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Just returned from the May bank holiday weekend at Cairnsmill. This was our first ever camping trip with our 2 year old boy. It was an enjoyable trip, except for the cold weather.
Cairnsmill is a very well run site. Tents are pitched around a car parking area, each with large grassed area. It was busy with nearly every pitch taken.
It is not too far from a main road, so you can hear the traffic but it wasn't too bad, it didn't keep us awake. Showers & toilets very well maintained and loads of very hot water available.
Club House good (though a bit of a walk from the tent area), Kenny the Clown on the Saturday night was a huge hit with our toddler. Swimming pool looked good - and it's free!, although we didn't get a chance to use it. There are a couple of good children's play areas.
Just back from a weekend here, after a few days of heavy rain it was hard to find a road to get to the site. Even still all the hard standing pitches were full apart from one. We are neubies to caravanning (bought caravan at beginning if June - before that it was tenting), but been here twice with the van and its good fun. We did park the van by driving over the grass between the hard standing (sorry to the warden as he does a good job). The weather was not brilliant (no rain but very windy and as we had a lightweight awning, we had to take it down, we did have the correct pegs for hard standing (drilled in), but the awning could not take the beating from the wind).
Other than that the site it's self is great, good club house (could do with food though, bingo on a Friday night, live music on the Saturday), pool is brilliant (and free), could do with a better play park for the older kids.
A little concerned over the tenting Park, noticed that they have reduced the tent size from 6 man last year to 4 man this year, why is this? (They should not go by the amount of people it can accommodate but the actual size of the tent), have noticed that they are building more and more log chalets (not rented but bought I think) next to the tent park, are they going to build them on the tent park and stop tenting, is this the reason for reducing the size of the tents - to put people off!
The site is well laid out, well maintained, clean and quiet. The facilities are really good, with an indoor swimming pool and an outdoor playground for the kids. There's also a play room and bar on site, as well as a small shop for your essentials.
A couple of areas of minor adjustments to make it even better would be much appreciated, as this was our second visit and won't be our last, is to improve the shower cubicles for the touring caravan area. The one for the tent area is excellent and if this design would be implemented in the tourers area it would improve the experience. At the toilet block nearer the office in the tourer area, your clothes get wet from the spray of the shower. Perhaps even installing a shower curtain would help in the interim. In the further away toilet block, next to the bunk house, these showers have a better lay-out, but the showers just dribble the water out. I hope the owners/management will look at this for the future.
Apart from the showers, I would recommend this site as suitable for couples or families.
When you book in you are allocated a pitch. Each pitch is reasonably sized. They state they don't accept tents over 4 berth but after giving the dimensions of our vango tigris 600 we were accepted as it fit in within the pitch.
A nice clean shower/toilet/dishwashing building is right next to the camping area.
Although others have mentioned road noise we hardly noticed any noise from it.
One major bonus was that we never felt 'ripped -off' with any of the prices within the site. The Bar was VERY reasonable .Bingo is on most nights .There was entertainment on on the Saturday night (not great but free so can't complain).
The pool (free to use) although small was a favourite with our kids.
£1 for a sauna was well worth it. The small games room has air hockey,2 pool tables and various arcades.Fishing is also available on the site but I didn't check the prices.
The one issue we had with the site is that it badly needs a proper play area for the kids. There is a small playpark at the camping area but there was nowhere for my daughter to ride her bike or for kicking a ball about etc.
If the play area problem could be sorted then I would give this site a 10/10 as it covers so many bases.
There is a shop onsite but morrisons/aldi's are 2 minutes drive away.The large beach at St Andrews is also only minutes away.
Overall we had a great weekend here and really look forward to returning.
