Macdonald Lochanhully Resort

Our family has been coming to this woodland holiday park for around 40 years. I’ve personally been visiting for the past 4–5 years, and it’s always been somewhere we looked forward to — peaceful, relaxed, and family-friendly, with enough going on to keep everyone entertained. Unfortunately, it’s been disappointing to see how much the park has declined recently. What once felt welcoming and well-kept now feels increasingly neglected. The lounge used to be a great space where we could sit and play games — it’s now closed and has been turned into a new restaurant. While that could have been a positive change, the restaurant is only open for a couple of hours in the evenings, five days a week. It’s advertised as serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner — but in reality, only dinner is available, and even that has been inconsistent. We've seen it shut by 9pm on nights it was meant to be open later. There’s nowhere else on-site to grab a coffee, a drink, or even a sandwich during the day. With no on-site shop and very limited fridge space in the cabins, this creates a real inconvenience. Due to health reasons, I’m legally unable to drive, which means I’m fully restricted to the site during our stay. That makes the lack of accessible on-site facilities and daytime food options even more noticeable — and honestly, quite frustrating. The games room has been reduced to a single pool table and a few jigsaws. There’s an arts and crafts room, but it’s only open during the day when staff are present, usually closing by 4 or 5pm. I’d love to be able to use that space later in the day — my son enjoys sensory play as part of his bedtime routine, and I’ve had to bring everything myself as there’s simply no access in the evenings. It seems like a missed opportunity, especially when most kids are actually back on-site in the evenings after day trips out, with very little to do. The pool was overcrowded and unsupervised last year, which made us avoid it this year. There’s also a tennis court and a small woodland trail that my son enjoys, plus a lochan with ducks and a couple of very small playgrounds — but overall, the park feels like it’s lacking the activity and atmosphere it once had. The accommodation itself is in poor shape. The flooring in our cabin kitchen has been broken since last year and still hasn’t been repaired. The cabin has a strong, unpleasant smell, and the vacuum cleaner gives off a rancid odour — again, the same as last year. The main door sticks badly and has to be slammed to close. Everything is just feeling tired and uncared for. What’s also frustrating is the sense that the decline might be intentional. There’s talk of owners being asked to buy themselves out of their cabins, despite having paid into the park for decades. It’s hard not to feel that standards are being lowered to push people toward that outcome — which is upsetting when you’ve had such a long history here. This place has meant a lot to our family. I still wan

The lodges look derelict and are at least 30 or 40 years old. There is a musty smell of age and decay as you walk in. There is also clearly a rodent problem, I opened the hall cupboard to see a mousetrap. I would class them as barely habitable, just horrible. Two very uncomfortable and depressing nights spent here, we couldn't wait to leave.

Spring holiday We had an enjoyable stay at the property, there were a few little issues but nothing to put us off coming back. The cold water tap in the bath didn’t work so had to use cold water from the sink to put in a bath, the rubber edging round the oven door had come off and was loose in the oven, some of the equipment /trays for the oven also weren’t the right size to be able to cook on. The property is slightly dated and could do with a little bit of TLC. Overall though and enjoyable stay