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| Site: | Applecross Campsite Applecross, Strathcarron, Wester Ross IV54 8ND Tel/Fax: 0044 (0)1520 744268 (E-mail) |
| Fee: | £7 (2 persons/car/tent) (2000) |
| Setting: | Applecross is located on the Applecross peninsula between Gairloch and Kyle, turn on the 896 to Shieldaig in Kinlochewe and follow the costal road when you have passed Shieldaig |
| Ground: | leveled and soft, surrounded by trees |
| Infrastructure: | shop, bakery and cafe |
| Sanitary: | showers and toilets, not very comfortable. Cold water. |
| Comments: | Small village at the sea. Beautyful pub |
| Sightseeing-Tip: | Applecross-Pass |
| Site: | ??? |
| Fee: | £5.50 /2 persons, car & tent) £7.50 /3 persons, car, caravan) (2002) |
| Setting: |
at the beach, but some areas are protected against the wind There are 3 campsites in Dornoch. One is out of town and outrageous expensive (£12), the other is at the outskirts with pitches for tents directly opposite the chemical toilet for £8.50. Therefore visit the third site: pass the village and turn right at the spacious square where the filling station is (only one petrol pump!!!) in direction to the beach. |
| Ground: | soft, leveled |
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| Sanitary: | clean |
| Comments: | lots of mobile homes, but enough pitches for tents, very clean and friendly site Good pubs and restaurants in the village. We recommend The Eagle for good value, good quality food. (John & Dorothy) |
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| Site: | Dunnet Bay Caravan Park, The Caravan Club
Tel. 01847 821319 |
| Fee: | £9.00 (2 persons/car) (1998) £6.70 (2 persons/car) (6/2000) |
| Setting: | On the A836 (Thurso - John o'Groats). Located in the middle of green dunes above a splendid sandy beach. Superb view up the cliffs of Dunnet Head. |
| Ground: | soft, level |
| Infrastructure: | washing machine, drier, shop |
| Sanitary: | clean, showers are free |
| Comment: | Club-site, non-members welcome, rather expensive. Beautyfully settled, but rather windy. For drivers an alternative to the site in Thurso. |
| Sightseeing-Tip: | Dunnet Head, .........., superb panoramic view |
| Site: | Sango Sands Caravan and Camping Site (Photo) Phone: 0971/511262 |
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Adult £3,50 5-16 year old £1,60; 0-5 year old free (1998) 3 people, car, caravan, and electric, one night £14.80 (June 2002) |
| Setting: | located in Durness on the clifftop, nice sandy beach |
| Ground: | marshy after heavy rain, most of the area sloping |
| Infrastructure: | cooking shelters, restaurant & gift shop, Laundry (Wasching machine & tumble dryer £1, iron £0,30) |
| Sanitary: | showers (30p) and toilets, hair-drier available (30p). |
| Comment: | It is conveniently next door to the village pub, with good value food. (John & Dorothy) |
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| Site: | Gruinard Bay Camping & Caravanning Site (Foto) Laide, Wester Ross, IV22 2ND Tel/Fax: (01445) 731225 | ||||||||||||
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Electric hook-up: £2 (1998 --> 2001 +50p) | ||||||||||||
| Setting: | Located at the A832. The beach is in front of the site. Sometimes a piper plays the bagpipe at the beach in the evenings. | ||||||||||||
| Ground: | hard, only slightly uneven, in good shape even after periods of heavy rain | ||||||||||||
| Infrastructure: | small shop in the reception | ||||||||||||
| Sanitary: | Showers & toilets (portacabins). Hot water is free. | ||||||||||||
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| Site: | John O' Groats Camping & Caravanning Site St. Rowan, Caithness, Scotland Tel: (01955) 611329 | ||||||
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| Setting: | Next to the pier | ||||||
| Ground: | hard, even | ||||||
| Infrastructure: | laundry | ||||||
| Sanitary: | Showers & toilets , Facilities for the disabled | ||||||
| Comment: | If you don't intend to catch the ferry to the Orkneys - avoid John O' Groats. (Markus) The John O'Groats ferry company does a combined fery ticket and all day bus tour of the mainland of Orkney for £33. It visits the principle sights including the village of Skara Brae, dating from 3500 B.C. (John & Dorothy) | ||||||
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| Site: | Stroma View Caravan and Camping Park
