Loudoun Castle

Loudoun Castle Theme Park, Galston, Ayrshire There are two ways of looking at this park, one view is that you are a theme park/roller coaster fan with experience of the top parks the other is that you have a young family looking for a day out without too much distance between you and the park. Lets look at the second option, There are two roller coasters on site, twist and shout and the rat. Twist and Shout is a small loop coaster but is quite enjoyable for kids of 9 up (younger usually being too small), the rat is a wild mouse type ride and is quite good provided you dont compare it with the wild mouse at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Other attractions ...  Read the complete review

we went last year in July with our freinds who were good enough to treat us to this nice day out and it didnt cost them any money because they used Tesco vouchers which was really kind of them. Its in a really beautiful setting of an old castle. It was also one of the few nice days we had last summer. The first thing we went on was a loop the loop roller coaster, most people went on apart from me and one of the young ones who was too short. They all loved it. There was then go carts which werent included in the price(most rides are) The go carts were a bit old and dated but everything else was in good working order. The chairaplains were the biggest ...  Read the complete review

Loudon castle has improved ten fold since it first opened. I remember visiting not long after its original opening (i must have been a young teenager) and i was bored senseless. Even my sister and her friends (about 10 years old) were bored stupid so goodness knows how the adults felt! We went again recently and what a transformtion! There are rides that adults and teenagers would at least be able to go on and have a bit of a thrill as well as the typical young childrens rides that were present ten years ago. This isn't exactly Alton Towers or Disney but it has improved so much in the past ten years or so that i just had to write a review. ...  Read the complete review

We recently went to Craig Tara in Ayrshire, Scotland for a family holiday and chose to spend a day at Loudon Castle. I looked it up online and there seemed to be a fair amount of rides coupled with some shows so it looked like it would be suitable for adults, teenagers and a younger child. The best bit was it appeared in that lovely Tesco list of days out, where you are able to exchange your Tesco vouchers at four times their value for days out vouchers. £20.00 of Tesco vouchers therefore got me £80.00 worth of tickets into Loudon which covered the gate fees. (Now that's a bargain for unlimited rides and three shows for 5 people) My only worry ...  Read the complete review

A spectacular ruin and nice walk spoiled by the addition of a theme park.What looks like it would have once been a walled garden, spoiled by someone out to make money.Had to ask what they DID have from the restaurant menu.Was easier for them to tell me they only had one item from a list of eight.Most of the rides looked older than the castle. One cup of coffee-£1.70.Werent they making enough from my entry fee of £35.00 for my wife,me and my son.???Couldnt find the Pizzeria or a beer. Most of the young staff on the rides looked like they,d rather be somewhere else.All the same worth going to for the Birds of Prey display which was made very interesting and humorous by the falconer.....Take a picnic if you dont like being looted...Oh and by the way the castle is off limits. Look at it from outside only