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Facilities on a Thistle Park

What can you expect when you stay in a Thistle holiday home?  Each park's entry on this website has symbols to show what the park has on-site or within two miles e.g. a shop, restaurant, games room, bar, leisure facilities, public golf course, fishing, etc.   You can search by some of the facilities (see top of this page) or browse through the entries.

VisitScotland Grading The VisitScotland grading for each park appears on their entry, either 4 stars ("an excellent standard") or 5 stars ("an exceptional standard").   All parks are inspected  every year by VisitScotland, the national tourist board., so you can be sure that standards are maintained.

STB 4Star Holiday Park
STB 5 Star Holiday Park
of an excellent standard
of an exceptional standard
Green Tourism Business Scheme Some parks are members of the VisitScotland Green Tourism Business Scheme and operate in such a way as to protect the environment.
Green Tourism Bronze Award
Green Tourism Silver Award
Green Tourism Gold Award
Walkers and Cyclists Welcome: Some parks have extra facilities for walkers and cyclists, such as lockable storage and drying rooms and information on walks and cycle trails in their area.
Cyclists Welcome
Walkers Welcome

FACILITIES ON OR NEAR THE PARKS
Parks have facilities on the park or nearby and tell us what they have.  Look out for the following on their entries to find out what they have.  Check with the park before booking to ensure that the facilities will be available during your stay. 

Facilities available on the park:       Facilities  within two miles:
Food shop Food Shop on Site     Food shop
Restaurant Restaurant on site     Restaurant
Licensed bar Bar on site     Sandy beach
Children’s play area childrens play area     Public golf course
Games Room Games room     Pony-trekking
Pets welcome by arrangement Pets welcome on site     Walking trails
Indoor swimming pool Indoor swimming pool     Cycle trails
Outdoor swimming pool Outdoor swmming pool     Fishing
Entertainment, main season only Entertainment main season    
Entertainment all season Entertainment all season    
Holiday homes –smoking Smoking allowed    
Holiday homes – non-smoking Holiday Homes No smoking    
Short breaks available – all season Short Breaks all season    
Short breaks available – off-peak only Short Breaks available off season    
Fishing pond fishing pond on site    
Other forms of self-catering (e.g. log chalets, wigwams) Other forms of self-catering    
Touring pitches Other forms of self-catering    

Visit Scotland Wheelchair Accessible Level Two Wheelchair accessibility
Please note that if this logo appears on the park’s entry, it means that the holiday home and all or some of the facilities on the caravan park have been assessed by a VisitScotland Quality Advisor as being accessible for a wheelchair-user, with help from their companion. Please check with the park before booking to ensure that the facilities are still available.

 

 

 

 

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