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Sunday Market on WEEKLY throughout July & August

Sunday Market on WEEKLY throughout July & August

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Sunday Market on WEEKLY throughout July & August

Experience the Best of Summer at Our Sunday Market!

Firstly, let’s talk about the food! Our Sunday market is the perfect place to indulge in a variety of delicacies, including freshly prepared burgers, hotdogs, and other street food favourites. Whether you have a sweet tooth or love savoury snacks, our vendors have got you covered. And the best part? You can enjoy your food while immersing yourself in the beautiful surroundings and bustling atmosphere of Loch Lomond Shores.

Every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm, we’ve got a fantastic selection of local produce, artisan gifts, and street food vendors waiting for you. Our market features lots of handpicked stalls so that you can find something unique and special for you or your loved ones.

In addition to great food, we offer a range of other activities for all ages. You can spend the day exploring the Mall, which features a wide range of shops selling everything from homewares to fashion. If you’re feeling adventurous, try out some of our water sports activities with Loch Lomond Leisure, visit our Loch Lomond Bird of Prey Centre or try an aerial adventure at TreeZone. There’s also plenty for kids to enjoy, including our mini-golf, fairground rides, and woodland walks.

What’s On Daily…

Moreover, we are open every day, so you can come and visit us whenever you’re free.

At Loch Lomond Shores, we’re proud of our range of activities and businesses that make our destination unique. There’s always something going on to keep you entertained. We are dedicated to creating a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere where everyone can feel involved and have a great time. We have lots of free parking, with plenty of EV charging points, regular bus service and close to Balloch train station too. Oh, and did we mention we are also dog-friendly too, so you can even bring along your 4-legged family members on your day out.

Overall, if you’re looking for something fun to do this summer, visit Loch Lomond Shores and experience all that’s on offer. It’s the perfect place to shop, eat, and play all day long. We guarantee that you and your family will have a memorable day out. So come for a visit – we can’t wait to see you there!

Come along and shop, eat and play all day!

Join us in July for some summer fun!

Join us in July for some summer fun!

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Join us in July for some summer fun!

July is a busy month at Loch Lomond Shores, with lots going on that everyone can enjoy.

As well as shopping, water sports, birds of prey, aerial adventures, picnics, woodland walks, kids rides, the Loch Lomond Express land train, loch cruises, SEA LIFE and more, we’ve got great extra things planned to make sure you’ve got a HUGE range of things to see and do here at Loch Lomond Shores.

 
These include:
Markets – we have a weekly Sunday Market throughout July and August with great local produce, artisan gifts, and a mouth-watering selection of street food from 10am to 4pm every Sunday.
Tasty Treats – as well as Jurassic Grill, Jurassic Ice Bar, Café Zest and Café at the Shores, we’ll have a great selection of street food every day for visitors to choose from. If you want to make the most of your day and enjoy all our activities, you can eat on the go and enjoy everything from burgers to delicious desserts. Street food will be available from 11am to 4pm daily.
Comic Con – Popular Comic Con returns on the 8th and 9th of July after a hugely successful June visit. Meet some of your comic heroes and browse the many stalls featuring a fantastic array of comic-related merchandise and products.
 
Come along and shop, eat and play all day!

Tweeds of Scotland

Tweeds of Scotland

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Tweeds of ScotlandTweeds of Scotland offers a high-quality clothing collection for both ladies and gents with a focus on Harris Tweed.  They also have comfortable knitwear made from cashmere, merino and lambswool.

For those who love the outdoors, they have a good range of outdoor padded and wax jackets.  Their wide selection of Taste of Scotland products are great for gifts or souvenirs while their Clan Shop offers quality heritage tartans, kilts, jackets, waistcoats and dress socks.

Their main business is in original Harris Tweed.   You can choose from a range of jackets, coats, handbags, wallets, scarves etc.  A full compliment of both original and modern colourways to suit all ages.  They promote Glen Appin, Islander and Eliz Scott.

 

 

If you’re looking for something a little more casual, you’ll find smart yet comfortable sweaters, cardigans and slipovers made from cashmere, merino and lambswool.   Origin is everything, and they are proud to promote British Wool and Johnstons of Elgin and Lona Scott cashmere.

For the more ‘outdoorzie’, they offer Country Leisure Wear made in the UK.    They have a good range of Ecosse gents sweaters and Country Estate outdoor padded and wax jackets.   Complimented nicely with Harris Tweed shooting jackets, caps and gloves.  You can choose from a wide selection of Loch Carron and Lyle and Scott cashmere scarves.

If this makes you slightly peckish,  why not choose some of their Taste of Scotland products such as Walkers shortbread, Mrs Bridges jams and preserves and tasty confectionery from Gordon and Durward, based in Crieff and founded in 1925.

