Skip to main content
Lodging✨ Glamping⛺ Tent Camping🐾 Dogs Welcome

Blackwater Glamping and Campsite

Lab Road, Kinlochleven PH50 4SG, UK

View on Google Maps

A campsite near Kinlochleven

About Blackwater Glamping and Campsite

Tucked near Kinlochleven in the shadow of the West Highland Way, Blackwater Glamping and Campsite makes a practical base for hikers and families exploring Argyll. The site offers 35 non-electric grass pitches alongside cosy glamping pods and hostel rooms, all benefiting from excellent showers and well-equipped communal kitchens with drying rooms – a real boon after a wet day on the hills. Kettles, fridges and microwaves in the pods add convenience, while friendly staff help smooth the stay.

It's worth noting that some visitors find the two-person pods a little overpriced, though the location – within easy reach of Kinlochleven's shops and pubs – partly justifies the premium. Dogs are welcome, WiFi keeps you connected, and the site stays open year-round for hardy souls chasing winter views.

What's nearby

  • Vertical Descents - Kinlochleven next door
  • Co-op Food - Kinlochleven - Leven Road 300m away
  • Rich Mountain Experiences 400m away

Distances as the crow flies, via Google

Good to know

Accessibility

  • Accessible parking

Payment

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards

Details via Google — worth confirming with the site before you travel, especially for access needs.

Photos

Photos via Google

People say this campsite offers clean glamping pods and hostel rooms with useful amenities like kettles, fridges, and microwaves, alongside well-equipped communal kitchens and drying rooms. They also highlight the friendly and helpful staff, excellent showers, and convenient location near town facilities.

Some reviews mention the two-person pods can be overpriced.

Summary via Google

Can I bring...?

Tent pitches
🚐 Caravans welcome
🚌 Motorhomes welcome
Glamping available
🛖 Lodges & pods

Pitch types

  • 35 x Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches

Pitch details as listed by the booking provider — availability and exact pricing shown at checkout.

Facilities

🚿 Hot showers
📶 Free WiFi
🏊 Swimming pool
🛒 Onsite shop
🎠 Children's play area
🍖 BBQs allowed
🔥 Campfires allowed
🧺 Laundry
🎣 Fishing
🛁 Hot tub
Accessible facilities
🅿️ Hardstanding pitches
🍽️ Bar/restaurant on site
🧒 Good for children
Allow pets on site Family friendly Showers Toilets Drinking water WiFi Open year round

No takeaway delivery found for this location (PH50 4SG) on Just Eat or Deliveroo — you'll likely need to bring or buy supplies before you arrive.

Nearest supermarkets

Handy if you're self-catering or need to stock up on arrival.

  • Co-op, Kinlochleven on the doorstep
  • Aldi, Fort William 9.1 miles
  • Lidl, Fort William 9.1 miles
  • Morrisons, Fort William 9.2 miles

Straight-line distances — the drive will be longer. Store data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Location

Lab Road, Kinlochleven PH50 4SG, UK Get directions

Opening hours

Monday
3:00 – 8:30 PM
Tuesday
3:00 – 8:30 PM
Wednesday
3:00 – 8:30 PM
Thursday
3:00 – 8:30 PM
Friday
3:00 – 8:30 PM
Saturday
3:00 – 8:30 PM
Sunday
3:00 – 8:30 PM

What visitors say

Joe Jeff

Not great not terrible. You get what you book - It is a campsite with extra "glamping"-pods with a great location on the WHW. Cheapest option in town of you want to stay here. We booked one of those pods. Pods: If you are with two people the pods can be kinda small but that's fine. But there is no place for the rucksacks. You can stand in the middle and you get some amenities like a kettle, a microwave, a TV and a fridge. In my honest opinion - leave those (except for the kettle) out and make room for some stuff. But that's a personal opinion. The pods itself were mostly clean, the matresses you sleep on were not. Also it's super warm in the pots and the small window doesn't really help. Sleeping: You can bring your own bedding or you can rent some from them for 5£ each. It contains a sleeping bag, an inlay and a pillow. The last one is really not good. Toilets: As mentioned before it's a campsite. The showers were good, not the cleanest but nothing bad, also warm and lots of water. The toilets were really not great. I get you don't have any influence of how people leave the bathroom after their business but it was really not nice. Maybe two toilets for the gentleman for a full campsite is also a little under numbered. Extras There is a nice little outdoor kitchen and two drying rooms. Those are great. All in all For the price it's really okay. Nothing too bad or too great. For one night it's all you need.

2 months ago · via Google

k k

we stayed on the little pods. everything you needed including kettle, fridge, microwave, table, chairs. we had our own views over the river. shower block was lovely with a handy net for clothing and lovely smelling shower gel. small site, lovely stay would recommend for a place to rest your weary legs

2 months ago · via Google

Nicole H

We booked a glamping pod, under the impression that we would indulge in a luxurious experience with proper bedding and fancy amenities. Instead we got “welcomed” by a receptionist who didn’t wanna help us out and sleeping beds that we were supposed to approach with a clean “sleeping bed liner”. Sorry but for a glamping - which stands for glamourous camping- this is not acceptable. After a night of no sleep we can say we sadly all agree to not come back and are more than disappointed of the price-value-experience after a long day of hiking.

a month ago · via Google

Gillian Lowe

After a hard day walking the west highland way we arrived at this campsite, looked very over crowded and tents were on top of each other and after a hard day we didn’t expect that. There was a bit of shelter around the back which was also chaos, lots of people, emptying bags, cooking with gas stoves, to be honest very busy, too busy!! Showered were good but again people hanging over you brushing their teeth, we won’t be back here! You have seen the last of us!

2 months ago · via Google

More campsites in Argyll