The Shorehouse

The Shorehouse does not look very promising from the outside but it improves inside. The location is ideal - walking distance from the ferry terminal, shops and restaurants and there is off-road parking. Our studio was spacious and had wonderful views. However, the furniture is a bit tired and the kitchen had a hotch potch of utensils, glasses & crockery. The cooker could do with updating too. The bed was comfortable but don't expect quality linen. The shower was not very clean. All in all, this property is good for location and value, but not top quality.

Excellent spot. Yes this is a basic campsite, running toilets and a cold tap. The views are incredible, the site is lovely, there’s a river running down the side. Access into the hills is second to none. The owner Nic is lovely and the toilets are cleaned each morning. There’s an honesty box to pay cash per person per night, which is incredibly priced compared to other campsites around Scotland. The only downside is that you can pitch wherever you’d like, so efficiency is not optimal, it does however mean you can pitch where suits you best

A lovely campsite with very basic facilities (basic toilets and a hand basin only). Beautiful location. Love the fact that you can pick your own pitch across two large fields by a scenic river. Very reasonably priced - make sure to bring cash for the honesty box. £5 ppn as if July 23.

We spent four nights at this campsite and the location was wonderful. The campsite is large and has various well spread out points for pitching tents. On our first night there were 8 tents including ours, but that varied throughout the week to as many as 30. We paid using the honesty box and there was no question as to whether we had paid or not. The owner came to check in on us and was not only very friendly, but immensely helpful about advice on the local area. There is plenty of room to pitch tents, so if you want the cameraderie of a social camping experience or would rather select a secluded area to pitch your tent in the options are yours, Local walks from the campsite are amongst the best on the island. It was brilliant to be able to get up early and walk to the blue pools before the rest of the tourists arrived. There are established campfire points all around the site. The site advertises as "Campfires welcome" and many folk made use of this. It was nice to not have to forage for rocks to surround a fire as it was already well prepped. As per the advertising the only facilities are toilets. They are well maintained and more than adequate. I found the other campsite users very friendly, and in the case of a first aid incident involving my child, the support from other campers was amazing. Frankly as a social or a private destination, if you want a good wild camping (with toilets) experience, this place is awesome. Yes the midges were hungry, but as a highlender I expected this. Would highly recommend! Arran is a beautiful island and if you wish to be close to nature, Glen Rosa is an amazing place to start. Easy walking, cycling or driving distance from the ferry or town and yet remote enough that you can vanish into the glen / hills inside half an hour. This will not be my last visit to Arran and I would definately pitch a tent at Glen Rosa Campsite again.