Ayr Craigie Gardens Club Campsite
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We chose Ayr as my parents brought my Sister and I here many many years ago.
Travelling from London the worst part of the journey was the last few hundred yards as site is not best signposted and directions not exactly clear. Thankfully turning not too much of an issue as college car parks quite spacious 😊
Wardens seen only occasionally but weather may have contributed to this. We were spoken to a couple of times albeit briefly.
Laundry facilities non existent due to the only machine being labelled as out of order for most of our two week+ stay. Thank goodness for local facilities is all I can say. I suspect some, especially those with small children, struggled without on site provision.
Facilities fairly basic but maintained OK. Issues with campers who cannot be bothered leaving things as they would wish to find them worse here than in some other sites we have visited.
Site is OK but, apart from some decorative planting around reception, fairly featureless. Very quiet at night despite close proximity of college buildings etc.
There seems to be a number of trade type vans (as opposed to camper vans) with caravans on site. The vans and solo drivers are off site during the working day, returning at night. One wonders if the club is now resorting to providing work bases, despite selling itself as a provider of leisure facilities?
Not too bad for barking dogs but I do question whether a limit on numbers of dogs needs to be introduced.
Good base for finding our way around Scotland although long journeys necessary to see much, would probably choose a site elsewhere if we come to the wet north again.
All in all a reasonable but not particularly notable stay.
Lovely site
Return visit to this site. Nice friendly, efficient staff. Facilities always clean but are in need of an update. Great location for town centre - quick walk through Campus car park. Also handy for Ayr Racecourse. Beautiful floral display at reception. Great area for cycling (good paths to Troon etc). Ayr itself is like a lot of Scottish towns these days - a bit run down in places but still some nice shops here & there. An absolute must is a visit to Mr Basrais International World of Cuisine. Great place for lovely buffet style eating with the added bonus of chefs on hand to cook whatever you like. All at a very competitive price & lovely friendly staff.Looking forward to our next visit to both the campsite & Mr Bs!
We wont be visiting again
This site is probably the poorest site that we have stayed on over the past 8 years. This is not down to the hard working staff but more the Club as it lacked a certain amount of investment, yet we were charged an extra £104 for my son and partner to stay with us for two nights, with little in return. The facilities are dated and some of the dryers etc were not working in the ladies toilets.
We will have to think in future before booking at these exorbitant rates....A disappointed Member
A lovely site near to the town
We had a warm welcome on site and found ourselves a lovely pitch. The site is well maintained and the facilities, although old, are spotlessly clean. The Site Manager gave us clear directions into the town and it's an easy walk though the car parks behind the site. The site is near the town centre but it was surprisingly quiet - most of the noise we encountered were from a family on the site! Ayr, like many towns we've visited, is a bit run down, but the seafront is more appealing. It's also easy to catch a train to Glasgow, which is well worth a visit.
SBandKB
Reviewed on 20/07/2024 15:11
Homeward bound
I honestly don’t think I can say much that’s not already been said. Terry and Stewart are doing there best to make the site a really nice place. They’ve moved the rubbish bins to one central place which I think is a good idea, and put flowers into where the bins used to be. The town is a run down place, we think it’s got worse over the past few years. But the campsite is in our opinion beautiful and peaceful.
First Time Here
This is the first time we have been here booked for two nights. No information was given when we booked in at reception. I picked a leaflet up of a table. The site is behind the university. Was not straight forward to find maybe some better signage? The toilet block needs a big upgrade. out of the four showers only two had a seat. The water from the showers sprayed out under the door and made the corridor very wet. If you were a little unsteady this could be off putting. Showers etc were clean, at one time you could see they had a shower curtain which is no longer there. Ayr itself is very run down I felt you had to be aware of where you were walking I would not have walked on my own. We did find the staff not as friendly as other sites we have stopped on. This is one site we will not be returning too.
Basic but well maintained grounds and good locatio
Craigie Gardens is situated in well maintained grounds, is a 10-minute walk into the town and there is a pleasant riverside walk nearby. Facilities block was clean but extremely dated and closed at an inconvenient time (10:30-12noon). With some vision, modernisation, a little more hospitality and the addition of fully serviced pitches, it wouldn't take much to transform this from an average to excellent site.
Enjoyable stay
We stayed on this site for 5 nights from May 22nd 2024.
We were made very welcome by Kate when we arrived who gave us lots of excellent local information.
The site was very clean and tidy and well organised and John was always out on site and friendly and smiling despite the pouring rain. The facilities were always very clean and tidy but agree with previous comments that they could do with a refurb.
There is plenty to do in the area, Culzean Castle is a must.
Nice walks from the site and Ayr is an easy walk in, Morrisons nearby for fuel and groceries.
Pitches are well maintained as is the site in general.
No problems with electricity on May 22nd as in previous comments.
Overall pleasant stay on this excellent site with very friendly staff.
We will be back on our next trip to Scotland
M & L
Hoster
Reviewed on 31/05/2024 17:23
Nice Site 10 minutes walk from town.
Had a 3 night stay at Craigie gardens, site is a good size with decent sized pitches and is well maintianed by the very friendly staff, as others have commented the toilet block is looking a bit dated but it was clean with hot showers with good water pressure, town is around a 10 minute walk if you cut through the university campus but sadly Ayr like a lot of small coastal towns has suffered years of neglect and is not what it used to be, very sad as all the people we spoke to we so friendly and welcoming, ate out at The Bistro on Sandgate and it was excellent and very busy even on a Sunday evening, well worth a try if you're staying at the site.
Very tired facilities
My husband and I were due to stay at this site for 4 nights but cut it down to 3. We got to the site to be told the electricity would be off for 5 days with no prior notice. The onus should be on the Caravan Club to let you know things like this. We had booked the site in December 2023. The showers and toilets were really tired. We used our own facilities. Ayr is a walk away but not very nice in fact I felt unsafe walking around there and I am a retired Police Officer. The members comment in the Caravan club book may have been true at some point but certainly isn’t now. I didn’t think that the walk along the river to the beach was lovely. Ayr is a very run down and deprived town as we were reminded by a notice in the laundry room asking for food donations for the local school. I wouldn’t knowingly choose a holiday destination in this area. I certainly wouldn’t return.