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Local attractions •Aberdeen Arts Centre ACT Aberdeen is in the perfect location in Welcome to the city centre. With regular exhibitions, •Dunnottar Castle workshops, music and theatre there is A Spectacular ruin towering 160ft above something for everyone. Please check on the North Sea. An impregnable fortress to the website box office for current shows Stonehaven the Earls Marischals of Scotland. This site and availability. successfully protected the Scottish crown 01224 635208 jewels against the might of Cromwell’s Army. www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk 01569 762173 Queen Elizabeth Park www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk •Duthie Park Winter Gardens •Stonehaven Harbour This 44 acre garden was opened to the The harbour was first built prior to 1607 but public in 1883. Duthie Park boasts a Caravan Club Site after being destroyed many times by storms bandstand, fountains, statues and ponds and the force of the North Sea, a new plan where you can go boating. The Winter was drawn up in 1825 and works were Gardens boast Europe’s largest indoor constructed successfully and handed over to garden collection. Here you can admire Stonehaven Town Council in 1962. This is the flora and fauna from around the world. largest recreational harbour in Aberdeenshire 01224 585310 and has many facilities surrounding it. www.visit scotland.com 01569 762741 www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/harbours/ areas/stonehaven Activities •Cycling •Aberdeen Maritime Museum The National Cycle Network, Route 1, The museum tells the story of the city’s long passes adjacent to the site. relationship with the sea. The Maritime Museum houses a unique collection covering •Walking ship building, fast sailing ships, fishing and There is a coastal path outside the port history. It also offers a spectacular site entrance. viewpoint over the busy harbour. Golf Get to know your site 01224 337700 • The Stonehaven Golf Club is about 1 mile www.aagm.co.uk/venues/ from the site and can be contacted on New to our network of sites for 2013 centre in the adjacent village of Cowie with aberdeenmaritimemuseum 01569 762124. following acquisition, Stonehaven Queen covered pool amongst other facilities. There is •Tourer Explorer Elizabeth Park Caravan Club Site has an also a challenging cliff top golf course nearby. Tourer Explorer is available on this site - ask enviable seaside location at Stonehaven at reception for your activity booklet! Bay. The historic town and harbour of There are scenic beach walks to the cliffs of Stonehaven, with its quaint shops and Dunnottar Castle, just 2 miles away, and a choice of restaurants overlooking the wide choice of footpaths and cycle routes bay, is just a short walk away along the amongst the attractive countryside nearby, promenade. An art deco open-air Olympic and further afield is Aberdeen which has size swimming pool is within walking become a popular tourist destination. distance of the site, and there is a leisure

Stonehaven Golf Club General site information Reception services Site facilities be used with due regard to the safety and Close by convenience of others. Their speed should Mail and messages Please see the Site map for locations of not exceed walking pace (5mph). No cycling Supermarkets For mail and messages please call in amenity blocks. is permitted on site between the hours There is a Co-op and Spar in Stonehaven. at reception. of dusk and dawn, as determined by the Asda at Portlethen is approx 10 miles. Toilets and showers Wardens. Any one-way system signs should Information room The toilet and shower block are closed for be observed by all vehicles and cycles. Foot Cinema Open at the same times as reception. cleaning at the times shown on the block pedalled cycles, scooters and skateboards The Stonehaven Town Hall, monthly Leaflets are available about the many doors. There is a baby and toddler bathroom can be used, but are not allowed on the viewings, within half a mile. attractions and places of interest that you available, please ask at reception for a key. paved area around the toilet block and Cineworld in Aberdeen City Centre, about can visit during your stay. Please ensure that children are supervised by communal areas and must not be ridden 16 miles from the site. Mobile & public telephones an adult at all times. on footpaths. Please note that motorised Swimming pool Mobile telephone reception is variable and The disabled toilet and shower facilities are mobility scooters are allowed on site, but An open air swimming pool is located next there are no public telephones on site. located at the main toilet block. They are children’s motorised scooters or skateboards door to the site. Opening end of May and are not. RADAR key operated. closing early September. Tel: 01569 762134 Laundry Security barrier An indoor Leisure centre is also next door to Pitches There is a card operated security barrier on Prices for the use of the laundry facilities the site. Tel: 01569 763162 site, which is for your personal use only. Motor caravans are: Washing machine £4.00, Tumble drier Tourist Information Centre £1.00, Rinse & Spin £1.00 per 15min cycle. Visitors If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave Visit Scotland Information Centre, 66 Washing sinks are also available. Please do Please ask your visitors to make themselves Allardice Street, Stonehaven. your motor caravan sign on display. known at reception when arriving at the not hang washing lines between trees or on Tel: 01569 762806 Vacating your pitch the fences. site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your please meet them at reception. Public transport Recycling facilities The town’s railway station is just one day of departure, please discuss with the On site for paper, glass, cans and plastic. Rabbit holes mile from our new site and is part of the site warden. Please be aware of the rabbit holes around mainline link to Edinburgh, Aberdeen and the site. Barbecues Safety on site beyond. There are also good bus routes to These are allowed on site but open fires are these cities. not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. Fire point Places of worship TV reception (to activate alarm/warning) Located at all Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic Television reception is variable. There is a service points and other clearly identified Churches are both available in the local area. digital booster system on the bollard. areas around the site. The fire assembly point is at the Visitors Car Park. Electric hook-up The costs of electricity are included in your Pets Tell us what you think… pitch fee, but please help us minimise our Please keep your dog on a lead at all times If you have any comments or suggestions that effect on the environment by considering within the site and clean up after them. could help us to improve this Site, please put your electricity use while on site. Also any Vehicles and cycles them in our Visitors’ Comments Book. And if saving could help to reduce pitch fees or Parents are reminded that children remain you discover a local pub or restaurant or an help towards investments in new sites or their responsibility and therefore they should interesting place to go, tell us about that too! redevelopments. be supervised at all times, and to ensure Wi-Fi that all members of their party follow the Site address: Stonehaven, Scotland, AB39 2RD Wi-Fi is available at this site. Please ask the principles of road safety. Motor vehicles Telephone: 01569 760088 Stonehaven warden for more details. and bicycles on site should, at all times,