Galloway forest visitor center Glentrool

[Tezza]

Good afternoon

Does anyone know if you can stop the night at the above forest center car park?, I'm only after 1 night as I will be arriving late Friday night, too late for the camp site.

 

[WillH]

THere is parking opposite the pub, or past the visitor centre you can usually get parked off road. I don't know what the regs are for the visitor centre car park but the usually prohibit overnight.

 

[kelpie]

Don't think you can overnight but if you drive past visitor's centre you will see a sign for Glentrool loch circuit , turn right and a couple of hundred yards later there is a carpark for the walk , very quiet and no light , so if stars are out it's some view.
John.

 

[31791]

I’ve overnighted there a few times and loads at Kirroughtree but had a piece of paper saying I was not allowed last time I was at Kirroughtree. However Glentrool has multiple little parking places and the visitor centre is not open much of the time so I would still use it but park further in nearer to the loch. The worst that can happen is they put a letter on your windscreen for your first offence!

 

[WillH]

Be aware that there is a weight restriction on the road just before the big car park at the end. I think its three tonnes

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[Stealaway]

It doesn't say you can't - go for it - I would, it's not going to be busy

 

[kelpie]

Be aware that there is a weight restriction on the road just before the big car park at the end. I think its three tonnes

Yep three ton limit . Robert , Ambulancekidd and his good lady , kindly drove out to check for me as I was going to climb the Merrick. I parked in the carpark I descibed above ,meant a two mile addition to my walk, 'kin knackered at the end . Only sign for weight limit is before the bridge at the visitor's centre , warns of limit two miles ahead.
Can't remember a sign for no overnighting at the visitor's centre , but I read something last year that Forestry com clamping down in certain areas of Galloway. Best avoided if you don't want disturbed while asleep, or anything else for that matter.
John
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[WillH]

We parked up at Hogmanay about 600m beyond the visitor centre on the right, there's a load of hard core been laid for forestry operations, room for perhaps three vans. Park late and depart early.