Advertisement
Reviews of Queensberry Bay Leisure Park
|
|
|
|
Queensberry Bay Leisure Park
Powfoot
Annan
Dumfries and Galloway (Browse area)
DG12 5PN
Tel: 01461 700205
Visit their website Check Digital TV coverage See Weather Forecast
   
|
Pitches: 20
Open: 01/01/2024 to 01/11/2024
01/01/2025 to 01/11/2025
Rating: 
|
 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
 Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
 Show Full Facilities |
| 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 |
 Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming On Site |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <1 mile |
 No Tennis |
 Beach On Site |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
|
 Coastside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
|
Reviews:
71 in total, now showing 1 to 10
Previous 10
Next 10
|
|
Jump to Page
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
|
Write your own Review to win an Outdoor Revolution Screenhouse 4 and £150!
If you've ever visited this campsite please submit a review for your chance to win! Each month one lucky person will have their review picked at random and will win an Outdoor Revolution Screenhouse 4 worth £299 AND £150 of Amazon vouchers. Leave as many reviews as you can for more chances - it only takes a few minutes
|
Date of Visit: October 2022  |
Unit: Motorhome |
Rating: 
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
 | Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| Child friendliness:
| Overall:
|
|
| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Jason E Gooding |
4 reviews from this member |
|
 Superb hidden site to relax away from the light pollution and watch the stars as the sky's were exceptionally dark
Staff were excellent
Showers so clean and low level waste flush point is 1 of the best I have ever used 
 via mobile
|
|
| Date of Visit: August 2021 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| Child friendliness:
| Overall:
|
|
| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Nidgeking63 |
3 reviews from this member |
|
What a difference the new owners have made, no longer are the rules of 4 people to one unit, no matter what size. Shame they don't allow tents though!
The prices are better than they were 5 years ago, and the site now has a brilliant bar and restaurant.
For anyone who visited this site before verdant leisure took over, you need to look at it again, what a difference.
Totally enjoyable, relaxed stay without any silly rules to stick too.
Only compromise for us were the toilet and shower block, showers are now free instead of a pound, and the power and heat isn't as good.
If that's all I can put that's not brilliant, I call that a result.
5* from me.
via mobile
|
|
| Date of Visit: August 2021 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
 | Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| Child friendliness:
| Overall:
|
|
| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Pwilliams63 |
8 reviews from this member |
|
Once off the main road access to site is tight in places. Staff friendly and helpful, the site toilet and shower block once had no soap, but overall was clean and well set out.
Unfortunately the toilet and waste disposal was just an outside toilet with no structure around it.
The beach is a hard mud flat, but you can walk or cycle for miles and is quiet. The site itself is quite at night and we were next to the path to the beach, which was never a problem.
The restaurant food was as you might get anywhere. We had a spot facing the beach area so you could watch the weather.
Might not go again, but is worth as a stop off if you want somewhere quiet in a spacious location.
|
|
| Date of Visit: July 2021 |
Unit: Motorhome |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
 |
Value for money:
| | Overall:
|
|
| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Journo |
19 reviews from this member |
|
Lovely setting on the Solway Firth. On this last visit, I did miss all the animals they used to have here.
On the other hand, the new privacy cubicles with toilet, shower and washbasin are beautiful and the restaurant is a welcome addition.
These are presumably the work of the new owners Verdant Leisure who weren’t particularly au fait with the site and were a pain to deal with when trying to book.
via mobile
|
|
| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
Unit: Motorhome |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| Child friendliness:
| Overall:
|
|
| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Fiona W |
234 reviews from this member |
|
Do read reviews older than 2018 cautiously, as the site is in new ownership and many details have changed. We had 7 days on 3 pitches (had to move for prior bookings on each pitch and helpful cheerful Julie in Reception booked us the final additional single night. )
The Croft or Dunlin £25 pn - grass field, 10 EHU pitches, views of Criffel to the west & fields to the north, and glimpsed views south between statics to the Lakes and sea. The Shore £30 pn - behind the merse or salt marsh, 10 pitches on narrow hardstands with EHU and water, no drains, views to the Lakes and the silty beach (which is enormous at low tide).
