When can I check in and check out of Castle Cary Holiday Park?

Camping and touring Arrive: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Depart by: 12 p.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Castle Cary Holiday Park?

From £25 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Castle Cary Holiday Park

View prices & book Last booked 2 hours ago 8.8 592 reviews

View of the electric pitch and castle/restaurant

Pitches and view of the castle and restaurant

Spectacularly scenic lakeside park, set around a 16th-century castle
A 10-minute drive from Newton Stewart and the Galloway Forest Park
Pools, inn, crazy golf, games room, playground and donkey corner

Care for a hol among spectacular Scottish scenery… on a fably kitted out park with access to its own loch for fishing – and with its own swish inn and restaurant to keep you fully fuelled? Come and call upon family-run Castle Cary Holiday Park in Dumfries and Galloway. Set a handy seven miles from Newton Stewart, Castle Cary is in splendid surrounds with royally fine views over the local woodland, fields and the estuary of the River Cree. It's centred around a 16th-century baronial castle, part of which has been restored as the Laird's Inn, a warm and cosy space of wooden beams, stone walls and open fires (it's best to book a table in advance here as it's rather popular). The inn's the place to retreat to after a day getting active around the site and in the local countryside: you can fish here or in river, sea or loch nearby; there's sailing, boating, horse riding and wild swimming all nearby, and Galloway Forest Park is 10 minutes' drive north. Castle Cary has excellent amenities to go with its smartly kept pitches, including a chalet building with showers, toilets, a disabled-access toilet, a baby changing room, a laundry room and sinks; guests also have access to a dishwashing area. The site also has a family-run café that serves breakfasts, meals, snacks, coffee and sweet treats. Facilities are rather fine too, with two big heated pools (one indoor and one outdoor; charges apply for both), a heated paddling pool, a playground, crazy golf, a games room with pool tables and video games, and – pretty much guaranteed to make the kids go gaga – a donkey corner to greet the site's four-legged residents.

Site type

Open all year

Tourist board rating

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
All: access to the swimming pool is not included in the rate and is charged £2.50 per adult and £2.00 per child per session.
The outdoor swimming pool is open between 30/05 and 31/08 (subject to weather conditions).
Entertainment and activities are available between 23/03 and 30/09.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
Reception is unmanned after 4 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
Minimum spacing of 3 metres between pitches.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

The café is open daily from 1 April to 30 September, and from Friday to Sunday from 1 October to 31 March. The Laird's Inn opening times will vary depending on the season. You are advised to book tables in advance for the restaurant.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

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Location		9
Value for money		9
Accommodation		9
Facilities / Activities		9
Customer service		9
Child friendliness		9
Cleanliness		9
Wifi		6

87% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a popular, family-friendly site with excellent facilities including swimming pools, a cafe, and the well-regarded Lairds Inn restaurant. Visitors praise the clean, modern shower blocks and the abundance of wildlife. Pitches are generally spacious and level, with many noting the friendly and helpful staff. Some minor issues include dated facilities in certain areas and occasional traffic noise.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Campfire to prevent getting biting my midges.

Fishing in the pond. my partner had great fun !!

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Arrival date (latest first)

It a lovely site, well set up generously sized pitches . We didn’t…

Overall 8 out of 10
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Cleanliness		7
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Aug 2025 Margaret B.

Fully-serviced hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked It a lovely site, well set up generously sized pitches .
We didn’t use any of the family facilities as we didn’t have children with us, but they appeared to well maintained and were being enjoyed by the children there.
The Lairds Inn was excellent, the food was beautifully cooked and the service was impeccable. I would highly recommend it, but definitely book in advance.
Great dog walking facilities all in all an excellent site for families & adults alike.

Disliked The en-suite toilet facilities although a good idea, there needs to be a way for them to be cleaned after use as they are left in a very messy state.
But more importantly the doors need to have proper locks, as these are unisex facilities the locks were either rather flimsy or just didn’t work at all. This could at best cause a rather embarrassing incident or at worst leave young girls ,boys and woman vulnerable to attack.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely friendly park

Overall 10 out of 10
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Aug 2025 Karen D.

Fully-serviced hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Size of park. Facilities. Very clean. Toilets very clean

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Could be better, wouldn't come back in a hurry.

