 8.8 15 reviews
Outdoor pool (added by manager 02 Sep 2022)
Heated outdoor pool (added by manager 02 sep 2022)
The pitches (added by manager 02 sep 2022)
View to kippford (added by manager 09 mar 2017)

  • 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
Opens 29 March

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 Fri, 29 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

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would recommend this site to a friend

73%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Clean facilities staff nice bit isolated

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

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

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

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

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

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Great value 👍

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

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

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

Overall 6/10
Location 4
Value for money 2
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

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 .

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Peaceful site with a good flat pitch and friendly staff

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

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Peaceful and picturesque location. Helpful onsite manager (Bob) and helpful telephone staff when we got hopelessly lost!

Disliked: Shower block a bit dated and cold but was clean. The site was very difficult to find due to lack of proper directions and to make matters worse, it is not even called Kippford View! The sign at the entrance says Banloch Caravan site (or something similar!) so we drove past it several times and had to ring the contact number head office in the end. We were disappointed that the village pub didn't serve food so there is nowhere nearby if you want to eat out :( Despite these niggles, we enjoyed our stay :)

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Great relaxing site plenty to keep kids entertained

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 and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Really quiet site. Friendly welcome and stay kids loved the pool.Good pub short walk from site for food

Disliked: Nothing

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Close to the local small village which has a community run shop…

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

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Close to the local small village which has a community run shop and café. The village pub provides good and reasonable priced meals. Friendly locals. A choice of several walks from here.

Disliked: The unattractive pitch, which felt like being parked on an unfinished carpark partially enclosed by a high embankment. Steep steps which were uneven leading to an incomplete path to the shower block and chemical waste point with a steep embankment to negotiate. Not good at night and in wet weather especially for the elderly. One light at top of steps which was inadequate. No other lights. No provision for motorhome grey waste although upon telephone enquiry beforehand assurances were given that there was one. No shop as a stated benefit in their leaflet. A poorly produced photocopied information sheet giving the usual details but a missing site map on the reverse.

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Great clean site and van everything we need for a week off...

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

New Premier 2 bedroom static caravan (pet friendly)

Liked: The pool was a god send on arrival after 3 hours drive. The staff are very kind and after a hiccup on pitch ups side not sending our reservation over to the site, and luckily it hadn't been double booked so after a few calls it was all sorted.

Disliked: Only thing would be, there are no cleaning products even a little carpet sweeper would be good with kids in and out and the dog it would be nice to clean as we go, as I have a house proud wife..

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must admit that when I booked, I was dreading a”holiday park” experien

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

Fully-serviced grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Everything

Disliked: NA

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Good place for a quiet break , site we’ll kept, we were on a level. P

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

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: The peacefulness was super

Disliked: Shower, only 2 and 1 didn’t work properly and the 1 that worked wouldn’t drain quickly enough

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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

Disabled facilities

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 GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.89577°N
-3.84358°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.6 mi Carlingwark Street
4.6 mi Carlingwark Street
9.7 mi Village
Rail
15.5 mi Dumfries Rail Station
18.9 mi Maryport Rail Station
19.2 mi 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 2020 2019 2018 2017
Rockcliffe 2.9 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor
Sandyhills 4.9 mi Sea N/A N/A Poor Poor
Southerness 9.8 mi Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Dhoon Bay 11.2 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor
Brighouse Bay 13.5 mi Sea N/A Poor Poor Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 10.3 mi

Robert Burns Centre 14.9 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 24.8 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 28.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Doach Wood Circuit 1.6 mi

Screel Hill 1.9 mi

Dalbeattie - Colvend - Rockcliffe - Kippford - Dalbeattie 2.7 mi

Rockcliffe to Port o' Warren 3 mi

Rockcliffe - Loch Barean - Portling - Rockcliffe 3 mi

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.

Want to know more about camping in Dumfries and Galloway?

  • 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 £31 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.