R.G. & E. Dundas Huna, John O'Groats, Caithness Phone: 0209/55611313 |
| Fee: | £5.50 (Car & tent) (2000) |
| Setting: |
in the north-east of Scotland, on the A836 Thurso/John O'Groats, a few minutes from John O'Groats. If you come from Wick, turn of the A99 to the A836 at the Sea View Hotel (left side) Nice and quiet site with a view over the see. |
| Ground: | soft lawn |
| Infrastructure: | no laundry, but Mrs. Dundas will wash your clothes if you ask her friendly. |
| Sanitary: | Showers & toilets , clean |
| Comment: | A very nice and pleasant site, much cheaper than the sites in Dunnet Bay or John O'Groats. Mr. Dundas is a fisher who sells fishes and lobster (1 kg £10). . |
| Sightseeing-Tip: | Dunnet Head - lots of puffins |
| Site: | Kinlochewe Campsite (Foto) |
| Fee: | free |
| Setting: | The campsite is 3 miles from Kinlochewe on the road to Gairloch . The site might be hard to find 'cause the site entrance is not signposted. Watch ot for a bungalow - the entrance drive to the bungalow leads to the site. |
| Ground: | uneven, partly damp after rain |
| Infrastructure: | very basic, just a meadow and a toilet |
| Sanitary: | 'Shitty'. Just one toilet, no showers. The visitors are request to keep the toilet cleen - you can imagine how it looks like... |
| Comment: | Very basic but free. Only for short-time stays (1 or 2 days) Midget-Warning: Thousands and thousands of midges populate this place - after three days my skin looks like a relief-map of the Grand Canyon. If you manage to peep through the swarms of midges you can see a rock face with a waterfall. |
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| Site: | Woodend Caravan & Camping Park (Foto) Achnairn, Lairg, Sutherland IV27 4DN Achnairn Tel.+Fax 01549 40 22 48 |
| Fee: | £5,50 for 2 persons incl. car und tent (1998) |
| Setting: | Located to the north of Lairg at a side street of the B838 - follow the signs |
| Ground: | hard, sloping |
| Infrastructure: | The reception is the shop and the post office of Achnairn, there is a small libary in the toilet block, small childrens playground, laundry (wasching m. £1,10 / drier 20p min. / iron 20p) |
| Sanitary: | Showers & toilets , clean. Shower10p/4min., Hair drier 20p |
| Comment: | The laundry is behind the showers (hard to find) Very quiet place. Two or tree times a day there are disturbances by the RAF (low-level flight training) Not suitable for backpackers - no buss from Achnairn to Lairg. |
| Sightseeing-Tip: | Shin Falls |
| Site: | 102 Achmelvich Site (Foto) 102 Achmelvich, Lochinver, Lairg Sutherland, Highlands Tel: 01571 844262 |
| Fee: | 1. person: £4,00 2 persons: £4,50; £4 (if you stay a week or more) (Prices for caravans and tents) / (1998) |
| Setting: | Small meadow, surrounded by sheltering mounds. . Lovelly situated in the middle of dunes, a few yards away from one of the most beautyful beaches scotlands - golden-yellow sand and turquoise water. 3 miles from Lochinver. |
| Ground: | hard and even |
| Infrastructure: | Very basic, only a toilet and a shower in a portacabin. Showers 20p/5min. |
| Sanitary: | 2 toilets and 1 shower in an older portacabin. |
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| Site: | Shore Caravan Platz Achmelvich (Foto) Website with the latest prices | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Setting: | Next to the 102 Achmelvich Site | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground: | in good shape even after heavy rain, sloping | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Infrastructure: | laundry (washing machine £2.50, drier £1.25, washing powder £0.40), small shop, snack shop | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanitary: | showers and toilets | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Site: | Poolewe Caravan and Camp Site, The Caravan Club |
| Fee: | £14.00 (2 persons incl. car, non-members) USURY! (1998) |
| Setting: | lokated on the coastal road A837, overlooks the bay. |
| Ground: | soft lawn, level, rocky under the thin topsoil |
| Infrastructure: | washing machine, drier, shop |
| Sanitary: | very clean, showers are free |
| Comment: | Exorbitant prices! Visit one of the other places in the vicinity if possible. |
| Sightseeing-Tip: | Inverewe Gardens - ........... |
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| Fee: | £5 (2 persons, car & tent) |
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| Ground: | spacious lawn |
