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Solway View Caravan & Camping Site
Balmangan Farm
Ross Bay
Borgue
Kirkcudbright
Dumfries and Galloway (Browse area)
DG6 4TR
Tel: 01557 870206 or 07753730760
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Pitches: 9 Hard standing & 25 Camping
Open: Feb-nov
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 Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics on Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 No Caravan Storage |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
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 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <5 miles |
 Restaurant <5 miles |
 No Wifi Access |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <1 mile |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <1 mile |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <1 mile |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
 Not Open All Year |
 Coastside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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Coronavirus Update
Our site is open and we are taking bookings , please be assured you can book with confidence
For peace of mind of our customers and staff, we have decided to restrict our communal areas. Please contact us for full details of what facilities are available.
To enquire about a booking or for more information please contact us
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Samstevenson |
12 reviews from this member |
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 Amazing location with stunning views. Not too busy and Covid secure with hand sanitizer stations and restricted entry to toilets.
Clean facilities. Owners very friendly and helpful. Great for dog walking and beaches close by site.
We had electric but the only one suggestion I would make would be a hairdryer in the mens and ladies for campers without electric. 
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Magpiesnest |
4 reviews from this member |
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Stayed for the weekend having previously stayed for a week a few years ago. The site was just as good this time. Beautiful views from the site and the pitches are large and well kept.
It’s contactless check in these days done by text. Owner came round after a while just making sure we were ok. As it happens I was a few pegs short (loaned the tent out to teenagers for last use) and off he went and brought me some he’d found lying around. This was amazing.
Loved having a campfire even though the rain came in just as we were really starting to enjoy it.
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| Date of Visit: November 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 6 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Currycampers |
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Great site. Really nice fella called Neil who owns and runs it. Kirkudbright is a lovely little town and the Dumfrieshire and Galloway countryside is a gem for walkers.
The site has a great little walk through the woods to a couple of secluded beaches and boasts a frisbee golf course. Never seen one before and it looks a lot of fun. Too wet and windy when we went!
Worth stocking up on vittles before you arrive if you just want to enjoy the surroundings and have a bit of time off the shopping run. There is a small Tesco and a Co-Op in Kirkudbright as well as butchers and bakers etc. The old town hall is now an art gallery which is well worth a visit.
Great Gerald Scarfe exhibition which we enjoyed. If you've never been to the south west of Scotland before, it's a gorgeous bit of the world often missed by people heading for the highlands and islands.
The loos and showers are spot on and the whole site is looked after while managing not to feel like a Stalag. Back to nature in comfort!
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| Date of Visit: September 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Denisea |
13 reviews from this member |
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Fantastic site. Beautiful views, very quiet and immaculate facilities. The cleanest shower block we have ever seen. We made good use of the picnic table and fire pit in our very generous sized pitch.
Thanks to the owner informing us we enjoyed seeing the Tour of Britain pass nearby. We also enjoyed the walk to the sandy cove and the graveyard.
This site deserves to win in the Scottish Outdoor Leisure Awards.
We will definitely return.
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| Date of Visit: August 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Vicbrown |
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Solway View is totally justified in its award as one of the best sites in Scotland. There is a strong 'eco' bias, and even when we visited, at the peak of the season, the site had ample space.
Pitches are huge, and not overcrowded. The owners could not be more helpful.
A perfect family site and Kirkcudbright town has so much to offer, especially if you are into art). The surrounding scenery is stunning ( coast and hills) - Galloway is a little gem, waiting to be discovered. Its 'the Lake District - without crowds'
Only quirky thing was trying to locate our pitch without a plan but hardly an issue unless you arrived after dark.
A superb site which is 100% recommended. We will be revisiting for certain.
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| Date of Visit: August 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 14 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: ColdenCamper |
4 reviews from this member |
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The perfect campsite! Beautiful views, Hughes, widely spaced pitches and so peaceful!
Showers and toilets are excellent and very clean and the 'shed' with cooking and dining facilities was very welcome on rainy days. Lovely little beach a two minute walk from the campsite. The owners were lovely, helpful and discrete.
Other campers too couldn't be nicer - all the help we got when our tent pole snapped in a gale (Scotland in August!). Lovely part of the world, countryside, beaches, towns, bookshops.
We'll be back!
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| Date of Visit: June 2019 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Caroleanne |
4 reviews from this member |
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Lovely site in a perfect location.
The site is just outside the town of Kirkcudbright (approx 5 miles), a small town with plenty of cafes, pubs and art galleries. The Tour of Britain is finishing here for stage 1 2019. The location is perfect if you enjoy relaxing cycling, the roads are quiet, no steep climbs and there are some great views. There is secure bike storage on site.
The site is very clean, plenty of space between pitches, good views and great facilities. There is a small beach within walking distance.
Plenty of places to visit in the area - Gatehouse of Fleet, New Galloway and Port Patrick etc.
Excellent value for money and friendly, helpful owners.
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| Date of Visit: June 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: CarrieF |
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Just back from our first, but definitely not last, visit to Solway View. We can only reiterate the glowing recommendations already on here, which sold it to us in the first place.
The site is lovely, very well kept by the owners, who are very friendly, welcoming and helpful. We arrived on a fairly quiet Thursday afternoon and were shown a number of pitches to choose from. We settled on a lovely spot on the higher level with fantastic views (although to be fair there were great views, with different perspectives, from all over the site).
As has been said by most others, the pitches are very generously sized – no packing in like sardines here – and the picnic tables and fire pits are a great addition. The facilities were spotless and I never had to wait for a shower or loo even though the site got busier over the weekend. The cookhouse is a great idea, we used it for washing up and were also able to borrow a pan we needed for a meal one evening from the plentiful equipment in there.
We visited Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Kirkcudbright and a few of the local beaches. We actually took the wrong path heading down to the beach accessible from the site and missed the sandy beach, but found ourselves on a rocky shore which we had all to ourselves, which was delightful.
I haven’t been to this part of Scotland since I was a child when we had a family camping trip to Gatehouse. However we will certainly be returning, indeed we may become regular visitors.
My one tip would be to stock up on provisions before you get there. We were grateful for a small-ish Tesco in Kirkcudbright for some basics we’d forgotten to take, but other food shopping options seem to be limited.
Many thanks to Patricia and Neil for a fantastic weekend and we hope to be back soon.
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| Date of Visit: April 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Reiver0112 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Excellent site with good clean facilities and superb views.
Only 5 minutes walk to the sea through lovely woodland walks.
Only a few miles from Kirkudbright.
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| Date of Visit: April 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
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| Reviewer: Cazbix |
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A lovely small campsite with great views. Pitches are spacious with bbq and pick-nick tables, toilet facilities modern and clean 2 showers and two toilets in each block for the women, I think it was the same for the men’s, (Although I think it could do with another toilet block )
The waste and chemical water disposal is near the top toilet block which could be a bit of a walk with a full tank, if you are not on the gravel pitch area at the top, ( if you require a hard standing pitch ring and ask, as we were on a grass pitch)
Some nice strolls direct from site.
Nearest main shop about 3 to 4 miles away so stock up before you arrive.
A great site for families with younger children and couples, perhaps a bit too quiet for families with teenagers. Small playpark.
Ideal for us and a site we will definitely return, the owners was exceptionally nice as helpful
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Is Solway View Caravan & Camping Site child friendly? YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities
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