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Why stay here ...
Secure your 2024 or 2025 holiday with only a £5 deposit* when you book by 30 September 2024!
Great news - we’re investing £2.5 million in improving our hugely popular Edinburgh Club Campsite over 2024 and 2025. The site is now partially open with full facilities for the start of the season and is expected to fully reopen from 30 August 2024. Find out more details on the exciting redevelopment plans at camc.com/redevelopments.
Edinburgh Club Campsite is an ideal location for your holiday getaway. Situated on the Firth of Forth, the caravan park provides easy access to Edinburgh, Europe's festival capital. You will be ideally located for the many attractions, both modern and historic, that this beautiful city has to offer.
Edinburgh is a friendly, cosmopolitan city. Edinburgh Club Campsite puts you within easy reach of some of its most famous landmarks. You can visit the castle which clings dramatically to a huge rock face (home to the Scottish Crown Jewels), walk down the Royal Mile to the Palace of Holyrood House (the King's official Scottish residence), stroll past the historic Scottish Parliament Building or enjoy the tranquil green expanse of Princes Street Gardens. The caravan site location also ensures that you're well placed for the famously fun summer festivals, seaside strolls, a round or two of golf, Edinburgh Zoo and an almost unlimited choice of restaurants, bars and other entertainment venues.
The site is only a stone’s throw away from the waterfront where campers can walk along the promenade of Cramond and, only a short drive away, visitors can enjoy the popular coastal suburb of Portobello with its pubs, restaurants and shops.
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Directions
From the A720: Exit right at Gogar roundabout (signposted City Centre, A8). In about 0.25 miles turn left onto the A902 (signposted Forth Road Bridge). In 1.5 miles turn right at Barnton junction traffic lights. In 1.75 miles at Blackhall junction traffic lights fork left onto Telford Road (signposted Leith, Granton, A902). In about 1.25 miles at Crewe Toll roundabout turn left (signposted Davidson's Mains, B9085). At T-junction (past bridge) turn right at traffic lights signposted Granton, Newhaven, Davidson's Mains. At next traffic lights turn left (signposted Davidsons Mains, Silverknowes). In 0.5 miles at roundabout turn right into Marine Drive. Site on the left in 0.5 miles. From the M9 continue onto the A8 to Gogar roundabout; then as above. From the A90 continue at Barnton junction traffic lights then as above.
Due to the new road layout - please do not follow your Sat Nav for the last part of your journey. Silverknowes Road alongside the Golf course is now a bus lane, please do not use this road. If you are approaching Silverknowes from Lauriston Farm Road, please take the second exit on the roundabout, along Muirhouse Parkway. At the next roundabout, take the first exit onto Marine Drive, following this for approximately 1.5miles and the site entrance is on your left.
Sites key:
- Postcode:
- EH4 5EN
- GPS:
- Lat 55.97764 / Lon -3.2651
- Plan a route to this site
- OS field ref:
- NT212768
- OS map ref:
- 66
- Handbook map ref:
- F14
Transport links
- Bus stop within 1 mile
- Car hire on site
- Daily public Transport within 1 mile
- Nearest train station: Waverley
- Train station within 5 miles
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To be fair.......
Edinburgh Club Campsite
Have just read some recent reviews of this site and feel they have been a bit unfair.
Yes, one of the toilet blocks is closed for refurbishment but I knew this well before I arrived. Some of the site's pitches are unavailable because of this. However the queues have not been excessive, even at peak times. If you want a modern toilet block then this has to happen occasionally.
There is a "pop up"gypsy encampment a ten minute walk away but that is a national problem, not just Edinburgh. I live in Dorset and we get it a lot.
I think the offering of lock-ups for cycles is a good thing. It shows the Club has reacted positively to solve a potential problem. My wife and I have felt safe and secure here and we're a couple of OAPs.
Yes, there is a building site down the road and there is a littering problem in that area, but I fail to see how the Club can have any control over this. As they say it will be fine when it's finished.