| Infrastructure: | sink for dish washing only |
| Sanitary: | clean but very basic, just one shower and two toilets, warm water costs 10p, showers 20p |
| Comments: | In general, you should avoid this area. In Dounreay is an old nuclear power plant (fast breeder), the beach is polluted. |
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| Site: | Scrabster Road Caravan Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fee: |
extra adult 55p, senior citizen/children 30p, hook up £1.75 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Setting: | on the main street, large meadow, the sea is behind the camping site | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ground: | After rain EXTREMELY muddy! Do not camp in the hollows which are near the path above the cliffs, you might drown in your tend after rain. I have seen campers with rolled-up trousers kneeing in their tents, trying to get all the water out. See to it that you do not park your car on a too soft part of the lawn, after heavy rain it got stuck! (M.G.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Infrastructure: | Top - Restaurant (snacks), common room with billiard and tv, laundry (washing m. 1.50, drier £1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sanitary: | Vanessa: unsatisfactory Markus: The showers and toilets does not make a bad impression to me. There are enough showers and toilets, warm water ist free. But the place was not too crowded when I was there. Due to the soft ground there might be more soil when the site is completely occupied. The toilets and showers are closed up to 6 hours a day for cleaning. Pledge for the toilet key: £6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Vanessa: nearest camping site to Scrabster Markus: Nice view to the cliffs of Dunnet Head, the most northern point of Schotland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sightseeing-Tip: | Sail from Scrabster to the Orkneys |
| Site: | Broomfield Holiday Park Foto Ullapool, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, IV26 2SX. Tel: (+44) 01854 612020 & 612664 Fax: (+44) 01854 613151 email / Homepage | ||||||||||
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(1999) | ||||||||||
| Setting: | near to the pier, surrounded by the sea | ||||||||||
| Ground: | leveled | ||||||||||
| Infrastructure: | shop, washing and drying machine, etc. | ||||||||||
| Sanitary: | sufficient, clean shower cost 20p/6min. | ||||||||||
| Comments: | no protection against the wind | ||||||||||
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| Site: | Ardmair Point Caravan and Camping Park Ardmair Point, Ullapool, Ross-shire, IV26 2TN Tel: 01854 612054 Fax: 01854 612757 email / Homepage |
| Fee: | £7-£10 per day (Tent/Car) £7.50-£10 (Motor Home) (2001) |
| Setting: | 4 miles north of Ullapool, situated on the shore , wonderful view to the summer isles |
| Ground: | sheltered meadow, some damp areas inland. Hard stands (gravel) for mobile homes at the shore, nice view |
| Infrastructure: | shop, washing and drying machine, restaurant, boats for hire, telephone, childrens playground. Dogs are welcome. |
| Sanitary: | sufficient, clean. Hairdryers available. |
| Comments: |
A spacious site, located in a beautiful landscape. The site is worth a visit. (Ralph)
beautiful site, but not very suited for backpackers because the site is a few miles outside of Ullapool. The site is better suited for people with cars or caravans. (Markus) |
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| Fee: | 7 pound (2 persons, car) |
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| Ground: | uneven |
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| Comments: | After hiking through the highlands you can recover from the midges here. Very pleasant and tidy, lots of bushes subdivides the camping site into sections, lots of wooden benches (you can bring them to your tent) |
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| The aim of this site is to provide informations about camping sites in Scotland. Readers should feel encouraged to write about their experiences they have made on different campsites. If you want to contribute your experiences to this side or if you have any remarks to a site listed below or if you can provide informations about a camping site not listet yet - don't hesitate to write a mail. Thanks a lot!
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