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Glen Nevis Caravan And Camping Park
Glen Nevis
Fort William
Highlands (Browse area)
PH33 6SX
Tel: 01397 702191
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Pitches: 500
Open: 15/03/2024 to 05/11/2024
15/03/2025 to 05/11/2025
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
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 Dogs Welcome |
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 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
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 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
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 No Kitchen Facilities |
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| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
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 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Kerry74 |
4 reviews from this member |
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 We stayed here for a weekend in our motorhome with our two dogs. The only negative that I can come up with which is no fault of the park was the midges - argh! However there was solutions for that little problem available in the site shop, so it was only a minor problem. The site itself is beautifully maintained, and the pitch we had offered us plenty of privacy and quiet. Didn't use the restaurant, but the cafe shop was great, and there were seats outside where we could sit with our dogs. The toilets/showering facilities were spotless and the shop was well stocked. I would definitely return to this site and would not hesitate to recommend it as a 5 star to others. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Tabs-R-us |
7 reviews from this member |
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This has to be one of the best campsites I have ever stayed on and puts many of the lake district sites to shame. If only they all put their vast amounts of profit back into their sites like this one.
Facilities:-
The Staff were friendly and very helpful they also work hard to maintain and keep this place clean
Absolutely spotless toilets, and showers that work, play areas for the kids, dog exercise areas. The restaurant has a reasonable menu and many meals were under £10.00
The burger van is a permanent fixture and the quality of food is what you would expect and not that expensive.
If you want to do a BBQ then the Supermarket is a 30 minute walk or 5 minutes in the car.
Just along the road near the camp site is a cafe that will cover lunch for you at a reasonable price.
For those things we forget, the shop can cater for, including Midge nets and insect repellent, you will need it !
I am not a camping snob and can happily camp in the middle of nowhere I know the difference unlike some, but for a family holiday on this place you cant go wrong. The town has leisure centre for those really really wet days.
Pitch:-
I left it far to late to book and reserve a pitch and had to go for the lucky dip. It didn't get busy until the weekend and with a minimum of four metres between tents (as directed in your welcome pack) I still didnt feel penned in.
As for noise after 11pm I don't think so!. Even a quiet conversation can attract the night patrol man.
Maybe just a little over zealous,
Don't forget though, you are going to get the early birds who get up at the crack of dawn to climb Ben Nevis (5-6 hrs all up for the average folk up and down the donkey track. Don't try the CMD route if your not experienced)
Final score for me is 10 out of 10
I will be going back
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: The strolla |
1 review from this member |
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Just back from a wonderful holiday at Glen Nevis. This site gets better each year! The facilities are spotless (the music is a nice touch) Excellent shop that seems to sell everything! and the staff were helpful and friendly. I didn't use the restaurant but other campers reckoned the food was great. I did sample the Burger van and the morning bacon roll was mouth watering. Given the size of this Park it can only be expected that it might be noisy at night (although they do have a silent time from 11-8) Unfortunately we did have a neighbour who felt obliged to share his radio with everyone well after 11pm, so a big thank you to the Warden for rectifying this (professionally!)
We'll be back next year.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Orkney Fire |
2 reviews from this member |
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This site is one I have visited many times over the last few years, and it's one of the best in Scotland (Rothiemurchus being my other favourite). The setting is exquisite: at the foot of Ben Nevis, in the beautiful glen. Facilities are great too, lots of hot water, big mirrors and never a big queue. Waking up and looking up at the mountain is one of the loveliest experiences. HOWEVER. Last time I was there, which as you can see was a couple of years ago, I had a few issues which had nothing to do with the facilities or location. When you arrive you are given a list of rules. (quiet after 11, dogs on leads, no drinking while walking about, no cycling on site, space between pitches, etc).
I was irritated to find a tent very close to ours, kids cycling around, dogs on the loose and the most awful drunken noise late into the night. The warden did not throw out the offenders and I got hardly any sleep. Plus, at 4am when I visited the toilet I found a huge Alsatian right outside my tent, and being terrified of dogs I was very angry. Dogs should be ON A LEAD not wandering about in the night! Anyway I am not the sort of person to make a fuss so I put up with all this and wrote a letter to the manager when I got home. And never got a reply. I am going there again next week and this time if there are any problems I am going straight to the manager!