The site is well maintained with large pitches, and the wardens have been great.
We went into the city yesterday on the bus yesyerday and had a great day. A twenty minute walk to the bus stop and a thirty minute ride into town. Just £2 each way. We would happily return here in the future.
If you've booked this site then come and enjoy yourselves.
It is a city site in Edinburgh, it is not Devon or Cornwall
Wild Camping springs to mind.
Edinburgh Club Campsite
This site is ideal for taking the bus to see Edinburgh, once you take the 15 min walk along the overgrown, litter strewn dog messed pavement to the bus stop.
I would also recommend cycling to and over the Forth road bridge.
On arrival at the site we were strongly advised to put bikes in their lockers and informed there had been an attempted robbery recently. Just what you need to relax you at the start of your holiday. The camp site is not in the most desirable area in Edinburgh but a few hundred yards away it does have the aptly named Gypsy Brae.
The site itself looked a bit overgrown with shrubs/bushes left uncut (to be able flower apparently) the grass was in obvious need of a cut but they had done some before we left. With one toilet block closed there were often queues for toilets and showers morning and night. With an overgrown site with toilets that can’t be accessed and security issues “Wild Camping “springs to mind but not at £45 per night. C’mon CAMC your standards are slipping.
Not good
Edinburgh Club Campsite
We stayed for 13 nights ,the wardens were very helpful , when we arrived we were offered a secure box for our bikes , I’ve always kept our bikes on the rear of our caravan and locked them on,I thot it was unusual to be offered this box after 2 more reminders about security of bikes we used the box,but it made us feel insecure / concerned the whole time and we were told of cycles being stolen prior to our arrival , the grass is not well maintained and hedges overgrown (can’t get doors open on car without being into hedges) don’t expect to go back anytime soon
Enjoyable stay at a city site
Edinburgh Club Campsite
I think people need to remember that this is a city site. I agree the approach isn’t particularly encouraging but the site itself has nice big pitches, is secluded, spotlessly clean, well run by lovely friendly staff, perfectly safe and a 10 minute walk from the Cramond shoreline. The flight path is nearby but planes don’t fly 24/7 and we are usually out of the site for most of the day exploring. At the time of our stay there was only one facilities block open but we didn’t have to queue to use the showers or toilets. I wasn’t impressed with lots of folk using the washroom sinks to do their washing up in though, because they couldn’t be bothered to wait for a proper sink to become available outside.
The showers are some of the best we’ve used on sites, hot and no push buttons! We originally booked this site to got to a concert at the castle and decided to have a weeks holiday around this. We sourced cheap parking online for the concert and had no issues. There’s loads to do near by, walk over to Cramond Island at low tide, walk the Almond river path, take a boat trip to the amazing Abbey on Inchcolm Island, the Dalmeny estate, the bridges walk, South Queensferry, the lovely NT village of Culross, Water of Leith walkway, exploring the Pentland hills, all without even going into the city centre. There are nice places to eat in South Queensferry and lots of supermarkets near by. We would certainly visit this site again.
Fiona1961
Reviewed on 22/07/2024 09:59
Disappointing
Edinburgh Club Campsite
When we arrived at the site , we were advised that one of the toilet blocks was out of use due to refurbishment. As others have commented, this caused over use & queuing for the 4 toilets (for 140 vans) in the morning. Plus, there was only 4 dish washing sinks available, so it was a 30 minute wait to wash your dishes. CAMC should not be charging full price for these facilities.
The entrance of the site is kept neat & tidy, although the approach road is a building site with rubbish thrown everywhere. We were advised by a taxi driver, that the nearby 'hotel' is now a hostel for immigrants, & and it's not very pleasant. However, there is a nice walk along the promenade 15 minutes away.
NGC59
Reviewed on 21/07/2024 16:00
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- Telephone:
- 0131 312 6874
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