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  Hi all.Has anyone been to the Oban area lately,what are the campsites like around Oban , what is it like parking a motorhome  in Oban itself , same applies to the Fort William area.    Thanks

My sister and husband have a motorhome and they've been to Oban/Fort William several times as they love it.  They're members of the C&CC and tend to mostly use their sites - they stayed at this one http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=4833

A word of warning though, friends of ours just came back from a couple of days in Fort William (hotel, not camping) and they said that the midgies and flies were REALLY bad this year.  They had to find a chemist shop to get anti-histimanes as they were so badly bitten

We stayed at Oban divers camp site in may this year (review submitted, not published yet) It's about 1.75miles from the town. A nice site but it doesn't allow dogs.

 http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=3531

Nice town we only had a day or so to look round as we were getting a ferry to Outer hebrides. We also passed through it last year on the way to Fort William, also a lovely area. As for parking in Oban we parked easily in Tesco's car park, and along the sea front past the ferry terminal (gallanach road) and  at the end of  corran esplanade (ganavan bay, also a small camp site there). We also parked up in the small carpark at McCaigs tower, although the road was a bit narrow and windey. We were in a peugeot boxer van conversion.

Fort William has a large car/coach park just before the town centre were you can park easily, there is a Morrisons carpark further up but it's a bit tight in my view.

 A big thanks to all of those replies i will definitley go well armed with

insect repelent although i dont seem to be as effect as my wife.

thanks again.       welgar

The one justout side Fort william is Glen Nevis

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=2919

I haven't stayed but have heared it reccommended

Jules