Auchenlarie Holiday Park

From £30 For 1 night, 8 adults 8.9 216 reviews
Static views (added by manager 26 Jul 2022)
Campsite (added by manager 26 jul 2022)
Great beach (added by manager 26 jul 2022)
Road entrance to park (added by manager 25 jan 2015)

  • Family park with beach access and a private cove
  • Heated indoor pool, kids' club, leisure centre and solarium
  • Bistro restaurant, takeaway and two shops on site
First-class facilities, access to a beach with private cove, and with views over Wigtown Bay and miles of scenic Scottish countryside: there’s a lot to pick from at this gorgeous Galloway park, in an area where generations of holidaymakers have escaped to relax and unwind. Guests of all ages will be sorted at family-friendly Auchenlarie Holiday Park: kids’ clubs and family entertainment are on hand for small fry; older kids and teenagers can get competitive at fun-filed The Zone amusement arcade and games room, and all ages can splash safely about in the heated indoor pool, which has a separate area for smaller swimmers. The park’s craft activities will keep mini guests busy as the kids' club organises lots of options from face painting to making their own jewellery. These run in high season and please note that there may be a small charge for some activities. The Auchenlarie team is also rightly proud of its smart leisure centre, which as well as the pool has a solarium for topping up tans, a sauna to relax in, and a fully-equipped gym. Guests can pay as they go for the use of these leisure facilities, or buy a daily or weekly pass on arrival for the park leisure and entertainment. The Surfside bistro has both smashing sea views and a menu of drinks, snacks and meals for alfresco dining on the large terrace overlooking the bay, and the park also has a takeaway dishing up tasty fresh pizzas. A large, well-stocked convenience store has all the bits you need for self-catering, and there's also a smaller shop in the main complex area. Elsewhere, have a spot of free sea fishing (bring your own equipment) down at the private cove during the day, head out to explore the area's fine walking and biking options, or sashay along to the Starlight Suite in the evenings for grownup merriment including live music nights.

Site type

Caravans for hire 50
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Touring caravan pitches 46
Motorhome pitches 20
Tent pitches 44
Open now

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.
  • Facilities/activities including Entertainment, Swimming Pool, Gym, Soft Play area & certain kids clubs are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • The restaurant is open between 11/02 and 31/10.
  • Entertainment and activities are available between 11/02 and 31/10.
  • The sauna (and/or hammam) is open between 11/02 and 31/10.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 11/02 and 31/10.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • The games room is open between 11/02 and 31/10.
  • The bar is open between 11/02 and 31/10.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Traffic noise can be heard from some touring pitches. Please contact the site in advance if you require a pitch away from the main road (subject to availability). There are charges for entertainment and for the use of the leisure facilities: For the swimming, at peak times a 45-minute session limit will apply. There is a £1 non-refundable charge for the swim locker. Use of the gym is charged at £3.95 per session (over 16s only). The solarium is charged at 80p per minute (over 18s only). The soft play is free for under fours. Daytime activities are chargeable and require booking in advance. Adapters are available for both touring caravans and the three-pin used by tents; please ask at reception. A deposit of £25 is required for each adapter.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 9 Feb to

AA 5 pennants

Pitch types & availability

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89%

would recommend this site to a friend

84%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Would of enjoyed it better if the weather was better

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Beautiful views . Friendly staff. Shower blocks and toilets were very clean .

Disliked: It says dog friendly on pitch up but unfortunately dogs weren't allowed in restaurant, only in the outside are. When we were there the weather was terrible so that wasn't an option. But we were able to get a takeaway away and eat it in the sports bar . The pitch was extremely small and became of the weather became extremely muddy .

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Everything really. The staff where fantastic. Everything was spotless and the view…

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

Standard 2 bedroom static caravan (pet friendly)

Liked: Everything really. The staff where fantastic. Everything was spotless and the view from the park is fantastic

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Excellent site

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Gold 3 bedroom static caravan (no pets)

Liked: Really enjoyed our stay at the park

Disliked: Shower was leaking

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Lovely holiday park with lots of things to do in and outside the park.

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Site was extraordinary clean, especially toilet and shower facilities. Lovely location by the sea. Easy to access and easy and safe to wonder about. Electric tent pitch - fairly sheltered from high winds. Ground hard but even. Lovely indoor swimming pool. Very friendly staff especially at entertainment part. Our girls loved Sunday day and evening entertainment, very friendly and welcoming entertainers. Our girls loved the playpark which is great as it is not only for small kids but also for older ones. Loved a wee private beach. Very children friendly. Fairly quiet at night. Close to main road but could not hear almost anything from the traffic.

Disliked: Unfortunately, we left our stove at home and it was too windy for high up barbecue so we had no option than to use takeaway. Takeaway was a bit of miss - no healthy option at all (unless you count chicken wrap) and we waited every night nearly an hour for it to be ready. Swimming pool entry is quite expensive and so was evening entertainment.

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Facilities where clean.