This is a cracking site, not one to miss, well looked after clean & tidy. The bar on site has bingo Mon - Fri & entertainment on a Saturday, the prices are extremely good for a caravan site. The pool is small but adequate, and the best thing its free, there is a sauna, with a small charge of £1. Small walk to town and plenty of pubs and eateries as you can imagine for St Andrews. We will certainly going back to this site in the future
Were here for 2 nights. The pitch we had was a hardstanding and there was plenty of room. Toilet block was clean. Dishwashing area was clean but the water was not very hot. There is a pool on site which is enough size for my little boy to swim in and you can sit and watch at the pool. There's is a bar (drinks not expensive) on site and a games room. Playparks dotted all about. Not far from Morrisons and a few minutes drive from St Andrews town centre. We went to the secret bunker which was very interesting. Also plenty choice of restaurants in StAndrews, we went to one called The Rule very nice 2 courses for 7.50 very good value. Kids menu good choice also. Also a chippie just past Morrisons and plenty more choice of takeaways in St Andrews I also noticed. And well of course there is the beach, which we didn't go onto as it was very windy and cold that day.
As a novice found the hard standing a little tight but got there eventually. The little pool was lovely and quiet mid pm. Regular buses came on time. Facilities very clean with nice hot showers. Staff friendly. More for families than couples I would say- no chance of game of pool couple of families had laid claim for the evening and kids where there till late. How about a table in the actual bar?
That said a very pleasant site and we just headed into town where there are plenty of pubs and restaurants. St Andrews is a lovely town.
Spent 2 nights here (Friday/Saturday) with my wee 9 year old daughter. The pitches are well marked out and spacious, plenty of room for even the most show offy of tents :-)) On arrival the staff were friendly and helpful and our pitch was in a relatively flat field near main road. I agree with lorna b in that I never noticed the traffic noise at all. On the first night after settling in, we took a stroll to Morrison's to get some supplies, this was a 10-15 minute walk, very handy and the store is open 'till 9 PM. The field we were on was quite empty on the Friday night but by Saturday evening it was chocka block, a lot of kids riding about on bikes, kicking footballs etc. I'm not complaining about that, it's a family site after all and I quite enjoy a bit of activity, but if you're looking for peace and quiet you may wish to consider this. The toilet facilities were clean and easily accessible, and the showers were ok but you do need to be quick!
The facilities are also good, nice bar with a bit of kareoke (how do you spell that?) if you like all that, and the games room actually has games that work! The bar staff deserve a mention for their patience and friendliness despite being run off their feet. Didn't visit the pool but it looked ok from outside.
St Andrews itself is an amazing town, steeped in history and has some fantastic shops, I recommend taking a wee seat in the Abbey with a fish supper and a can of Irn Bru! The last time I was in the town, there was a sea life centre now it's changed to St Andrew's aquarium which I found disappointing and not very good value for money but hey, it's up tae yersel as we say in Scotland.
So in summation I would say this is a very well organised and good value-for-money park well worth a visit.
Have just returned from 2 nights here and wish we could have stayed longer. It's a lovely friendly, relaxed family site with 4 playground areas for several age ranges, indoor swimming pool, plenty of clean modern toilets and showers, and it's close to St Andrews / shops. We had a good walk round the site itself (trying out the different play areas) and a gated path leads down to the riverside where you can feed the ducks and swans, or go fishing. Even spotted a little bunkhouse contained within one of the amenity blocks.
To address some points made in previous reviews: yes, the site is also close to a road, but we were only 4(empty) pitches in from the roadside and weren't bothered by the noise at all; and yes, they could do with extending the length of time the shower stays on once you've pressed the button, but there is no limit to the amount of times you can press it, the water pressure is good and the water is hot!
We drove down to the nearby Morrisons because the pavement alongside the road was a little narrow for prams and pre-schoolers. The beach at St Andrews is spectacular and barely 10 minutes away in the car.
A very good spot for a relaxing weekend with the kids - we're already planning a return trip with other caravanning friends.
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
Evening Entertainment 
Fishing On Site 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool On Site 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <1 mile 
Tennis <1 mile 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Electric Car Charging Point
Just returned from the May bank holiday weekend at Cairnsmill. This was our first ever camping trip with our 2 year old boy. It was an enjoyable trip, except for the cold weather. 