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Dryan |
4 reviews from this member |
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This is Continental style "mega-campsite". For those from these shores it can be a bit of a different experience from the typical British camping experience. The facilities are excellent and of very high quality, well maintained and staffed. There is a shop on site and several pubs and restaurants in walking distance. The morning views up Ben Nevis are needless to say spectacular. Getting the bus from the YHA you can go further down the Glen to see the meeting of the waters. As several reviewers have pointed out, a campsite of this size in such a popular location is prone to noise problems (bring ear plugs!). Also, this site charges on the basis of tent and pitch size as well as persons (a common policy on the continent) making it rather expensive for a lone camper.
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: SmallB |
12 reviews from this member |
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I am just back from a wonderful 5 nights spent at Glen Nevis and have to say that I am very impressed with the site. The facilities are excellent with clean and numerous showers/loos (with a nice touch of piped Radio 2 to hide those awkward noises!), a fantastic shop with all those forgottten necessities and food, and the best part of all the absolutely fantastic staff who worked there. Throughout they made us feel very welcome and were always helpful.
The site itself is in a glorious location with awsome scenery and a pub and restaurant that form part of the site are less than 5 mins away. Only minor negative was that the bar closes at 1045 each night but this is in support of the site's 'no noise' policy after 1100.
I would thoroughly recommend this site to all and will definitely stay there if up that way again. If you do make it, a trip up 'The Ben' is a must as the views are amazing!
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| Date of Visit: April 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Sifreynir |
2 reviews from this member |
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Last time we were here I was pregnant and it was a little cold at night!
Myself, my partner and our two kids and our third stay.
The site is clean, friendly, has spectacular views. One of the things people from further south may notice, which freaked me out a bit, was how it doesn't seem to get dark during the summer. Just a very long twilight followed by dawn! If you are not prepared for this, it can make for a very bad nights sleep.
The shop is well equipped, clean and well maintained toilet/shower block.
We have visited this site, purely just to visit Fort William and also as a stop over to visit further north onto Inverness.
My daughter has plans to climb the Ben so we will undoubtedly be back!
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: BlueC |
4 reviews from this member |
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In my view this site sets the 'Gold Standard' of all campsites for hikers / campers and I use it as a yardstick to judge other sites by!
I am not sure that it would be a great family holiday site but as a base for climbing Nevis or doing other activities in the area it is absolutely awesome.
We stayed early season 2007 and I was really impressed by everything on the site - the pitches were flat and plentiful and not too cramped (although it wasn't very busy) and the facilities were absolutely superb. Loads of blocks, all clean, modern and large enough to cope with a busy site.
Showers are fantastic as are the washing up facilities. The shop on site is very well stocked and the staff everywhere are friendly. There is even a pub next door for a good feed and drink when you're finished walking.
As with everywhere in Scotland I imagine it would be a nightmare for midges in the summer months but early season it wasn't a problem. Wardens enforced the quiet rule at night so we could get some decent sleep.
(Tip for any experienced walkers: if you're going to do Nevis make sure you go up via the Carn Mor Dearg ridge walk and not the tourist route - it is well worth the hard slog to start with and the views of Nevis on the way up are among the best views I've ever experienced. Casual walkers stick to the tourist route!)
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| Date of Visit: July 2005 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Clark52 |
11 reviews from this member |
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3 tents, me, the wife, 3 kids plus 2 dogs. Only stayed here two nights, climbing Ben nevis as part of our slow "3 peaks" challenge.
Campsite is great, well within walking distance of Fort William, and if your not up to it after doing "the Ben", pub with good food within staggering distance. Dog walking field, not that my 2 were up to much, toilets fine. Shop above average too, with good OS maps and guides.
Only thing which spoiled my time was a group of neds, obviously arriving from a 3 o clock finish in Fort William, carrying on the party until 0530. The whole site was rewarded, however, at 0730 in the morning, by the site of the warden and one helper pouring a bucket of water over their Barbecue and chucking them out! Well done!
Will be back
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| Date of Visit: September 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Derek may |
14 reviews from this member |
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I stayed here in September with my family , it is a very well maintained site for one so large,nice clean toilet blocks with free showers,a well stocked shop that was reasonably priced and a pub just off the edge of the park(i did not try the pub , but looked in and it seemed very nice).the best feature in my opinion ,was to look out of my window straight at the foothills of Ben Nevis.Fort William is within walking distance and is a quaint little town,i can recommend the haggis suppers at the local chippie .From here we went to skye via the mallaig ferry and back over the bridge at kyleakin, this is a trip everyone should take at least once ,the scenery is stunning and worth the mileage .this is a great site for touring the caledonian canal to Inverness or over to Aviemore . or back to the trossachs. All this from a clean well lit site with friendly staff, what more could i want, maybe move it a bit closer to Oxford
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