Scotlands NC500 suggested Trip
With Thanks to Michaela , Tony and Sam
A list of stops from our northern tour in order.
1. Lodge hill farm cl
Scargill off A66
Great walks, remote.
Water, waste no ehu £9pn
2. Bingfield Combe farm
Bingfield, Durham
Remote, limited walks
Water, waste no ehu £7pn
3. River Breamish CMC
Northumberland
Great walks, remote.
Full facilities £26pn
4. Kirkfield Campsite
Scottish borders
In a lovely village, pub, shop and butchers.
Great walks, cuthbert and pennine way.
Full facilities £22pn
5. Lothian Bridge Caravan park
7mls from Edinburgh.
Bus and train walking distance.
Bus £1.80 pp one way
Pubs, ships walking distance.
Great walks
Full facilities £25pn
6. Falkirk wheel £3.50 per day or £15 per night
Toilets open 8am – 10pm
7. Kelpies £5 per day £5 overnight
Toilets open 8am – 10pm
8. Pitlochry. Ferry road Carpark
£5 day parking.
Free parking after 6pm until 8am
No facilities
Pubs, shops, butchers and bakery.
9. Fortrose bay Campsite
Black isle
Full facilities £25
Dolphin watching a must
10. Balintore Harbour or inn
Toilets 24hrs and water tap
Pub, cafe and shop
Donations or use the inn for food or drink.
11. Ben Braggie carpark Golspie £3
No facilities but quiet.
or 24hr carpark in town free. Toilets.
Pubs, cafes, shops, butchers and bakery.
12. Kings farm cl, off A9
Water and waste £12
Remote, on A9, not good for walking. Good
for a waste stop.
13. Dunbeath Harbour
Toilet 24r, no water
Restaurant walking distance.
Great walks
Donations
14. Keiss beach
Stop on side on road, free, only bins.
There is a motorhome stop in village £10pn
ehu, water and waste.
15. John o groats carpark £2 until 11.59pm so
add £2 in morning in staying until lunch.
No internet. Toilets 20p
16. Dunnet head
Lots of single parking spots on the way up
over looking the loch. No facilities but 4g.
17. Dunnet bay CMC
All facilities £24pn
Ferry to Orkney
2 adults and up to 8m motorhome £247.56 return
18. Pickaquoy centre campsite Kirkwall
Full facilities £25pn
19. Sands of Wright beach
Near St Margaret
24hr toilet Free
20. Inganess beach, near Kirkwall.
No facilities Free.
21. Brough of Bisay
A lovely, clean, large carpark
No facilities. Toilet, shop 1.5m away.
Free
22. Point of ness campsite Stromness
Full facilities £25pn
23. Far bay, parked behind the inn, behind the
sand dunes. Free. tourist information and
cafe.
24. Kyle of Duress view point.
Large carpark, no facilities. Free.
25. Kinlochbervie Harbour
£5 waste, water
£10 waste, water, overnight
£15 ehu, w,w,o
Shop and cafe
26. Ardmair beach on the side of the road, no facilities. Free.
27. Broomfield campsite ullapool.
Full facilities £27pn
28. Gairloch harbour
Toilets, waste and water. Donation
29. Auchtertyre farm moterhome aire
Water, waste £10pn
30. Ann torr carpark Glencoe
Bins only, no mobile data. Free
31. Annbank cl Ayrshire
Full facilities £15pn
32. Caerlaverock Castle camperstop aire
Dumfries
Waste, water Donation
33. Netherall cl Maryport
Waste, water nehu £7
With ehu if available as only 4 £10
34. The old posting house Deanscale near
cockermouth.
Free if you book a table.
I hope this list helps people, but we saw lots of free or donation park ups in scotland and along the north west coast of England, between Silloth and Whitehaven.
The only place we saw that is not motorhome friendly for free parkups was Northumberland.
Also adding petrol and lpg fill up. Not many lpg points in highlands. Didn’t find any in mainland Orkney. Lots of petrol stations.
I would like to mention we never stopped anywhere that stated no overnight parking. Most of the places welcomed it for a donation. The free park ups, we left no trace and left the place cleaner than when we arrived. Picking up day trippers rubbish.