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Reviews of Edinburgh Caravan And Motorhome Club Site

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Edinburgh Caravan And Motorhome Club Site
35 37 Marine Drive
Edinburgh
Lothian   (Browse area)
EH4 5EN
Tel: 01342 327 490
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Pitches: 166
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
           01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025

Rating: Average Review Score: 9/10 from 112 Reviews
                9/10 from 112 Reviews

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Who's it for
 Families Welcome   Not Members Only   No Rallies   Not Naturist Site 
 Dogs Welcome   No Dogs Allowed   Groups 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   Gas Exchange   Recycling Facilities 
 No Kitchen Facilities   No Freezer / Fridge    Motorhome Point   Wifi Access 
 Shop <1 mile   Bar <1 mile   Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Activities
 Kids Playground   No TV Room   No Games Room   No Evening Ents 
 Fishing <5 miles   No Wild Swimming   Indoor Pool <5 miles   No Outdoor Pool 
 No Horse Riding   No Cycle Hire   Golf On Site   No Tennis 
 Beach <5 miles   Watersports <5 miles   No Boat Launch 
Other Features
 No Sea Views   Not Working Farm   No Campfires Allowed   Open All Year 
 No Waterside Pitches   Public Transport <1 mile  Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 

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Date of Visit: April 2009 Unit:  Motorhome
Reviewer: Geordie01 14 reviews from this member

 Update on site.

The no 42 bus no longer stops at site gates. There is now a 10 min walk to bus stops to city.

There is also a mini bus service to the city from the site and back again every 30 mins from 9.30 am cost is £2.00 each way. Lauriston farm pub at Silver Knowes is now a toby carvery, good ales at good prices but food side still seems as chaotic as it was when it was Brewers Fayre. 


Date of Visit: April 2009 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Heather37 13 reviews from this member

 Just came back from a 4 night stay and was not so sure about this site. Don't get me wrong it is up to the usual CC high standards and yes the toilets were brill. Couldn't hear the road outside and we were 4 pitches away from it and the planes are great to see, not as intrusive as some have wrote

Now for the bad bits (only if you have older kids) There is nowhere for them to knock about a ball or play, we did take the bikes but soon got bored. If you go over the road at the entrance there are steps down to the prom (very steep and extremely tiring) They can play there with a lovely view of the firth of fourth. But my hubby had to go about 4 times a day and was shattered come the end for the stay.

The bus does not stop any more outside the site and you have a 20 min walk to the bus stop (the warden told me 10min but I timed it) you can get the no27 or the no16 and these run every 15 mins. Time tables in the info area

I would still recommend this site as there is a lot to do in Edinburgh but if your 10 year old is football crazy I'm not sure. 


Date of Visit: April 2009 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Lion_tamer20 18 reviews from this member

 Just returned from staying on this site over Easter. Cannot praise this site enough. We visited with my daughter son in law and four grandchildren aged 4 to 15yrs. Although the site was full the wardens kept the toilet and shower facilities immaculate at all times. It has a play area for young children something which the caravan club does not always provide on its sites and also an excellent babyroom with bath toilet and changing facilities for babies and toddlers.

Unfortunately the local service bus no longer stops at the site so a 10 min walk is required to the nearest bus stop. A private mini coach service is now operating visiting the site running every 30 mins a mini coach to Edinburgh centre for a fare of £2 each way.

We had a meal in the Toby carvery which we all enjoyed it is close to the site and good value for money.

Would not hesitate to recommend this site to anyone camping or caravanning and wanting to visit Edinburgh 


Date of Visit: October 2008 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: WilliamLX 10 reviews from this member

 We stayed at this site on a half term visit to Edinburgh. This was our first stay on a Caravan Club site and we found it to be of a very high standard. The toilet / shower block was so warm and clean it was pleasant to use and was a revelation after being used with old, cold and often dirty toilet / shower facilities on sites in Ireland.
The pitches have electric but no water or drain which is the only negative point I would make about the site. They are gravel so offer the benefits of hard standing for wet weather but still allow an awning.

The site is situated on the northern edge of the city within site of the sea and a 10 minute drive either into the centre of the city or along the docks to where the Royal Yacht Britannia is docked. It is worth noting that the residential area near the site is quite rough looking but we had no trouble and security on the site seems good. Something
I found to be a problem was that all the approach roads to the site have speed bumps every 10 yards which is not ideal when towing a caravan. The weather was atrocious the evening we arrived and the road outside the site was flooded almost to the point of being impassable! Unlike others we noticed no undue road or aircraft noise during our 4 night stay.

