Dowlaw Road, TD14 5TY
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Free, peaceful overnight parking on a dead-end road, with beautiful views over the bay and towards Edinburgh. The flat area is sheltered from wind and has very little traffic noise, although it is extremely popular and can fill with around 7.5m+ vehicles. There are no facilities. Litter, fly-tipped tyres and dog mess have been reported, so visitors should leave no trace.
From travellers' reviews
Listing copied from our source, 53 days ago
Listing copied from our source, 53 days ago
Lovely peaceful out-of-the-way spot, with amazing views.
Great free parkup, no traffic noise. Very, very popular spot, first night 5 vans, second night 6 vans. More vans came, but not enough room. Spot is roomy enough for 7.5m+. St Abbs Head is 10min drive, there's a Nat Trust carpark, £5 all day. We managed to park our 7.5m, we were lucky. Around the corner is more parking at £3. Walk around the headland is awesome.
Wonderful spot, very peaceful, lovely views. A few other campers arrived.
Beautiful view. Well protected from the wind. You cannot hear any traffic. This place will put you in a good mood.
Great spot. Very peaceful overnight. Reasonably protected from the wind due to the hill.
Bloody amazing park-up, and it can be windy, but it calmed down in the evening for us. Totally worth stopping here.
Stayed a week night an had place to myself up till 11pm then an other van came in ,very quiet an respectful..no other traffic all night .well tucked away from the cliffs but still beautiful views
Spent a lovely, albeit very windy, night here overlooking the bay with one other van. Collected a large bin bag of litter, mostly wine and beer bottles, that had been thrown up into the bushes. Please, folks - keep these spots open and take your litter home.
Like all the others it’s a perfect shielded spot
Fantastic spot for an overnight stay. No facilities, nice and clean except for a pile of fly tipped tyres. It got pretty windy but the view was fantastic. I left no trace and left it as I found it.
Excellent spot, as others have said, out of the wind. Unfortunately, usual dirty suspects have used this park up - dog muck right by the parking area. Pond life that will eventually ruin our passion.
Level pitch, quite well sheltered, very little traffic, couldn’t see much as very foggy.
We were fortunate to have it all to ourselves. I think its worth 5 stars because its quiet, naturally sheltered and flat with minimal mud, mostly hard gravel. It is also big enough to host a fair few vehicles
Beautiful place!
Great place! A lot of nice folks out there.
First night in Scotland and we really liked this spot. The sunset is incredible. The pitch is relatively flat. There were 3 vans. The walks to do are great. The night was very quiet. No passing traffic, no wind, so no noise. We recommend this place.
There were 6 vans for the evening. Very nice view, clean pitch. Some passing cars. A lot of wind and you can hear the wind turbines.
There's a campsite in a gentle field that can accommodate about five campervans. The views are truly breathtaking. We stayed here for one night before heading to Edinburgh, which is about 60km away.
Great spot with a good view. Relatively busy (4 motorhomes). The view is even better on the paid farm property farther down the road. The walk to Fast Castle is wonderful.
great Spot with very beautiful viel view. amazing sunset. coastal walk right in front of the spot would recommend for a great evening walk! watch out for sheep dung though !
No problem, good spot, very busy. There were 5 campers on the spot. We parked on the grass along the road, slightly apart, with a superb view. Cars drove toward the farm until 7 p.m. No traffic at night. Walk a little along the road and approach the cliff—the views with the flowering heather are magnificent.
Excellent spot for spending the night with a rooftop tent; we had no problems with the wind. The road was not busy at all, with only occasional locals passing by.
Great place to stay for sunset and the night! 4-5 other vans but enough space. Keep the place clean please!
Very nice spot; we stayed here one night and had a wonderful sunset. Some locals came for walks during the day, but everyone was very friendly. It was very windy, but simply beautiful.
Beautiful spot but didn't stay overnight due to the wind. Also very little signal. Really nice views though.
Great spot for a sunset over the sea and a quiet night. There were already lots of people, so we parked on the grass beside it. The only downside was that we were not protected from the wind, and it really blows on the cliff. No midges on this side. Leave it clean.
A very beautiful place to spend the night. A magnificent view and sheep everywhere as neighbors :) It is very quiet and good for staying overnight. Great pitch! I can only recommend it :)
Slept here for the night. Nice spot and suitable for at least 6 vans.
Clear, unobstructed view of the ocean. Quiet. Superb sunset!
Little spot in the middle of nowhere, just the way we like them! Magnificent sea view, sublime sunset and guaranteed peace and quiet.