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Three Lochs Holiday Park
Balminnoch
Kirkcowan
Newton Stewart
Dumfries and Galloway (Browse area)
DG8 0EP
Tel: 01671 830304
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Pitches: 167
Open: 01/03/2024 to 31/10/2024
01/03/2025 to 31/10/2025
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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 |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <5 miles |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports On Site |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Public Transport |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: May 2019 |
Unit: Static |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Woodwillows |
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 Lovely unspoiled site on the edge of the forest. 3 lochs to walk to. Fishing; kayaking; jet skis on loch Ronald.
Around 100 static caravans in site. Also tourers and tents. Heated indoor pool; pub restaurant; launderette small essential s shop. Great place for horse riding mountain bikes; shooting and archery. Loved it that much bought our own static.
Nearest town is Newton Stewart 10 miles or village is Glenluce 7 miles. Ferry links at Stranrear 18 miles. Beaches and tourist attractions nearby. They are building a new child play area this year. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Poppiepiechucker |
3 reviews from this member |
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An excellent site. It has its own bar and restaurant with good food and drink at very reasonable prices.
The showers and washrooms/loos (ladies at least) are extremely clean and I was only ever the only one using them! The swimming pool is available for you to book for your own use only which was fantastic.
There is fishing in the lochs, cycling (flattish routes too) right on the door step, and Newton Stewart or Wigtown is just a short drive away.
Half an hours drive is Portpatrick which is always worth a visit for the food as well as the views.
This site is improving all the time (we have had 4 visits so far) and the addition of their own bar/restaurant is excellent.
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Jillilotsatents |
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3 Lochs is set amongst the bonnie braes of Balminnoch, seven miles from Glenluce village, nearest beach is Stairhaven just a mile or two from Glenluce at Luce Bay, twelve from Newton Stewart, (great shops, 2 supermarkets and friendly locals and twenty or so miles from Stranraer, lots of shops/supermarkets, ferry, trains, and is one of the most scenic sites I have ever been on.
Find a beautiful place and get lost? Yes I sure did, and what a lovely view of Loch Heron I had and what a delight to be so near to all the ponies and horses. The staff are a great team, friendly and helpful and there are basic supplies available in the shop at reception.
At the weekends there is always entertainment up in the friendly pub and a chance to dance and a great time is to be had with the static owners and visitors alike. It is wonderful to meet folk from all over the UK and also the hard working, friendly contractors from Europe (the Polish and Scottish are the best dancers!)
There is a nice clean restaurant with really good food too. There are lots of outdoor pastimes to do with shooting, archery, fishing, pony trekking, cycling, and a small heated swimming pool as well as a nice play park for the wee ones and a cute wooden barbecue hut for the big folk. I call this park 'Middle Age Paradise' and I hope to return soon. I heard the owners have big plans for this place, perhaps luxury lodges with hot tubs down by the Lochs???
As for the dreaded Scottish midge, if you burn incense sticks they will stay away and if you put any kind of oil (margarine even works in an emergency i. E. After rain when they swarm )on your skin they will stick to it and be unable to bite.
Fly mesh sprinkled with Eucalyptus oil on the caravan door also helped and fly paper in the awning, and of course there are no midges in the pub! If you really can't hack them, then ask staff when they are the worst, and choose to go either early or later, but when the breeze blows they are not a problem.
I heard Christmas and New Year are fantastic on the site, and vans and lodges get fully booked months ahead. I really really Loved it here and cherish the wonderful summer I had which was a real bonus after having serious health problems. Happy days and happy memories. Thank you 3 Lochs, love you all, Spooky
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| Date of Visit: July 2016 |
Unit: Static |
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| Reviewer: Tracey1412 |
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Great location if you're looking for something out of the way, peaceful and long walks with gorgeous scenery.
It's also not that far from Stranraer and Portpatrick to go away for the day or visit the shops. The shop on site has very limited supplies but this doesn't bother us as we arrive after doing our holiday shop. Great for kids as you can hire bikes for them or they can play football in the park or play on all the facilities in the park.
Also on site is a small swimming pool which can be hired out for 45 minutes at a time which is great if you're looking for a peaceful swim or just want it to be you and the family. It's also free to hire out too.
For additional cost, you can book pony trecking, archery, fishing or shooting. These are all reasonably priced and the people who run them are lovely and take great care and attention in explaining what you will be doing and how to do it.
This place wont be your cup of tea if you're looking for a park that has full on entertainment every night as the small pub and restaurant is just that. They do have occasional singers or karaoke and the odd party for halloween or christmas etc. The food in the place is gorgeous too, generous portions and reasonably priced.
We've stayed here twice, in different vans and were happy on both occasions. The vans are clean, have ample appliances ie microwave, cooking utensils, dishes etc although I take my own slow cooker.
We are due to go back again and have booked the same caravan as before as it has a hot tub and large decking for sitting outside on lovely sunny days or clear starry nights.