Overall 5 out of 10
Location		9
Value for money		5
Accommodation		5
Facilities / Activities		3
Customer service		5
Child friendliness		4
Cleanliness		4
Wifi		1

Aug 2025 Alison T.

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked Pitch area

Disliked Facilities could have been cleaner and quite dated now. unfortunately loud karaoke blasting out of the lairds inn pub til 11pm at night really spoiled it for us, could hear it even down at the bay view field. Not great for families.

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Recommended especially for families

Overall 8 out of 10
Location		8
Value for money		9
Accommodation		8
Facilities / Activities		10
Customer service		10
Child friendliness		10
Cleanliness		7
Wifi		5

Aug 2025 Victoria A.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The pitches were good had water and electric hook up , hard standing . The facilities were great, loved the swimming pools. The pub on site was lively, food was quality.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Big site, close to lots of attractions

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

Aug 2025 Kirsty M.

Electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked Loved the staff, the swimming pools, the super cosy toilet and shower block. Plenty for kids to do on site between the park, the football goal, crazy golf, games room etc. The cafe was great and very reasonable.

Disliked A small minority of guests who left dog poo and rubbish. Not the staff’s fault who were trying to clean up behind people but should never have had to! The noise from the road. It’s not a particularly peaceful site

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Was lovely site to stay at.

Overall 8 out of 10
Location		10
Value for money		6
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Facilities / Activities		10
Customer service		10
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Cleanliness		10
Wifi		1

Aug 2025 Anonymous

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked Staff were lovely. Site was big and enjoyed my week away with a sense of security.

Disliked The rules are not allowed to play music after 11. Got a noise complaint at 10 past 10 one night. And accused of smoking cannabis. Wasn’t aware of WiFi on site

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Not much…

Overall 3 out of 10
Location		1
Value for money		1
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Facilities / Activities		3
Customer service		1
Child friendliness		1
Cleanliness		1
Wifi		1

Aug 2025 Nicole H.

Electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked Not much

Disliked Pool times no one has a clue to when you can swim, dirty site rubbish everywhere and very dirty camp site

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Site was in a great location, easy to find out the way…

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

Aug 2025 Marc J.

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked Site was in a great location, easy to find out the way from everything but only a 10 minute drive away from Newton Stewart so was easy to pop out for anything we needed

pub on site does excellent food and service was brilliant

showers and toilets were clean and tidy

facilities were good staff were friendly and helpful

first night we had a clear night so got to see the stars like I've never seen them before

Recommend to friends Visit again

We loved Castle Cary Holiday Park ,very spacious pitches and lovely walks…

Overall 7 out of 10
Location		7
Value for money		9
Accommodation		7
Facilities / Activities		6
Customer service		6
Child friendliness		8
Cleanliness		7
Wifi		8

Aug 2025 Annette m.

Fully-serviced hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked We loved Castle Cary Holiday Park ,very spacious pitches and lovely walks ,didn't get to try the Lairds inn as it was fully booked

Disliked The Cafe wasn't as good as we'd have liked took ages to get served Breakfast and didn't like the idea that the shop was in the cafe where you ate

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great family site, all amenities for a great holiday.

Overall 10 out of 10
Location		10
Value for money		10
Accommodation		10
Facilities / Activities		9
Customer service		10
Child friendliness		10
Cleanliness		10
Wifi		6

Aug 2025 Pamela S.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked We have stayed before but took the grandchildren this time. They loved it we went swimming lin the heated pool also an outdoor one. played crazy golf which is free, spent time in the arcade and had a lovely lunch in the on site cafe. Kids took their bikes and played out most of the time,in the evening we had booked a table at Lairds restaurant which is onsite and the meal and service was great. The staff at castle Cary are great. Then we went back to the motorhome sat outside at our very large bay and listened to the entertainment of a singer and kids played out on their bikes. The site is clean, toilets clean, dish washing facilities clean,reasonably priced for everything and some lovely walks one into creetown a nice wee Scottish village.

Disliked The only thing I disliked was some dog owners didn’t pick up behind their dog opposite to us. There are woods to let them poo in.

