Why Own at Sandyhills Bay
The single fact that makes Sandyhills Sandyhills: your holiday home sits within a short walk of the sand. Listen for the tide through the open window.
Holiday Home Ownership at Sandyhills Bay
A rare chance to own on the sand. Sandyhills Bay, Solway coast, with the bay a short walk from the door.
Sandyhills Bay Holiday Park is a small, privately-owned park on the Solway coast of Dumfries and Galloway, on the A710 between Rockcliffe and Dalbeattie. The park joined the Gillespie Leisure Group in 1983 and has been quietly improving on the same piece of ground ever since. The park’s plots sit on and immediately behind the dune line of Sandyhills Bay itself, an award-winning sandy beach that is, by some distance, the group’s single most distinctive piece of ground.
Beachfront ownership plots on the Scottish coast are scarce to the point of rare. Sandyhills is one of a very small number of parks in south-west Scotland where the word “beachfront” means what it says. Owners here tend to be people who want the tide audible from the kitchen window, families with small children who can be out of the door and on the sand before anyone’s found their shoes, and dog walkers who’d rather start from the sand than load the car. If that sounds more appealing than a pool and a games room, Sandyhills will make sense to you.
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Tide-Paced Days
Days here are shaped by the tide table, not the clock. Low water for crabbing and the causeway to Rough Island. High water for a swim. In between, a walk to the Clachan Inn.
A Small, Straightforward Park
No pool to queue for, no entertainment timetable. The park is deliberately low-key, because the beach already is the attraction.
Coast, Forest and Reserve Nearby
The Colvend Coast path, Dalbeattie Forest 7stanes trails, Mersehead RSPB, Kippford sailing village and Rockcliffe's Rough Island are all within a short drive.
Holiday Homes for Sale at Sandyhills Bay
Holiday Caravans
A selection of new and pre-owned holiday caravans turn over at Sandyhills in their own quiet rhythm. Plots come free when a family moves up a size, or when owners step away after a long stretch here. The Premier Range starts from £34,000 (pre-owned, fully double glazed and centrally heated, many with patio doors onto timber decking). Top-of-the-range new holiday homes start from £40,000. Every unit is within easy walking distance of the sand.
View Holiday Caravans For SaleSite Fees at Sandyhills Bay
Site fees at Sandyhills Bay are handled the same plain way they are at every Gillespie Leisure park: one clear annual figure covering your pitch, park upkeep and full use of what’s on site. You can choose either a 7-month or 12-month season depending on how you’d like to use the park. Nothing buried in small print. No surprise line items at renewal. If you’ve owned at a bigger chain park and been burned by escalating costs, the difference at Sandyhills is easy to feel: smaller park, simpler numbers, more honest conversation.
- Your pitch for the owners' season (7-month or 12-month)
- Park maintenance and grounds upkeep
- Use of the on-park shop, launderette and shower/toilet block
- Direct access to Sandyhills Bay beach via the dune-edge paths
- Friendly, on-park support from Anna and Gordon, our wardens since 2015
Note for owners:
Additional fees apply for rates and effluent waste. Gas and electricity are metered and billed separately. An annual environmental disposal fee applies once the holiday home is 13 years old from date of manufacture.
How Ownership Works
1. Visit Sandyhills Bay
Come and walk the park with Anna and Gordon. We'll time your visit around low water if that helps. You'll get a much better sense of what a beachfront plot actually is once you've stood on one with the tide out.
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2. Choose Your Holiday Home
Work through what's on site with us. The choice usually comes down to a direct view of the bay versus a more sheltered pitch further back. Both have their advocates, and seeing the layouts in person makes the decision much clearer than looking at plans.
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3. Make It Yours
The team handles siting, paperwork, connections and the handover. Your first weekend as an owner is typically a quiet one. Kettle on, sliding door open to the marram grass, sand already in the hallway.
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Arrange a Tour
Book a visit at a time that suits you. We'll try to line it up with low water.
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Site fees, stock and ownership info, straight to your inbox.
Explore MoreOwnership Across the Gillespie Leisure Group
Sandyhills Bay is one of four family-run parks in the Gillespie Leisure Group. If you’re weighing up locations across Dumfries and Galloway, beachfront here, hillside at Kippford View, bayside at Seaward, flagship at Brighouse, you can explore ownership at each.
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