Edinburgh Club Campsite

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Great site for visiting Edinburgh

Really good location, easy drive to Edinburgh city where you can park outside pay zone at west end and get the bus or tram. Handy to get to Fife or Falkirk. Planes are noisy but you soon ignore them. Spotless toilets and huge pitches. Lovely site

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gordonmackie

Campervanner from Dunbartonshire

Reviewed on 03/09/2024 13:40

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A fantastic site for everyone

We stayed for a full week earlier this month. The site team are the friendliest we've encountered recently, and they run an efficient and busy site. We travelled into the city every day by bus (£2 per adult is the maximum fare) and found it a good reliable service. the 3/5 rating for "peace and quiet" is not a criticism - it's a reflection of the background noise ... but don't let it put you off. The current building work took place during the day when we were out, but we were unprepared on the first night by the sound of planes landing at Edinburgh airport. We always keep some cheap foam earplugs in our caravan and put them in for nights 2 to 7 and slept soundly. It's all about preparation! The wardens couldn't have been more helpful, always willing to stop, chat, give advice and generally giving us a brilliant impression of the team and the site. We didn't take bikes, but next time we will and will definitely be using the free bike lockers. It is a "city" site, similar to Abbey Wood in London where it's surrounded by housing that's probably described as potentially deprived and that sometimes mean a higher crime area. But the caravan site team have joined forces with a nearby foodbank which was an excellent idea for us to "give back" a little to the local community. A real positive, well done. Via the bus and car there's access to city based activities (the Botanic Garden is free and is excellent) and also a short hop to more rural parts where there is plenty of walking. Edinburgh parkrun is very close and we went on the Saturday morning, enjoying the vibe at the brilliant cafe on the promenade near Cramond. There was live jazz which surprised us! So our advice is don't hesitate in booking this site. Stay a while and explore the city and surrounding area - it's a long way for even those of us in the north of the country, but is well worth the trip.

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alan1406

Caravanner from West Yorkshire

Reviewed on 25/08/2024 22:04

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Love this site

Regularly come to Edinburgh to visit our son. The wardens are always amazing and very friendly and helpful. This year they have work on the site to improve and upgrade it which we didn't realise until we arrived perhaps website could mention it. It would not have stopped us using site as its location is ideal and as there is so much to do we rarely stay on site for long

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Mrs Mck

Reviewed on 18/08/2024 19:29

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Actual Factual Review

The site is great for visiting Edinburgh. It is only a 25 minute drive owing to the 20mph limits. We had an excellent time at the Fringe festival and the many attractions of Edinburgh. The site is perfectly placed for the city. Unfortunately, pitches 19 to 28 have a real problem with the building works right at the side. Ground works are really noisy and start at 7.30 in the morning and end in our experience at 6pm Monday to Friday. There is no opportunity to enjoy your pitch as JCBs are digging and other large work vans are removing soil and depositing it behind other pitches. We tried to move but there was no escape the disruption is widespread on one side of the site. It’s a shame that the other side of the site is under development as it might be less noisy in that area further away from the building works. The staff were really lovely and can’t help the situation but there should be a warning on the main website so that members can decide if they want to visit or not knowing the true facts. There is building work further down on Marine Drive too and many parked vehicles where workers park so it did make it difficult negotiating and will be difficult if you have a large motorhome. The council needs to tidy up the walkways of marine drive and perhaps plan to do this after building works have culminated but this is apparently two years in the future. It has the potential to be lovely down towards the sea front. Let’s see what happens we will be back in a couple of years time when everything settles down. The site was tidy but we use our own facilities so can’t comment on the wait times suggested in other posts.

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parker1919

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Reviewed on 13/08/2024 16:09

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Rated 4 of 5

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We stayed at this site for four nights from 6/8/24 to 10/8/24, two adults and two children, as we had booked tickets for the Tattoo and the Castle. The site is well-located for Edinburgh City Centre, just a 30 minute bus ride (20 minute walk to bus stop). You can also drive which takes around 30 minutes due to the 20mph speed limits and one-way systems in place. To correct some of the previous, unfair and factually incorrect reviews: 1. There is litter on the pavements outside the site (not the site's fault or issue) but no more than you would find anywhere else in a City in the UK. The same goes for the dog mess which is not that bad. Some people just like to over-exaggerate the truth. The site itself is very clean and tidy. 2. Bike lockers, in my opinion, are a good thing. Why would anyone make this out to be a negative? They are provided free of charge! 3. Key pad on toilet doors, again why is this a negative? Just stops unwanted visitors from being able to use them. Everyone with a genuine booking is provided with the code and we've stopped on other sites that have the same approach. Some people baffle me! 4. In the four days we stopped onsite, we never experienced any queues for the toilets or the washing up facilities. If someone waited 30 minutes, they must have fallen asleep in what small queue they were in and have people move past them. There were queues for the showers, but no-where near 30 minutes. And if waiting is an issue, just come back at another time! 5. The toilets and showers were not over-used at all. The site clean them more regularly due to the other toilet block being closed for refurbishment. We have stopped on other sites where there is only one block for the same number of pitches so not really an issue. 6. We experienced no security issues at all onsite. In fact, during our stay, the site were having some new entrance barriers fitted. Again, a real positive. 7.Someone else has stated that the approach road is a building site. This is not true at all. There are building sites off the approach road, the road itself is not a building site. All in all, we had a good stay and would return and recommend to others. Yes, the site is on a flight path but there is so much to do that you tire yourself out and this is no problem at all if you have a decent pillow. Some people just like a moan but their reviews are factually incorrect so don't take any notice. Most have said that they wouldn't be returning, which is a good thing because they're the moaning, boring farts that you wouldn't want to be sharing your holiday with anyway. Hopefully the site team bid them Good Riddance so the rest of us can enjoy this site again without their presence.

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MPinks

Reviewed on 11/08/2024 17:51

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Rated 4 of 5

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Great site

Lovely friendly welcome, handy little shop in the office and lots of local info. Well maintained with great sized pitches. Short walk to bus into Edinburgh and also to the river (forth) for a lovely walk with great views. Felt safe and secure despite previous reviews. Only negative was only 1 washing machine but no biggy. Just remember you're on a city site so there are aircraft flying nearby etc.

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Julie Egan

Caravanner

Reviewed on 11/08/2024 10:39

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To be fair.......

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

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Houxboy

Caravanner

Reviewed on 24/07/2024 08:51

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Wild Camping springs to mind.

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.

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johncash

Caravanner from Aberdeenshire

Reviewed on 23/07/2024 23:00

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Not good

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

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thelawies

Caravanner from Aberdeenshire

Reviewed on 22/07/2024 12:56

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Rated 4 of 5

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Enjoyable stay at a city site

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.

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Fiona1961

Reviewed on 22/07/2024 09:59

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