Places to camp in Scotland

I have a friend that owns a campsite at Cannich not far from Loch Ness.

Its very nice, loads to do and see nearby.
 
Loch Ness is nice, never camped there though.
Camped at Fort William when I was young, it was pretty good, we went up Ben Nevis and now I’m pretty sure you can do the Harry Potter train thing around there too.
Camped at Dornoch too when I was a kid, was a nice site as I remember.

Not been camping for many many years but there are loads of good sites all over.
 
There's thousands of places to camp in Scotland, it depends on what experience you're looking for and how far you're prepared to travel. Do you have a camper or are you tenting?
 
marin said:
I have a friend that owns a campsite at Cannich not far from Loch Ness.

Its very nice, loads to do and see nearby.
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I've been there many times. Never camped but the cafe is great.

I liked Kilvrecht campsite by Loch Rannoch
Achmelvich and Clachtoll and great places to camp but a long way north.
Glenbrittle on Skye!
 
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Under a different name now but Glenmore Campsite in Aviemore was lovely when I was last there.

Plenty to see and do in the local area plus Cairngorm mountain is a literal stones throw away!

PH22 1QU, scroll right though! :P
 
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great site lots of info eh this coming week is rain and rain and more rain low pressure sandwich coming with might Thor thunder
 
phil-k said:
you could always join the camping & caravan club
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They were a bunch of officious throbbers when I last dealt with them 40 years ago and I don’t expect they’ve improved.

Plus you now have the people that turn up at a quiet little rural site with a Yank sized RV or a huge caravan towed by an equally huge pick up truck and then party until the small hours.
 
right to roam up that way, backpacks, lightweight tents and camp wherever you please :) just remember where you left the car :p

get some amazin views n nowt better than being woken up in the morning by the sun creeping up
 
For such a small country Scotland is incredibly diverse in terms of landscape. What are you looking for? Lochs? Mountains? Coast? Do you want to spend the time without seeing many (if any) other people or do you want/need to be close to a population centre? Are you looking for campsites (and if so what kind of amenities do you need/want) or are you looking to wild camp? Do you have any specific hobbies or interests (munro nagging perhaps, or kayaking etc) that you'd wish to indulge in while you're there?

Personally as single man who is loves to wild camp I'd consider a week walking and camping in the Torridons if I wanted walking or if I wanted to kayak I'd stick some stuff in my kayak and plod down the Great Glen Way but I like the solitude and a sense of getting away from it all when I go out. YMMV
 
phonemonkey said:
For such a small country Scotland is incredibly diverse in terms of landscape. What are you looking for? Lochs? Mountains? Coast? Do you want to spend the time without seeing many (if any) other people or do you want/need to be close to a population centre? Are you looking for campsites (and if so what kind of amenities do you need/want) or are you looking to wild camp? Do you have any specific hobbies or interests (munro nagging perhaps, or kayaking etc) that you'd wish to indulge in while you're there?

Personally as single man who is loves to wild camp I'd consider a week walking and camping in the Torridons if I wanted walking or if I wanted to kayak I'd stick some stuff in my kayak and plod down the Great Glen Way but I like the solitude and a sense of getting away from it all when I go out. YMMV
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I have 3 kids so I want them to have a little break from gaming and TV so not to close to towns . Fishing and walking and coast will be nice experience.
 
Gregvivi0401 said:
I have 3 kids so I want them to have a little break from gaming and TV so not to close to towns . Fishing and walking and coast will be nice experience.
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I think you could do worse than the Moray coast - lots of walking, beaches and coast line. Plenty of small (and larger) towns to drop into should the weather be a bit rubbish and some tourist stuff like dolphin watching distillery tours for you to mix things up a bit. Plenty of options for wild camping and not seeing anyone and lots of organised sites of you want them. East coast too which generally means the weather's a bit drier and there's fewer midges. Though arguably the West coast is more rugged and awe inspiring (particularly the NW Highlands) it is very sparsely populated and resupplying is likely to be a faff, particularly if wild camping with kids depending on their ages.

Wild camping is permitted under our right of access laws though there are exceptions like Loch Lomand and the Trossachs national park where you need a fairly cheap pre booked permit to camp in certain parts of the park during the high season, and your right to access is not universal (for example you probably couldn't camp in a field with a farmer's sheep) or does it permit prolonged stays (though speaking nicely to the landowner may well allow you stay in place for a week or 2)
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
right to roam up that way, backpacks, lightweight tents and camp wherever you please :) just remember where you left the car :p

get some amazin views n nowt better than being woken up in the morning by the sun creeping up
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We stopped in a field one time and camped, woke up to a cow trying to get in the tent, not the best view to wake up to lol.
 
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