All in all a great site ideal for a city break! 


Date of Visit: October 2008 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Billy coutts 15 reviews from this member

 Just back from our second visit to this site. You soon forget about plane noise above you! Still well kept site even though you hardly see the wardens going about their duties. Toilets must still be one of the best we've ever come across.
Used the No 42 bus from outside the gate a lot. Saves the hassle of parking in city centre. Brilliant new Morrisons supermarket just opened less than a mile from site. Local takeaways still as good also. Shame its too far away for us to use for weekends but will be back next year during one of our longer holiday periods.
Kids loved this site this time too and found they were never out of the play area when we were on site. 

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Date of Visit: July 2008 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Buzzybee 2 reviews from this member

 Have to agree with other reviewers - facilities excellent but some noise from aircraft and road. Best points for us: You can walk along the promenade to Cramond. From there (if you get the tides right), you can walk out to Cramond Island, which is well worth a visit.

An Indian and a Chinese take-away are advertised in the information room - we tried them both and found them both excellent.

We would recommend using the bus to get into Edinburgh as parking is difficult to find and traffic is horrendous at the moment (half of the city centre is being dug up for the installation of a tram system and the other half is all one way so you know where you want to go but end in going in the completely wrong direction).

We will certainly return to this site. 


Date of Visit: July 2008 Unit:  Motorhome
Reviewer: Karl51 27 reviews from this member

 We started our summer holiday here, this was the 1st time we'd been to this site but we'll be back again.

As you would except from a CC site the pitches are large enough and the shower / toilet blocks are kept to a high standard. There is a dog walk on site which my bull terrier loved because the trail was through a wood. The site also has a WIFI connection for those who want to surf the web from their own van.

Great travel links to the city centre with a bus stop outside the site gates, for those who wish to drive its about 4 miles.

The area is going through redevelopment with a new school and homes also being built. There are shops close by which we walked to, the area looked rough but the staff in Somefields, Chinese take away & off licence were all very friendly.

If fitness is your thing then there is a golf course bordering the site and you can do as much walking as your legs can take along the shoreline.

You are in the flight path of Edinburgh airport but you get used to it. As said before there does appear to be a bit of an unofficial race track at night for the local boy racers, we combated that by getting a central pitch. 


Date of Visit: June 2008 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: BillHox 3 reviews from this member

 As per the previous comment, good bus links to the city centre. The site is up to the usual CC standards, clean well run, well laid out. If you are a light sleeper though, this may not be the place for you, with the site being in the landing path for the airport and the roadway out front doing a passable impression of Brands Hatch at some ungodly hours (3:00 am and 4:00 am).
There are shops local (within 1 mile 'ish). The local area does give the impression of being 'run down', but there is some obvious re-development going on, so by the time you visit, the area may be totally different. On a more positive note, there is a good promenade for walking and if you like a round of golf, the golf course is close to the site. All in all, my wife and I enjoyed our stay here, and will visit again in a couple of years. 


Date of Visit: April 2008 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Viggo 15 reviews from this member

 An excellent site for sightseeing in the city, with easy bus connections right outside the gate. Buy a 'day ticket' for £2.50 and use the buses as 'hop on/hop off' lifts around the city centre to cut down on some of the walking - great value. The art galleries and museums are free, and we spent many hours there.

Facilities on site are up to the usual excellent Club standards (although the piped music in the shower block had disappeared on our visit. Some hate it, but I'd rather hear music than the ablutions of my fellow campers!)

However, it's not somewhere I'd recommend for a relaxing break on-site. It's under the flight path for the nearby airport, the road outside the fence can be busy and there was a lot of noise from nearby playing fields. If peace and quiet are your thing, this isn't the place to be. 


Date of Visit: March 2008 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Wagonlad 6 reviews from this member

 We have used this site twice now and love it, a nice plesant and very well run CC site. I have seen people commenting on the site being like a prison camp ie high fences and cctv cameras around the site, yes they are there, but you dont notice them easily as hedges have grown to hide the fence and the cameras are of the small variety, and after all they are there to protect us and our vans.

The wardens were very polite and helpful and the site upto the CC very high stanards, I love the area being just over the road from the beach and firth of forth.

We would both recomend and use this again and again. 


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