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Sandylands

  • 3.7 Visitor Rating
  • Sleeps up to 8
  • Pets 2
Sandylands Holiday Park, located in the region of Ayrshire, Scotland, offers a welcoming retreat for families and visitors seeking a blend of indoor leisure and outdoor exploration.


This park is equipped with a variety of facilities to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable stay.

The centerpiece of Sandylands is its heated indoor pool, providing a warm and inviting space for guests of all ages to enjoy a swim, regardless of the weather.

The amusement arcade and adventure playground are perfect for keeping children entertained, offering a range of activities and games to engage their interest and energy.

Dining at The Boathouse Bar & Restaurant presents a relaxed atmosphere where guests can savor a variety of meals suited to every palate, from hearty breakfasts to satisfying dinners.

For convenience, the on-site store supplies a selection of groceries and essentials, making it easy to pick up any last-minute items or treats for your stay.

The family-friendly entertainment venue is a hub of activity, hosting a variety of shows and events that cater to a broad audience, ensuring evenings are filled with enjoyment and laughter for everyone.


Beyond the park’s amenities, Ayrshire opens up a wealth of activities and attractions.

Sandylands Holiday Park is ideally situated for guests to explore the stunning Scottish countryside, with its rolling hills, picturesque trails, and serene beaches.

The region is rich in history and culture, offering the chance to visit castles, museums, and heritage sites that tell the story of Scotland’s past.


Outdoor enthusiasts will find ample opportunities for hiking, cycling, and golfing, with several courses nearby showcasing Scotland’s renowned golfing landscape.

The coastline offers beautiful walks and the chance to spot local wildlife, while nearby towns and villages provide a glimpse into local life, with shops, markets, and traditional Scottish eateries.

Sandylands Holiday Park serves as an ideal base for those looking to enjoy the comforts of a holiday park while experiencing the natural beauty and cultural richness of Ayrshire.

Whether you’re swimming in the indoor pool, exploring the local area, or simply relaxing in the park, Sandylands promises a memorable holiday experience for all.
  • Indoor heated pool
  • Direct beach access
  • Entertainment Passes included
  • Stunning scenery

Sandylands Features

Park Facilities
  • Indoor heated pool
  • Kids clubs
  • Adventure playground
  • Amusement arcade * (charges apply)
  • Boathouse Bar & Restaurant
  • Fish ’n’ Chip Takeaway
  • Costa Coffee® available
  • Entertainment venue
  • Convenience store
  • Launderette * (charges apply)
  • Free Wi-Fi in designated areas
  • All facilities available Mar 19 - Oct 31 2023
  • A responsible person of 16 years or over must accompany children under 8 in the water
  • Maximum of one child under 4 per responsible person or two children aged between 4 and 7 per responsible person in the water
  • Charges apply for arcade and launderette
  • Early Bird – save up to £150 per week for 2019 holidays booked by 3rd February 2019 or up to £120 per week for 2019 holidays booked by 3rd March 2019
Accommodation features
  • A choice of two and three bedroom caravans
  • TV with Freeview
  • Kitchen including microwave
  • Gas cooker, oven, grill and lowered kitchen cabinets (Ardeer WFA and Fairlie WFA only)
  • Dining area (Ardeer WFA only)
  • Shower
  • Bed linen and duvets
  • Beds made up for your arrival
  • Additional sleeping in the lounge (Ardeer WFA, Barmill, Seamill and Fairlie WFA only)
  • Central heating and double glazing (Ardeer WFA and Fairlie WFA only)
  • Gas and electricity included
  • Babies must be included in party total
  • Travel cots £15 each per week or short break
  • Extra wide with ramp access and wider doorways (Ardeer WFA only)
  • Group bookings may be subject to restrictions
  • Pets £49 per week or short break each (max 2) (in specific accommodation only)
  • All non-smoking accommodation
  • * There may be entertainment variants; an entertainment guide will be available on park. A responsible person of 16 years or over must accompany children under 8 in the water. A maximum of one child under 4 per responsible person or two children aged between 4 and 7 per responsible person is allowed in the water.All other facilities available Mar 19 - Oct 31 2023. *
  • Charges apply

Accommodation at Sandylands

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  • Sleeps 6

This is the perfect budget-friendly accommodation. Everything you need in a compact living space. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 6
  • Pets 2

This is the perfect budget-friendly accommodation. Everything you need in a compact living space. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 6

This is the perfect budget-friendly accommodation. Everything you need in a compact living space. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 6
  • Pets 2

This is the perfect budget-friendly accommodation. Everything you need in a compact living space. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 8

If you would like something bigger, this caravan is a spacious option with even more room in the living area. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 8
  • Pets 2

If you would like something bigger, this caravan is a spacious option with even more room in the living area. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 6

Our best in range caravan. Features a spacious interior with a premium finish for a memorable stay. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

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  • Sleeps 6
  • Pets 2

Our best in range caravan. Features a spacious interior with a premium finish for a memorable stay. Features a fully equipped kitchen, heating & double glazing, a bathroom with shower, and beds fully made up on arrival. Plus, a complimentary hub pass!Images are representative and may not be the specific accommodation assigned on booking.

Top Days Out Near Sandylands

The best-known attractions within an easy drive of Sandylands, with real driving times.

Castle and country park 25 min drive · 15.1 miles

Dean Castle

Sat nav: KA3 1XB

A 14th century Kilmarnock castle with arms, armour and early musical instruments, set in a 200-acre country park.

