New England Bay Caravan Club Site
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Welcome to New England Bay Caravan Club Site Get to know New England Bay This site is on the edge of Luce Bay (home to the TV series 2000 Acres of Sky) and is carefully landscaped into seven intimate pitching areas with sea views. There is direct access from the site to a safe, clean and sandy beach, which is ideal for sailing, watersports and sea angling. It’s an ideal base for exploring the Forests and Rhins of Galloway, an unspoilt corner of Scotland. For the naturalist the area has a wealth of wild flowers and bird life, with a RSPB Visitor Centre. The sporting enthusiast is also well catered for with golf courses, green bowling, pony trekking in the vicinity and a swimming pool and sports centre located in Stranraer. Things to see and do from this Club Site Local attractions • Glenwhan Garden A beautiful 12-acre hilltop garden overlooking the Mull of Galloway. • Mull of Galloway Lighthouse & RSPB Visitor Centre Created in 1979, winding paths lead around 2 small lakes. This peninsula with prehistoric fortifications, bird sanctuary, 01851 400222 lighthouse and visitor centre is Scotland’s most southerly point. www.glenwhangardens.co.uk 01776 830682 www.mull-of-galloway.co.uk • Logan Fish Pond Marine Life Centre A small marine life centre, set around a 200-year-old tidal pond • Port Logan Gardens which contains many different species of fish from the Irish Sea. ‘Scotland’s most exotic garden’, home to a spectacular collection of 01776 860300 bizarre and beautiful plants – you’ll find it hard to believe you’re www.visitscotland.com still in Scotland! Wheelchair access limited in some areas. 01776 860231 Activities www.rbge.org.uk/logan • Walking • Castle Kennedy and Gardens A good walking route from the site is a circular walk to Port Logan Perfect for exploring. These gardens contain a walled garden, Castle and back to the site. Kennedy, a charming tearoom, gift shop, plant centre and seasonal children’s activities. 01776 702024 www.castlekennedygardens.co.uk General site information RECEPTION SERVICES Mail and messages Mail and messages are put on the board at Reception. Site Shop The site shop is open at the same times as Reception. The shop sells Gas, Aqua Kem, Aqua Rinse, ice cream, bread, milk and maps. Information Room Open 24 hours. Leaflets are available about the many attractions and places of interest that you can visit during your stay. Mobile & public telephones Some mobile phones do not work in the area. Public telephone – there is a public telephone located in the Information Room. Please note that this phone does not accept incoming calls. Wi-Fi Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. Ask the Warden for details. PITCHES Pitch care Steel awning pegs are required on this site. Awning ground sheets must be lifted daily. Motor caravans If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave your motor caravan sign on display. Vehicles and cycles Vacating your pitch Parents are reminded that children remain their responsibility and If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your day of departure, it is normally therefore they should be supervised at all times, and to ensure that all not a problem unless the site is fully booked. Please make a point of members of their party follow the principles of road safety. speaking to the Warden. Barbecues Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, at all times, be used with due regard to the safety and convenience of others and their speed should These are allowed on site but open fires are not. Please keep barbecues not exceed walking pace (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site between off the grass. TV reception the hours of dusk and dawn, as determined by the Wardens. Any one-way system signs should be observed by all vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled As part of the Digital Switchover, this region has now had its analogue cycles, scooters and skateboards can be used, but are not allowed on the television signal switched off. In order to watch television on site you will paved area around toilet blocks and communal areas and must not be need an Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) or a digital receiver, and you may ridden on footpaths. Please note that motorised mobility scooters are also need an aerial or satellite dish. For more information visit allowed on site, but children’s motorised scooters or skateboards are not. www.digitaluk.co.uk. Security Barrier Electric Hook-up There is a security barrier on site for which a key is required. The cost of electricity is included in your pitch fee, but please help us to Visitors minimise our effect on the environment by considering your electricity Please ask your visitors to make themselves known at Reception when use while on site. In 2009 The Club’s expenditure on electricity was £4 arriving at the site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, please meet million and any saving can help to reduce pitch fees or invest in new sites them at Reception. or redevelopments. OUT AND ABOUT SITE FACILITIES Supermarkets Please see the Site map for locations of amenity blocks. The closest are Morrisons and Tesco in Stranraer, about 14 miles from Toilets and showers the site. The toilet blocks are closed for cleaning at the following times: Cinema A block: 10.30am to 11.30am. B block: 11.30am to 12.30pm. In Newton Stewart. Tel: 01671 403333. The baby and toddler room and the disabled toilet and shower facilities Swimming pool are located in A block. The Ryan Leisure Centre in Stranraer, about 14 miles from the site. Please ensure that children are supervised by an adult at all times. Tel: 01776 703535. Laundry Tourist Information Centre Prices for the use of the laundry facilities are: Washing machine £3.00, In Stranraer and Drummore. Tumble drier 70p/cycle. Washing sinks and ironing boards are also Public Transport available. Please do not hang washing lines between trees or on the There is a bus service to Stranraer from Port Logan and Drummore, but it fences. does not pass the site. Boat Cleaning Places of Worship There is a boat cleaning area near to B block. Church of Scotland, Catholic and Baptist Churches are in the local area. Recycling facilities On site at all service points. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK… If you have any comments or suggestions that could help us to improve SAFETY ON SITE this Site, please put them in our Visitors’ Comments Book. And if you Pets discover a local pub or Please keep your dog on a lead at all times on the site and do not allow restaurant or an interesting place them to foul the site. Dogs can be walked on the beach adjacent to the site. to go tell us about that too! Fire Point Site address, Stranraer DG9 9NX (to activate alarm/warning) Located at the service points. Telephone: 01776 860275.