Westlands Country Park

View prices & book 8.6 242 reviews
Entrance pond
Entrance pond
Touring area on a sunny day
Touring area on a sunny day
Front entrance pond
Touring pitches
Fishing lake
Wildlife
Well-maintained pitches on a 100-acre site
1/115
Touring area on a sunny day
Touring area on a sunny day
Front entrance pond

  • Gretna country park with fly fishing and clay pigeon shooting
  • Over 100 acres with three fishing ponds
  • Shooting tuition, shop and café
Found a great catch or fancy a shotgun wedding? Sorted: this fab shooting and fishing site is 10 minutes' drive from Gretna Green. Spread over 100 acres of grounds in the Dumfries and Galloway countryside, Westlands Country Park combines outdoor activities with fine natural surrounds: there are three fishing ponds here for starters, with some whoppers weighing in at 12lb (catch and release or keep a few to barbecue for supper). You won’t find the clay pigeons as tasty as the trout but the shooting’s a lark, with the faux-birds being launched from a 140-foot tower. Novices can book a session with an instructor, but if you’ve got a shotgun licence you can hone your skills with some tuition or just head for the traps (booking essential). The site has a café serving hot food from 9am and a small shop for basics… it’s hungry work all that shootin’ and fishin’, after all… And even if you’re not planning any nuptials, Gretna has pubs, eateries and supermarkets for stocking up.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 27
Touring caravan pitches 27
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 50
Tent pitches 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Facilities/activities including fishing, shooting range access are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.

Languages spoken

English

This site is a member of Border Caravans group.

View all Border Caravans parks.

No availability here for your search criteria

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children
0 dogs
Other options

Reviews

8.6

Overall rating from 242 Pitchup.com customers

  • 50%
    10
  • 8%
    9
  • 23%
    8
  • 1%
    7
  • 11%
    6
  • 0%
    5
  • 2%
    4
  • 0%
    3
  • 2%
    2
  • 0%
    1
Location
 9
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 9
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 7
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
 8
Peaceful

84% would recommend this site to a friend

79% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a well-maintained and clean site with friendly, helpful staff and excellent facilities, including a popular restaurant and bar. Its location is convenient for motorway access and exploring the area. While the clay pigeon shooting can be noisy during the day, it stops in the evening. Some guests noted the distance to toilet blocks from touring pitches and minor maintenance issues in older facilities.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 25
Arrival date (latest first)

Level pitches, staff friendly

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 6
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 6
Customer service
 8
Child friendliness
 5
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 9
Aileen B.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Good sized pitches, good range/availability in the shop

Disliked Shower/toilet blocks too far away from touring pitches. Showers dated and too hot with no option to cool water down

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great value stopover, but dont bother with the Restuarant.

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 No rating
Customer service
 No rating
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 No rating
Wifi
 No rating
Stuart H.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great value for a single night stop over.

Disliked The resturant. We have used Westlands around Easter time four years in a row now, for a single night stop over. Each time we stay the resturant gets worse. Sullen, disinterested staff with a shocking attitude and some very average food that looked shop bought. We will use the site again, but won't be wasting good money in the resturant anymore.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site!

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 7
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 No rating
Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Spacious pitches, well looked after grounds and toilet block, lovely building and friendly staff!

Disliked Toilet block was a little far from pitch. Could only be an “us” issue with out little one

Recommend to friends Visit again

Definitely a place for adults

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 9
Value for money
 6
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 9
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 1
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
 1
Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Clean site with great facilities and serviced pitches. Staff friendly and welcoming.

Disliked Nothing for children to do.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi play park coming this summer, so hope to see you all again.

We had a great stay, will visit again

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 6
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Shirley F.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked We were just looking for a place to go off grid for a night, this was perfect, we were the only people there, the owner has a spot set up fir fir pit, and he had chopped wood and left it out for us to use

Disliked Absolutely nothing , it was all good, just need to mark the entrance , as we missed it first time.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely fully serviced pitch . Quiet…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Vanessa C.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely fully serviced pitch . Quiet site with peacocks freely walking about. Lovely, clean shower block. Bar and restaurant serve good food and very dog friendly. We were aware it was a clay pigeon shooting site so not for nervous dogs, ours didn’t bother . Ideally located for visiting the local areas.