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Dean Castle is a 14th century stronghold in Kilmarnock, once home to the Boyd family, who were lords of Kilmarnock for over 400 years. The keep dates from around 1350 and has walls two to three metres thick. Inside, the Great Hall displays collections of arms and armour, while the solar holds early musical instruments.

Theme park 56 min drive · 41.7 miles

M&D's Theme Park

Sat nav: ML1 3RT

Scotland's Theme Park beside Strathclyde Park, with roller coasters, a tropical house, glow-in-the-dark bowling and soft play.

  • Families
  • Thrill seekers
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M&D's is an amusement park in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, bordering Strathclyde Park. It has two roller coasters, including Runaway Mine Train and the children's Big Apple, plus thrill rides such as Air Raid and a pirate ship, and Moby's Revenge, a three-lane dinghy water slide. Younger children have their own junior rides, including trampolines.

Tip: Check the park's website for opening times before you go, as hours differ between attractions.

Museum and gallery 22 min drive · 14.6 miles

Dick Institute

Sat nav: KA1 3BU

Ayrshire's largest museum and gallery in Kilmarnock, with big touring exhibitions, natural history displays and a tearoom.

  • Rainy days
  • Families
  • Couples
  • 1-2 hours
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The Dick Institute in Kilmarnock opened in 1901 and houses the largest museum and gallery spaces in Ayrshire, alongside East Ayrshire's central library. Its main gallery hosts major touring exhibitions, often in partnership with national institutions such as the V&A and National Galleries Scotland, and it has been described as "Scotland's finest municipal gallery".

Tip: The venue is signposted once you are in Kilmarnock, with car parking around it and town centre parking a 5-minute walk away.

Castle 18 min drive · 11.4 miles

Dundonald Castle

Sat nav: KA2 9BS

A 14th-century royal tower house on a hilltop between Kilmarnock and Troon.

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Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house on a hill above the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire. It was built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371, and he and his son Robert III used it as a royal residence. The tower still dominates the hill.

Art gallery and museum 47 min drive · 31.4 miles

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Sat nav: G3 8AG

Glasgow's best-loved free museum, with 22 galleries covering art, animals, Ancient Egypt and Mackintosh.

  • Families
  • Couples
  • Rainy days
  • Half day
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Kelvingrove is a major art gallery and museum in Glasgow's West End, set in Kelvingrove Park. The Spanish Baroque building opened in 1901, and its 22 galleries display over 8,000 objects. The collections range from natural history, Egyptian antiquities and armour to Scottish history, design and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, plus one of Europe's great civic art collections.

Tip: Download the floor plan or the free digital guide before you go, to pick out the must-see objects first.

Poet's birthplace 31 min drive · 22.8 miles

Burns Cottage

Sat nav: KA7 4PQ

Step inside the thatched cottage in Alloway where Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, was born.

  • Couples
  • Rainy days
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Burns Cottage is the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, who was born here in 1759. Built by his father, William Burnes, in 1757, it is a long, low, thatched building of clay with four rooms, set on the main street of Alloway in South Ayrshire. It forms part of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

Tip: Head for the kitchen alcove first to see the bed box where Burns was born.

Stately home 42 min drive · 28.8 miles

Dumfries House

Sat nav: KA18 2NJ

An Adam-designed Ayrshire mansion with its original Chippendale furniture, set in a large estate of woodland and gardens.

  • Families
  • Rainy days
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Dumfries House is a Palladian country house near Cumnock in Ayrshire, built in the 1750s by the architects John and Robert Adam. It is known for still holding much of its original 18th-century furniture, including pieces specially commissioned from Thomas Chippendale. The house was saved for the nation in 2007 and now serves as the headquarters of The King's Foundation charity.

Tip: Check the Dumfries House website to book a house tour before you go, as the house is visited by tour rather than turning up.

Art museum 48 min drive · 27.9 miles

The Burrell Collection

Sat nav: G43 1AT

Glasgow's award-winning museum holds 6,000 years of art and history, set in Pollok Country Park.

  • Families
  • Couples
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The Burrell Collection is a museum in Glasgow that houses the art collection of Sir William Burrell, a shipping magnate, and his wife Constance, Lady Burrell. It spans 6,000 years of art and history, with highlights including Rodin's The Thinker, Rembrandt's Self Portrait, a Degas portrait, a Ming Dynasty meiping vase and a tapestry of a falcon fighting a heron.

Tip: Pick up the museum's top 30 objects list and head for those first, then explore Pollok Country Park next door.

Drive times are typical times by car with no traffic. Check opening times and book tickets on each attraction's own website before you go.

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Visitor Reviews of Sandylands

3.7Visitor Rating out of 5

34 reviews from guests who stayed at Sandylands

Emma, Bathgate
Date of stay: 15th April 2025

Chilled out and enjoyed

Claire, Cheshire
Date of stay: 30th January 2025

Really enjoyed it, would definitely recommend it!

Emma, Manchester
Date of stay: 23rd December 2024

Looking forward to our next visit already!

Emma, Arbroath
Date of stay: 15th December 2024

Really appreciated the upgrade, made our trip special.

Claire Thompson, Bolton
Date of stay: 10th December 2024

Absolutely loved every minute here!

Emma, Gainsborough
Date of stay: 17th November 2024

Really enjoyed our stay, will definitely return soon!

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