Gairloch Caravan and Camping Site

Campsite overlooking the Torridon Mountains (added by manager 06 Mar 2012)

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  • Remote Highlands site next to village shops and restaurants
  • Spectacular scenery with views towards Skye and the Torridon Hills
  • Spotless modern amenities including a heated shower block
Most peeps have a certain fondness for these types of sites: ones which you can use to escape from it all, yet which have most of everything you need right on the doorstep. Because you wouldn’t want to spend a get-away-from-it all holiday without easy access to fish and chips, local restaurants and a coffee shop or two to while away the hours in… Gairloch Caravan and Camping Site in the Scottish Highlands is remote enough that you can pretend work and cities are a thing of the past, but it’s right next to the village of Strath with plenty of shops, hotels and restaurants – and that fish and chip shop. And as it’s a Highlands site, stunning scenery comes with the pitch price: the park is set above the coastal road with lovely loch views towards Skye and the Torridon Hills. Wardens Colin and Marion will go out of their way to give guests a Highlands welcome, whether that’s welcoming the family friend (dogs stay for free here) helping you when you arrive or making sure everything is spotless; the park has up to date amenities too, including a heated shower block, coin laundry, chemical disposal point, dishwashing area and tourist information. Wifi is available for a reasonable additional price.

Site type

Tent pitches 35
Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 15
Caravans for hire 2

Languages spoken

English

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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

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

Gastronomic delight

Lake and/or mountain

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

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

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Location

Gairloch Caravan and Camping Site

1 Mihol Road

Strath

Gairloch

Highlands and Islands

Scotland

IV21 2BX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

57.73186°N
-5.70053°W

Route directions

From the A842 take the B8021 signposted Melvaig, heading for the village of Strath. After half a mile on the right, just past the Millcroft Hotel, turn right. Immediately after the hotel, turn right again into our driveway and the reception is on your left.

Nearest transport

Rail
22 mi Achnashellach Rail Station
23.7 mi Strathcarron Rail Station
25 mi Attadale Rail Station
Ferry
1.6 mi Gairloch Ferry Landing
16.4 mi Badluarach Ferry Landing
17.2 mi Scoraig 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

There are heaps of options in and around Gairloch for watery activities: wander around the cove to Gairloch Harbour to book a pleasure cruise on a glass-bottomed boat, have a sailing lesson, take a wildlife cruise to spot whales, porpoises, seals and dolphins, or take the tackle to nearby Fionn Loch or Loch Rollie to land some local brown trout (you’ll need a permit to fish in the area, which you can pick up at the Gairloch Garage). Sea fishing is available too from boats hired at the harbour. Staying on land, Gairloch and the Highlands are where boots are made for walking: there are all-abilities routes at the Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve and a waymarked walk through the Flowerdale Glen to Flowerdale Falls, with more strenuous leg-stretching available on walks designed to last from a couple of hours to a full day. Wester Ross also has acres of crags to clamber up, with an indoor climbing wall (and lessons) at the Gairloch Leisure Centre. If the very idea of all-day walks or climbing crags is making you feel a bit faint, there’s a pony trekking centre at Gairloch too, pitch and putt in Strath, and a beachside golf club open seven days a week in season. Poolewe, six miles north of Gairloch, has an indoor swimming pool. For rainy days, the Gairloch Heritage Museum has regular events and exhibitions, and there are sub-tropical gardens at Inverewe and a visitor centre at Rua Reidh Lighthouse; the Loch Ewe area is also the place to go for traditional music, with a ceilidh held weekly during peak season. The town of Ullapool has regular music festivals, a theatre, arts centre and award-winning museum, or if you want to see the bright lights head further afield for a day trip and evening to the Highlands capital Inverness, the location of Macbeth’s castle.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Gairloch Beach 1.1 mi Sea N/A N/A Excellent N/A
Sand Beach 2.5 mi Sea N/A N/A Excellent N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

The Aros Experience 29.1 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Gairloch - Flowerdale Falls 1.5 mi

Sand River Trail 2.8 mi

The Fairy Lochs 3 mi

Tollie - Slattadale (Loch Maree) - Tollie 4 mi

Londubh - Kernsary - Poolewe 4.3 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.

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  • Does Gairloch Caravan and Camping Site have a swimming pool? No View all features
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  • What attractions are near Gairloch Caravan and Camping Site? There are heaps of options in and around Gairloch for watery activities: wander around the cove to Gairloch Harbour to book a pleasure cruise on a glass-bottomed boat, have a sailing lesson, … Read more