Banff Links Caravan Park

The cry of gulls carries over the dunes, and beyond the marram grass lies the long sweep of Banff's sandy shore — a raw stretch of Moray Firth coastline where the wind tastes of salt and the sky never stops moving.

This is proper links-land camping for caravanners, campervanners and tenters who want the sea close and the town just a short walk away. Aberdeenshire's north coast isn't the tourist trail — it's fishing harbours, clifftop castles and beaches you might have to yourself come October. Banff itself is a handsome old port with solid Georgian streets, and dolphin-watchers often scan the firth from the breakwater. Open all year, so it suits off-season explorers as much as summer families.

The facilities are simple — showers and toilets — and the pitch is yours to roll out your groundsheet or level the van. Ask about campfires when you arrive; policies can shift with the season and the wind. It's a straightforward, no-frills site where the draw is really what's just beyond the gate: wide sands, big skies and that relentless, bracing North Sea air.