You need a grey water canister as there's no MH drive-over drain. Children were happy cycling round & round the site. The shop is basics only, not licensed, big Tesco at the east end of Annan. Free Wi-Fi, stable enough for a Zoom meeting. Dog free, didn't see any mess. Showers £1. Magical night skies - Milky Way clear over the Solway, awesome! And so quiet.
Bus every hour from Cummertrees (25 min walk, use the signed path over the golf course) to Dumfries (--35) and to Annan, Gretna Outlets and Carlisle (--40) - the Scottish bus pass gets that far. (PS the bus company is strict about wearing face coverings during the current pandemic: no mask, no ticket, so take any exemption letter as proof. )
Plenty of dog walks locally - over the golf course and left through the woods behind Cummertrees and or right for the woods behind Powfoot (get home baking from Lainey's house in Powfoot - scones to die for); east along the sandy beach at Powfoot (download a tides app); follow the quiet National Cycle Route through the site as it heads west; go along the merse to the lane for the CL next door.
Walks further afield in Forest of Ae or Mabie Forest. We explored Annandale & Nithsdale and found plenty to see & do. "The Devil's Porridge" Museum at Eastriggs has won awards (it's about making explosives) but due to Covid you do need to book tickets rather than turning up. Caerlaverock castle also needs pre-booked tickets at the moment.
Would we come back? Yes, no doubt.
|
|
Advertisement
|
| Date of Visit: April 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
Rating: 
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
 | Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| Child friendliness:
 | Overall:
|
|
| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Edridsdale |
7 reviews from this member |
|
Revisited this site for third time and it has been taken over by a multi site company who seem to be turning it into a static site very rapidly. Tourers are being accomodated on shoreside which is fine but it isnt very child friendly now, apart from the beach, statics are being sited everywhere on site and the kids playing field looks likely to be sacrificed too. The small animal compound has gone as have the alpacas and ponies in the adjoining field. Great pity as they were a lovely distraction.
The toilet block is fine but there was no hand dryer in the gents all week even though they were notified on my first visit. Not even paper towels and waste bin provided. Disgusting.
If you are into spa use then you will be fine, also short breaks in small cabin like pods or static van hire. Campervans and tourers are coming and going like a stopover site. Not at all welcoming anymore. Will not be returning. Great pity as it was a great site before albeit a bit expensive.
via mobile
|
|
| Date of Visit: September 2018 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| | Overall:
|
|
| Reviewer: AMATEUR |
10 reviews from this member |
|
We booked Queensberry Bay on the recommendation of some friends who had come across it whilst walking and decided to book one of the seafront Pods. They said that you could book seafront caravan pitches which sounded great. However, on calling to book, we found that our caravan was over the length limit for these pitches, so we were given a different pitch.
The road down to the site is very potholed, so take care.
On arrival, we checked in – and were directed to our pitch – driving past the seafront pitches on our way. We were surprised to see a couple of caravans and a motorhome which were definitely longer than our unit, so I popped into the shop to ask – but was told that they shouldn’t have been there and were having to move, so we accepted and pitched up on our grass pitch with electric hook up which was fine, and we did have a bit of a sea view.
Showers and toilets were immaculately clean, opened on a keyfob which had a very hefty deposit. There were individual rooms with toilet, shower and basin – more like a wet room. However, one of my big irritations with campsites is having to pay to use a shower when you have already paid to stay on the site. £1 per shower, which can add up for a family. The shower ran for 5 minutes – decent shower gel, shampoo and conditioner are included. However, as in many sites, the floor was then so wet that on one occasion I decamped to a next door cubicle to dry – but you can only do this when it’s quiet. It would have been helpful to have a few mops or squeegees left out so you could give the floor a mop over. Otherwise the facilities were spotless. There is wifi on site but we couldn’t get a connection.
There’s an on-site shop selling basics, a camping kitchen overlooking the sea, complete with games and binoculars for wet days, and a laundry.