I have grown up going to my parents caravan for years so love caravan holidays but stumbled upon this site by accident and can honestly say I love this place more. Quiet, peaceful and away from it all.
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| Date of Visit: June 2015 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Canyaker |
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A nice sized site. Facilities and activities for children. Small shop but with limited opening times. Handy for fishing in the lochs and with canoeing / boating in one of the lochs where there are some nice landing spots.
Good for dog walking. One thing that shocked me was getting zapped by an electric fence while trying to pet a horse. There were little warning signs but not so obvious in the gloom and the one where I was had fallen off. But a lot of younger kids can't read or notice signs day or night. It does seem strange, even irresponsible that a live electric fence be sited where it was.
The other thing to beware of is the MIDGES, but that is common to the whole Galloway area. Apart from the bites, dead bodies carpeted the caravan and tables in the awning and all round the window seals.
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| Date of Visit: September 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Melvi |
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This site is fantastic. It has a very relaxing atmosphere about it but also has lots to do. We stayed a long weekend and in that short time we managed rifle shooting, clay pigeon, archery, fishing and pony trekking.
You might think this would be pricey but in fact the best value for money I have come across as Paul the instructor couldn't do enough to make it a great experience. Great views over one of the lochs.
Good playpark for the kids. Nice pool and never too busy as you book a time in for your family. Very friendly staff. Takeaway food was good and reasonably priced.
Will be back next year for a week long stay.
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| Date of Visit: June 2012 |
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| Reviewer: David831888 |
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Three lochs holiday park was average and overpriced. Camping fee of £9 per night was a bit much and the facilities were pretty dated and inadequate (only two showers in male toilet for entire campsite and dirty sinks).
Although the staff were friendly and the assault course, indoor pool, games room and cafe were awesome the main problem was the midge infestation. These midges aren't repelled by anything and will eat you alive, they are simply unbearable so forget the fishing at the lakes in the summer.
I was intending stay for two nights but left after one and have vowed never to camp in or near the Galloway forest during summertime. Horrible experience (due to the midges).
To sum it up in one word. Boufin'
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: The Curries |
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First visit and will return.
Excellent friendly staff, laid back but, still attentive and cheerful.
We arrived a bit late into the afternoon, and received a warm friendly greeting.
Loads of information available on the site, fishing, swimming, horse trekking as well as great walking and cycling on roads that are quiet, and all this in beautiful surrounding countryside.
We had planned to Clay Pigeon Shoot, we were disappointed that the clay launcher was out of order, but, we were however offered the alternative Air Rifle shoot but, not for us.
The three lochs are close and lovely to walk around, popular with fisherman, my husband and son had more than a few happy hours participating, while me and the dog wandered the countryside.
Excellent road standard all around the area if your a cyclist, we enjoyed covering many miles.
A great site suited us perfectly!
Negatives - the toilets and showers need up grading, but there are future plans to build a new touring site hooray! It's a place that deserves it.
Midges! and they wear tackity boots ! But they won't stop me returning.
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Zeb74 |
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Myself and my 2 eldest sons (13 and 10) are just back from 3 nights at the 3 Lochs and we really enjoyed ourselves.
The site is in an beautiful location and only 7 miles from Newton Stewart.
We found the staff immediately friendly and welcoming on arrival and throughout our stay.
We went to the 3 lochs primarily for a spot of fishing. The first, Loch Heron is literally just across the road from the site and a little further up the bumpy lane is Loch Ronald which is the biggest of the 3. We fished both Ronald and Heron and we had a selection of small Perch, Jack Pike and Skimmer Bream.
A lovely location to fish and we will definitely be back for more.
We also made use of the on site cafe which was great for the first night when I couldn't be bothered to cook in the caravan, the food was superb.
We all made use of the indoor swimming pool which was lovely and warm!
The site toilets were always clean although only one shower unit was available at the time. The shower itself was the hottest I've ever known on the coolest setting be warned!
The shop on site seemed well stocked with the essentials and the fishing tackle shop was excellent for any bits you've forgot or for replacements.
There is a great outdoor play area for the kids and we also had a go at the 'pitch and putt' some of the holes were quite long so be prepared for a good walk!
There is also a small games room for those not so sunny days that we get a lot of in Scotland.
My one word of advice is make sure you take midge repelant! the area is well known for the abundance of midgies! and even with repellent I have brought home a few bites, this is by noway enough to put us off returning for a 2nd trip to the 3 lochs in the future.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Koozi1 |
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What a place to visit, the staff bent over backwards to help and made it extra special.
For activities for young and old alike it is wonderful. We tried the archery, clay pigeon shooting and the pool. The pool is a godsend if the weather turns it keeps the kids happy for hours. We never got to try the many other activities on offer, but on our return visit we will make an effort to see what we missed.
The gamesroom is small but well kitted out, the cafe is good and the shop will get what you need.
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