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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 cafe On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available 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 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

Forest Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise 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 Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches) Pub campsite

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Castle Cary Holiday Park

Newton Stewart

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

DG8 7DQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.8907°N
4.3808°W

Nearest transport

Coach

0.7 mi St John Street

Rail

21.4 mi Barrhill Rail Station

25.7 mi Stranraer Rail Station

Ferry

25.6 mi Stranraer Ferry Terminal

25.8 mi Cairnryan P&O Ferry Terminal

26.9 mi Cairnryan Stena Line Ferry Terminal

Airport

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

Dumfries and Galloway is stuffed with activities and attractions for all ages and tastes. To access a good number of these at once, drive 20 minutes to the activity and adventure centre Cream o' Galloway, where there's a woodland playground, rides and slides, nature trails and indoor play. Further afield at Loch Ken there's Galloway Activity Centre, for watersports, mountain biking and climbing. Keep the kids sweet at the Cocoabean Company (20 minutes), where they can get stuck into interactive workshops and indoor and outdoor play: yes, there's a chocolate shop here too.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Mossyard	6.1 mi	Estuary	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Carrick	7.7 mi	Sea	N/A	N/A	Good	Good
Brighouse Bay	12.6 mi	Sea	N/A	Poor	Poor	Poor
Dhoon Bay	12.8 mi	Estuary	N/A	Poor	Poor	Poor
Rockcliffe	23.3 mi	Estuary	N/A	Poor	Poor	Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Cycle routes

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

Other

Creetown - Fell Quarries - Kirkmabreck - Creetown 0.5 mi

Creetown - Balloch Wood - Cardoon Ponds 0.7 mi

Carsluith - Kirkmabreck - Carsluith 2 mi

Around Wigtown 2.9 mi

Cairnsmore of Fleet via the 'Tourist Route' 3.5 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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 28 day(s) of arrival.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.
Guide dogs are allowed on site free of charge.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.

Extras

All: access to the swimming pool is not included in the rate and is charged £2.50 per adult and £2.00 per child per session.
Motorbike(s) can be brought instead of the car(s) included.

General

Bookings are nominative and non-transferable.
Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
Entertainment and activities are available between 23/03 and 30/09.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
Public areas are non-smoking.
Quiet hours must be respected between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.
The site is not liable for any refund in the event of force majeure.

Occupancy

Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).

Pitches

Minimum spacing of 3 metres between pitches.
You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Pool

Please note there is no lifeguard on duty.
The outdoor swimming pool is open between 30/05 and 31/08 (subject to weather conditions).

Reception

If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. between 01/10 and 28/02.
Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between 01/03 and 30/09.
Reception is unmanned after 4 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
Open fires are prohibited.
Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
No vehicle movement between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Only one car is to be parked by the pitch. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.
The car is only included in the rate if you are travelling with a touring caravan or a tent. Cars are not permitted when travelling with a motorhome/campervan.

Visitors

Visitors’ cars are not permitted on site.
Visitors must leave the premises by 10:30 p.m..

Additional terms

The café is open daily from 1 April to 30 September, and from Friday to Sunday from 1 October to 31 March.

The Laird's Inn opening times will vary depending on the season. You are advised to book tables in advance for the restaurant.

Payment terms

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

Does Castle Cary Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
Is Castle Cary Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Castle Cary Holiday Park? Dumfries and Galloway is stuffed with activities and attractions for all ages and tastes. To access a good number of these at once, drive 20 minutes to the activity and adventure centre … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Castle Cary Holiday Park?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Depart by: 12 p.m.

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How much does it cost to stay at Castle Cary Holiday Park? From £25 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Camping and touring
Arrive:	1 p.m. –	5 p.m.
Depart by:	12 p.m.

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Pitch types & availability

What customers say

It a lovely site, well set up generously sized pitches . We didn’t…

Overall

Lovely friendly park

Overall

Could be better, wouldn't come back in a hurry.

Overall

Recommended especially for families

Overall

Big site, close to lots of attractions

Overall

Was lovely site to stay at.

Overall

Not much…

Overall

Site was in a great location, easy to find out the way…

Overall

We loved Castle Cary Holiday Park ,very spacious pitches and lovely walks…

Overall

Great family site, all amenities for a great holiday.

Overall

Leisure on site

Amenities on site

Groups welcome

Rules

Themes

Utilities

Nearby amenities

Type

Nearby leisure

Touring and motorhomes

Timezone

GPS

Nearest transport

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Must see

National Trust

Cycle routes

Other

Local events

Nearest sites

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