Drymen Camping

Drymen, Scotland

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  • Directly on the West Highland Way
  • Glamping pods and LandPod accommodation
  • Hot showers and WiFi included
  • Communal sheltered area
  • Close to Loch Lomond and The Trossachs

Stay steps from the West Highland Way before reaching Loch Lomond.

Drymen Camping is a family-run campsite located directly on the West Highland Way and National Cycle Route 7 near Drymen. The site offers tent pitches, campervan pitches and a range of glamping accommodation including pods and kocoons. Popular with walkers, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts, it provides essential facilities and a sociable communal area for travellers heading towards Loch Lomond and The Trossachs.

Life without a car

Car-free score: 6/10

A realistic car-free option, but not one of the easiest. Local buses stop nearby. Shops, restaurants and Croftamie are reachable on foot. A bicycle makes exploring the wider area easy.

Train station
Balloch
14.3km away
Nearest town
Croftamie
27 min walk (2 km)
Local buses
Bus 309 to Alexandria
10 buses a day · 7am–10pm
from Drymen Bridge · 17 min walk
Cycling
Good option — cycle routes and quiet lanes nearby
Essentials nearby
Supermarket
32 min walk (2.4 km)
Bakery
0 min walk (0 km)
Restaurants
Available in Croftamie
Pharmacy
29 min walk (2.2 km)

Getting here

Nearest station
Balloch (11km)
Nearest airport
Glasgow Airport (20km)

Map

Facilities

ToiletsHot showersWiFiCharging pointsCommunal shelterSnack shopOutdoor seatingParking

About the area

Drymen Camping has been welcoming West Highland Way walkers for more than 35 years.

Offers standard pitches, family pitches, campervan pitches, Green Pods, Kocoons and a LandPod. Motorhomes and caravans are not accepted.

Accommodation types

tentcampervanglamping

Places to visit near Drymen Camping

Go Ape Aberfoyle
Go Ape Aberfoyle
Go Ape Aberfoyle is set in the heart of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, surrounded by mountains, forest, rivers and lochs. It’s outdoor adventure at its finest. Go Ape is an outdoor adventure centre set in the forest, with treetop high-ropes courses, Tarzan swings and zip lines — a popular day out for families and groups, and an easy add-on to a nearby camping trip.
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Doune Castle Filming Location
Doune Castle
Doune Castle is a remarkably well-preserved medieval stronghold in Stirling, best known today for its extensive use as a filming location. It famously appears in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where it stood in for multiple castles and interiors, with many of the film’s iconic scenes shot both inside the castle and in its surrounding grounds. It was also used in Outlander as Castle Leoch, and in Game of Thrones as Winterfell in the pilot episode, making it one of Scotland’s most recognisable screen locations. For Monty Python and the Holy Grail, several nearby landscapes around Doune and the River Teith were used for exterior scenes, including countryside sequences and approach shots to “swamp castles” and travelling knights. While there isn’t a dedicated “Holy Grail cave” at Doune itself, some of the film’s cave-like and forest scenes were shot in nearby rural areas of the Stirling and Callander region, where wooded glens and limestone features provided the backdrop for wandering knight sequences and encounters. Visitors to Doune Castle can explore the imposing gatehouse, great hall, and kitchen areas, many of which remain largely unchanged since the medieval period. Nearby, the historic town of Stirling offers Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument, both rich in Scottish history and frequently linked with film productions and period dramas due to their dramatic settings. The surrounding Trossachs area also provides rugged landscapes that have been used in numerous historical and fantasy productions, making Doune a central hub for both cinematic and real-world Scottish heritage.
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Bothwell Castle
Bothwell Castle
Bothwell Castle, on a bend of the River Clyde near Uddingston, is the largest and finest 13th-century stone castle in Scotland. Its huge red-sandstone donjon was fiercely fought over during the Wars of Independence.
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How to get to Drymen Camping

Campsite address
Drymen Camping
Gartness Road, Drymen, G63 0DN, United Kingdom
Get directions
41 mins by car from Glasgow Airport
From the station
Balloch
From Balloch station, walk 2 minutes to Tullichewan, then take Bus 309 for 14 minutes to Winnock Court, followed by a 33-minute walk to reach Drymen Camping. The complete journey takes around 49 minutes.
From the airport
Glasgow Airport
From Glasgow Airport to Drymen Camping, take bus 976 from the terminal to Duck Bay, then transfer to bus 306 to Balloch and bus 309 to Winnock Court, followed by a 33-minute walk to your destination. The entire journey takes approximately 2 hours 39 minutes and involves three bus transfers plus walking segments.

ℹ️ Travel directions are correct at time of publishing and regularly reviewed, but routes and timetables can change. Please double-check before travelling.

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Nearest airports
Glasgow Airport
20km awayGLA
Train stations
Balloch
11km away · National Rail
Alexandria
12km away · National Rail
Renton
13km away · National Rail

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