Their Clan Shop offers the opportunity to purchase quality heritage tartans and they hold various sizes in kilts, Prince Charlie jackets and waistcoats, dress socks, Clan badges, etc.

You can visit Tweeds of Scotland in our mall daily from 10am to 5.30pm.  Visit the TWEEDS OF SCOTLAND website

Food festivals at Loch Lomond Shores

Food festivals at Loch Lomond Shores

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Food Festivals at Loch Lomond Shores

Pre-Coronavirus, Loch Lomond Shores was home to two major food festivals each year – Springfest on the first weekend of April and The Loch Lomond Food and Drink Festival on the first weekend in September.

With September’s festival still in the balance, we thought we’d tell you a bit about the festivals so you can plan for visiting during them in 2022 when we hope they will make a fresh appearance.

Visited by around 30,000-40,000 people over the weekend, the festivals are hugely popular, with visitors travelling from all over Scotland and beyond to attend.

The festivals encompass the whole paved outside areas at Loch Lomond Shores with around 100 vendors on site offering a huge range of foodie treats to takeaway or enjoy on site.

There is also a licenced outside area so you can enjoy a drink overlooking the loch as well as lots of entertainment – from cooking demonstrations to great music, dancing and magic performed on stage throughout the festival.

You can find out more about our food festivals at Loch Lomond Shores by visiting https://lochlomondfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk/

You can also see the short videos of some of the festivals by visiting our youtube channel…

Being part of The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

Being part of The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

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Being part of The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
We are proud to be part of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park which welcomes visitors from across the world each year who come to marvel over its natural beauty and diversity.

So here’s some more information and facts about the national park that will allow you to plan to discover more of the park as well as Loch Lomond Shores.

The National Park encompasses around 720 sq miles (1,865 sq km) of some of the finest scenery in Scotland and is split into four distinct areas.

It is a place of contrasts, from rolling lowland landscapes in the south to high mountains in the north, and has many lochs and rivers, forests and woodlands. It is also a living, working landscape which has been influenced by people for generations and is visited and enjoyed by many for its recreational value.

The Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park became fully operational on 19 July 2002 and was officially opened by Princess Anne on 24 July 2002.

Key facts

  • The Park is 1,865 sq km (720 sq miles) and has a boundary length of 350km (220miles).
  • 50% of Scotland’s population lives within an hour’s drive of the National Park.
  • There are 21 Munros (mountains above 3,000ft) in the Park and the highest is Ben More at 1,174m.
  • There are 19 Corbetts (mountains between 2,500ft and 3,000ft).
  • There are 22 larger lochs, with numerous smaller lochs and lochans, and about 50 rivers and large burns.
  • 15,168 people live in the National Park (2011 census).
  • There are two Forest Parks – Queen Elizabeth in the Trossachs and Argyll in Cowal.
  • The National Park contains one of the UK’s largest National Nature Reserves – The Great Trossachs Forest.
  • Ben Lomond National Memorial Park is Scotland’s national memorial to those who have died in conflict.

 

5 star facilities

5 star facilities

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Our site is 5* rated by VisitScotland and we work hard to make sure that our facilities reflect that rating and more.

With 1000s of free parking spaces, a large coach park, and priority disabled parking, your visit to Loch Lomond Shores is smooth from arrival if you are travelling by car or coach.  In fact, if you have an electric car, you can even charge your car while you enjoy your time with us at our electric car charging points located in our coach car park.

For those arriving by train, there are numerous and frequent trains to Balloch train station, a short five to ten-minute walk from us.  Balloch also has a bus station around ten minutes from our location so we’re well connected by public transport.  You can find out more about public transport to Loch Lomond Shores by visiting https://www.travelinescotland.com/public-transport.

Our toilet facilities are in our main foyer and within our mall.  The ladies’ and gents toilets in the foyer also have disabled toilets and, within the ladies, there are mother and baby facilities.

If you have mobility issues you can also use one of our free wheelchairs located in our foyer area.  These are free but there are a limited quantity.

Accessibility is a key area that we pride ourselves on and all areas of the site are accessible to those with mobility issues or families with young children in prams and buggies – either through being located on the ground floor or by having an elevator to get to upper floors.

Seating is available throughout the site, both inside and out, where you can enjoy the views, rest, or, in the promontory and on the beach we have picnic benches and metal BBQ holders where you can enjoy dining alfresco.

For those looking to share our amazing views on social media, we have site-wide free Wi-Fi that you can join to keep connected.

Dog lovers are also not left out of our thoughts.  Most of our stores are dog-friendly, including Jenners.  As well as enjoying some exercise, you can also browse our stores.  All we ask is that you check with our smaller mall stores and cafes that they’re happy for you to bring in your four-legged friend.

 

 

 

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