There were animals surrounding the site – Llamas, Donkeys, Ostriches, Horses, which were nice to see. The shop sells food for them too.
There is a nice hotel within walking distance of the campsite, with a great restaurant called Del Amitri (I suggest that you book). If you are a golfer, then the Powfoot Golf course is close too. Annan is close by too – a nice little town with individual shops.
We enjoyed our stay, but there were a few little irritations – the length restriction which wasn’t adhered to (except by us!), the hefty deposit for the keyfob and the cost of the showers. Staff were friendly and helpful.
|
|
| Date of Visit: March 2018 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| | Overall:
|
|
| Reviewer: Mjwurtz |
9 reviews from this member |
|
It's the third time we stay at Queensberry Bay Holiday Park and it is as good as the first time : clean facilities, a nice view on Solvay firth, and very quiet. Add a nice welcome and all is said.
I forget to mention that even after all the rain this year, the grass was not too much soaked.
The only drawback is the small road through Powfoot, which is full of potholes, so you have to drive very carefully
|
|
| Date of Visit: April 2017 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| | Overall:
|
|
| Reviewer: Juekaz |
2 reviews from this member |
|
Just returned from Queensberry Bay. Very relaxing break. Lovely walks with the dog and the site is very dog friendly. Facilities are excellent. We were on the shoreside pitches and they are great. The only downside for us was the only pub within walking distance doesn't allow dogs in so as the weather wasn't great had to sit out in the cold :-(
|
|
| Date of Visit: October 2016 |
Unit: Motorhome |
Rating:
| Rating Breakdown: |
Location:
| Facilities:
| Customer Service:
|
Value for money:
| Child friendliness:
| Overall:
|
|
| Reviewer: Helenmears |
8 reviews from this member |
|
We have used this site many times on our way to and from elsewhere in Scotland and it never disappoints. The shoreside pitches have wonderful views of the Solway and you can walk on the beach (at low tide!) and along the shore. The facilities here are spotless and although the shower is £1 it is a fantastic power shower and worth every penny.
We have never managed to stay more than one night at a time due to always being on our way somewhere else, but there is plenty in the area to keep you occupied on a longer stay e.g. Caerlaverock Castle, wildlife reserves, Dumfries, Burns trail etc.
There is a small shop on site selling essentials and a restaurant at the nearby hotel, main shops are in Annan approx 5 miles away.
Highly recommended.
|
|
Previous
71 Reviews in total, now showing 1 to 10
Next
|
Write a Review of this Site to Win an Outdoor Revolution Prize and £150
 |
Common Questions
Is Queensberry Bay Leisure Park child friendly? YES, it accepts children View all facilities
Where is the nearest shop to Queensberry Bay Leisure Park? There is a shop on site View all facilities
Is Queensberry Bay Leisure Park dog friendly? YES View all facilities
Other Sites Near Annan Other sites within 10 miles - All Sites in Dumfries and Galloway
Latest News, Discounts and Competitions see all...
| Follow us on Facebook! |
 |
You can now follow UKCampsite.co.uk on Facebook! Keep abreast of the latest news and updates much more easily.
Simply click here then click on the Like button! |
|
All reviews and comments are the personal opinion of the review author only , and as such do not represent the view of the UK Camp Site.co.uk.
The facilities shown on this website are a guide only, and you should check with the campsite direct before making any booking. The UKCampsite.co.uk will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions
|
3774 Visitors online !
Free UKCampsite.co.uk Window Sticker - Recommend to Friend - Add a Missing Campsite
[Message Forums]
[Caravan Sites & Camping]
[Company Listings]
[Features / Advice]
[Virtual Brochure]
[Shop!]
[Reception]
[Competitions]
[Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale]
[Event Diary]
[Contact Us]
[Tent Reviews]
Please note we are not responsible for the content of external sites & any reviews represent the author's personal view only. Please report any error here. You may view our privacy and cookie policy and terms and conditions here. All copyrights & other intellectual property rights in the design and content of this web site are reserved to the UKCampsite.co.uk © 1999 - 2024 |
Advertisement
|
|
|