Disliked Small pitches, wouldn’t beable to fit our awning on and park next to the caravan but we didn’t bother with the awning. Parking is very close if you chose to put an awning up instead

Recommend to friends Visit again

Westlands is near to a clay pigeon range from 9 till 4. Your choice.

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 8
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 7
Trevor B.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Stayed loads. A class site and a class fantastic team. Any issues they sort it. Please after 9 in the morning till 4pm the guns can be heard on the clay pigeon range. If you do not like it do not come. It’s your choice but do not slate the place.

Disliked Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A nice site was did not meet my expectations due to fishing issues.

Overall

6 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 7
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 5
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 3
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
 9
David M.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Well kept site, friendly staff @ reception. Handy just minutes off motorway.

Disliked Advertised both catch and release and keep a couple. Got there only to be told only catch and release. My son and i came down specifically to fish and to be told this was very disappointing. Then when we went to book was told the ponds had not been stocked for a while. Why stock a pond that you put the fish back.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely location, Well kept grounds, immaculate…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 7
sue H.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely location, Well kept grounds, immaculate showering and toilet facilities, helpful and friendly staff, lovely reasonably priced restaurant and bar, cannot fault anything would definitely return.

Disliked Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely setting and amazing facilities on…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Elizabeth M.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely setting and amazing facilities on site, first time staying here in the motorhome but have stayed before in a lodge - we will be back

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

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 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

Forest Lake and/or mountain Luxury Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery 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

Type

Pub campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Westlands Country Park

The Broats Moss

Annan

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG12 6RS

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

55.00919°N
3.15969°W

Route directions

Please follow road signs to Westlands Activity Centre.

Nearest transport

Coach
4.4 mi War Memorial
4.4 mi War Memorial
4.4 mi Market Square
Rail
3.8 mi Gretna Green Rail Station
4.5 mi Annan Rail Station
11 mi Lockerbie Rail Station
Ferry
27.6 mi Leaplish Ferry Landing
28.6 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
28.7 mi Keswick 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

You don’t have to confine your fishing to the ponds: head to Port Carlisle (35 minutes' drive) for sea fishing from the Solway estuary banks, or 55 minutes to Bassenthwaite in the Lake District. Closer to home, Westlands is a 10-minute drive from Annandale Distillery for those who care to celebrate their fishing or shooting prowess with a single malt: tours are available every day and the distillery also has a café serving afternoon teas and regional food including haggis, plus Scottish and local craft beers and ciders… and a fine selection of whisky, of course. It’s a 40-minute trip to Bowness-on-Solway, at the tip of the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; walk the Hadrian’s Wall Trail all 73 miles to Tyneside if you fancy it, or march a shorter section and picnic on the walls like legionaries did. Some fine family-friendly walks start from Burgh-by-Sands (35 minutes) and Silloth (50 minutes), taking in the (alleged) resting place of Edward I, Hammer of the Scots, and the wildlife of the wetlands; various do-in-a-day bike routes start from Carlisle, Kirkbride (35 minutes) and Silloth to see the region from the saddle. If you’re seeking more pulse-racing stuff, try flyboating nine metres over the water or jetskiing at Wetjets in Dumfries (25 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Southerness 19.8 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Allonby 19.9 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Sandyhills 24.2 mi Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Rockcliffe 27.2 mi Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 3.9 mi

Carlisle Castle 11.6 mi

Robert Burns Centre 18.6 mi

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 18.6 mi

Birdoswald Roman Fort 22.1 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 25.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hadrian's Wall Part 1 - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 4.4 mi

CAMPFIELD MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/11/2006) 6 mi

Burgh Marsh and the Edward 1 Monument 6.8 mi

Battle of Solway Moss, 1542 7.8 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 2 - Carlisle to Lanercost Priory 11.7 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?

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Westlands Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Westlands Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Westlands Country Park? You don’t have to confine your fishing to the ponds: head to Port Carlisle (35 minutes' drive) for sea fishing from the Solway estuary banks, or 55 minutes to Bassenthwaite in the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Westlands Country Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Westlands Country Park? From £15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.