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Merkadale

Carbost More, Carbost, Isle of Skye, Highlands, IV47 8ST

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Ideal for ...

  • Dogs
  • Working farm

Why stay here ...

Merkadle CL is conveniently located in central Skye and is ideal as a touring base for the whole of the Island. In addition to this, less than a mile away in Carbost village is the world famous Talisker Distillery. Also in the village there is the Old Inn, a small shop (with petrol pumps and Calor Gas) and the village Post Office. The site is on a working croft which has a number of Highland cattle which can be viewed. Fishing can also be arranged. The Cuillin mountains are nearby and the famous Fairy Pools are only 4 miles away.

All pitches are hardstanding with electrice hook up. £15 per night is inclusive of electric. You will find the code to the shower block and WIFI on your pitch on arrival. Shower Block and Toilet are currently not open.

Facilities on site ...

  • Dog walk from site
  • Information room
  • Shower (exclusive use)
  • WC (exclusive use)
  • Wi-Fi
  • Working farm
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Latest arrival time: 12:00 AM

0.5 acres

Some sloping pitches

Levelling blocks required

Electric amperage: 16

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Nearby activities

  • Watersports within 5 miles

On your doorstep

  • Pub within 1 mile
  • Shop within 1 mile
  • Town/village within 1 mile

Great savings on days out

Offers available to Club members

Discovery

Glencoe Folk Museum

Main Street, Glencoe Village, Highlands, Scotland, PH49 4HS

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62.84 Miles from your current location

This little museum is stuffed full of local history and artefacts, housed in two beautiful old thatched cottages. The museum has a great selection of objects including textiles, costumes, taxidermy, china and Jacobite memorabilia. The museum gives a unique insight into the rich, local history of Glencoe.

Two for the price of one or half price entry for solo travellers.

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Postcode:
IV47 8ST
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GPS:
Lat 57.293803 / Lon -6.335273
OS field ref:
NG389309
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Transport links

  • Buses go to: Portree
  • Daily public transport within 1 mile

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Rated 4 of 5

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Disappointed

Merkadale
We stayed here 3 nights and our pitch was the one next to the waste disposal (an open toilet). No facilities available which we accepted but still to pay full price would have been ok if the site represented the photos. It’s more a car park on the corner of a junction, which people frequently missed so used the space in front of us as a turning point. Email asking for payment for a night longer than I booked, so had to get this corrected. The main disappointment was coming back to our MH after a bike ride to find the road dug up in front of us and a large tractor and trailer on the side, we were blocked in...but electric had been turned off without warning! I emailed the owner to complain/sort out who said she had no knowledge of the work (which is odd if it’s her land?) and said she would come by after work. We never met her! We had to purchase more gas as the fridge used up most of our supply (we knew we were low, hence wanting electricity). Won’t be returning. Fine for a night stop over but at £20 I’d question that now...next stop same price with full facilities (Kinlochewe).
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Reviewed on 04/07/2021 16:53

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start to our Scottish holidays

Merkadale
stayed here in 2017, we were so sorry to hear about the passing of Willie the site owner , his daughter is carrying on in his memory , easy to find, lovely base for exploring Skye, fully serviced pitch, couldnt use showers or toilet because of covid, would highly recommend this site,
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devondumpling1947

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Reviewed on 01/07/2021 21:32

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Ideal Motorhome stopover

Merkadale
We stayed for 3 nights in June and my conclusion is that this site is an excellent site for motorhomes/campervans, looking for an overnight stop. The facilities are all as described and the owners are friendly and helpful, although we are led to believe they are planning on selling up soon. I agree with the other review, which said that the site isn't really what a lot of caravanners want. You can't really sit outside and enjoy the ambience as the site is very like a carpark, being comprised of gravel and not sheltered from the road. Both the road which passes along the front of the site and the one to the side (which leads to the fairy pools), are incredibly busy all day long (they are quiet at night though). Random people in cars did drive in and park up to take photos of the loch opposite and neighbouring Highland cattle! I didn't find the site relaxing at all due to the busy road and the fact that motorhomes arrived and left at varying times all through the day and night. Quite a few were obviously not caravan club members (Norwegian couple and large Spanish family for exampe) and they were quite noisy at dawn and midnight. There was nothing wrong with the site and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a one night stopover, but wouldn't recommend it as a relaxing holiday base.
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thebells

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Reviewed on 30/06/2019 11:13

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A little disappointing

Merkadale
Site hard standing with water and electric on the pitch. Facilities clean but we were on pitch 5 so the facilities blocked our view of the loch. Also the chemical waste facility is a toilet that faces this pitch (not really what I want to look at). Unfortunately, passing motorhomes stopped to empty chemical waste and grey water and some just parked up for the night even tho the site was full. We cannot comment on the manager as his house had recently burnt down so he had other worries but was very pleasant when we did meet him. No information room.
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HaydnandGail

Reviewed on 23/05/2019 17:33

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Perfect for exploring Skye

Merkadale
We booked 5 nights at this CL and found it a great location to explore the island from. The fairy pools are a short drive away and Glenbrittle beach. The site is fairly level and is a gravel surface, ideal for our Moho but maybe not what a caravan user would prefer. This isn’t the type of site you set up with awnings and deckchairs in my opinion. Access is easy and just off the road but the road is quiet at night. The walk to the village and distillery is around 20 minute but beware the walk back is uphill. Peter was a nice chap, friendly and helpful. We didn’t use the shower or wc so cannot comment but it all looked ok. WIFI was good but no TV signal for our aerial.
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TwoHumansOneDog

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Reviewed on 22/05/2019 12:57

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