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
Gary B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Everything was perfect. Got a call and email to say what pitch we where on went perfectly. Good spot, Sports bar was well stocked and a good afternoon ensued. Would definitely recommend 👌

Disliked: Wifi is very dodgy. I don't know if it was the weather. Steep hill down to venue and bars. All right going down coming back up (knackering) lol

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The view is amazing…

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

Standard 2 bedroom static caravan (pet friendly)

Liked: The view is amazing

Disliked: Nothing was on just got the views going for it sadly won't thing we will be back

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Just wasn’t for us

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: It wasn’t for us, paid for 3 nights, stayed for 1. Toilets were clean and showers good but it felt like a cross between a concrete jungle and Butlins, maybe because we were right next to the bins and it was tarmac and the pitches were close together but we just didn’t feel relaxed so decided to cut our losses and move on.

Disliked: Felt impersonal, lots of empty caravans in motorhome pitches, obviously a storage site for caravans

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Great place nothing at fault friendly staff clean toilets,showers

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The view The facilities Pitches were great The beach Spotless toilets and showers Shop reasonably priced Was a great stay all staff friendly

Disliked: Nothing about the place we disliked

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Would stay again but probably not camping , would hire a static

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Lynne F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Facilities and the cleanliness , not to mention the gorgeous setting

Disliked: Ground was quite hard and rocky , lost a few tent pegs

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Views. Good clean facilities.…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Views. Good clean facilities.

Disliked: Hilly location, Uneven ground around touring pitches. Steep trek to from beach.

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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

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

Luxury

Peaceful

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

Large (51-200 pitches)

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

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Auchenlarie Holiday Park

Castle Douglas

Gatehouse of Fleet

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG7 2EX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.84358°N
-4.28012°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.6 mi Mill on the Fleet
4.6 mi Mill on the Fleet
4.6 mi Mill on the Fleet
Rail
26.6 mi Barrhill Rail Station
Ferry
30 mi Stranraer 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

Trad fans, pop fans, bibliophiles and foodies can indulge their passions easily in the area: many local pubs have regular traditional music sessions and the region has a good handful of festivals of all flavours including the Wigtown Book Festival and Stranraer Oyster Festival. On the music front, tap your foot at the Galloway and Portpatrick folk festivals, both easy to get to from Auchenlarie, or go along to one of the folk clubs which meet regularly in Dalbeattie and Stranraer. By day, dander around the rest of Dumfries and Galloway for a range of things to do like coastal strolling around Wigtown and Luce Bay, fishing, championship golf courses and blossoming at the county’s public gardens and their exotic specimens flourishing in Galloway’s mild climate. Logan Botanic Garden on the Rhins of Galloway is filled with southern hemisphere plants and palm trees; take a hike up the park’s hill afterwards for views to take your breath away over the Rhins to the Galloway Hills. Red deer, wild goats and red kites are a few sights to see in nearby Galloway Forest Park to the north of Auchenlarie, Britain’s biggest forest park at 300 square miles, and with forest trails, lochside cycle paths, wildlife centres, horse-riding and mountain biking all to hand/hoof. The 24-mile Red Kite Trail around Loch Ken is level enough for cycling and has six outdoor viewing points, four hides and a visitor centre with CCTV open in summer; if you’d like to look skywards by night, Galloway Forest Park is the only Dark Sky Park in the UK and one of only four in the world. Dazzle your little darlings at the award-winning Creetown Gem Rock Museum, a jewel of an attraction near Newton Stuart with gemstones, crystals, rocks and fossils on display, interactive exhibits and the glow of the Crystal Cave. It’s one of several museums in Dumfries and Galloway including the Museum Newton Stewart, telling the history of the county, and the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries, telling the story of the bard. To see historical sights on site, there are castles, abbeys and vintage buildings all around, such as Cardoness, Carsluith and Threave castles, Dundrennan Abbey, the motes of Mark and Urr, and towers at Drumcoltran and Orchardton.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Mossyard 1 mi Estuary N/A Good Good Good
Carrick 2.6 mi Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Brighouse Bay 7.4 mi Sea N/A Poor Poor Poor
Dhoon Bay 7.9 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor
Rockcliffe 19.3 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 27.8 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Carsluith - Kirkmabreck - Carsluith 3.4 mi

Cream o' Galloway - Carrick Shore - Cream o' Galloway 3.9 mi

Gatehouse of Fleet - Sandgreen - Girthon - Gatehouse of Fleet 4.6 mi

Around Gatehouse of Fleet 4.6 mi

Gatehouse of Fleet - Glencap Forest - Dow Craig Hill 4.9 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 Auchenlarie Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Auchenlarie Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Auchenlarie Holiday Park? Trad fans, pop fans, bibliophiles and foodies can indulge their passions easily in the area: many local pubs have regular traditional music sessions and the region has a good handful of festivals … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Auchenlarie Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  5 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  9 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Auchenlarie Holiday Park? From £30 (for 1 night, 8 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.