Booktown Bunkhouse

United Kingdom , Dumfries and Galloway
Wigtown, 21 North Main Street
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20 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2026

Richard

The room was exactly as expected. Excellent location within the town

Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2025

jasbir

Very good value overall , shower room very good spec . Bunk bed was very used, too soft and noisey . Toilet next door can be heard , but overall it was clean and good .

Business

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2025

Fiona

Great help from Matt re. Booking

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2025

Deirdre

My second stay at this property. I felt that perhaps the servicing was not as good as the previous time.e.g. Washing up liquid empty for whole of my two day stay, toilet seat in bathroom was looose and needed fixing.
There are only 3 rooms and 2 of them have no furniture apart from a bed in room 3, bunks and a chair in room 2 and bunks and drawers in room 1. There are wall hooks with a shelf above but so high as to be beyond my reach.
No mirror even in room 3. There was a small alcove which would benefit from some shelves. The doors are very noisy which is a problem with late arrivals and the front door does not close easily which means it is often left ajar.
I had trouble with releasing the front door key from its box and understand someone had the same problem the previous day. There is an emergency contact number but only available when you get inside. This should be in the email with the entry codes.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2025

Mark

Convenient

This is just a room with a bed, which is fine, if convenience is what you need. Comfortable enough for one night with a separate kitchen to use if required. The separate, shared wet room is ok but I found everything gets wet, it is a wet room, but the addition of a shower curtain would be good. I think I was the only one staying that night, so it wasn’t a problem, but I think if other guests were in the other rooms too, I’m not sure it would be very practical.
Overall it was good for what I needed but not sure I’d consider it for more than 2 nights.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2025

Michael

Covenient location. Good price

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2025

Nick

Basic accomodation (a bed, a wall heater, a coat rack, an adjacent bathroom, and a shared kitchen) but well mantained, clean and comfortable. Excellecent value for the price.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2025

Deirdre

Cannot recommend highly enough. A small en-suite room with 2 bunk beds for £36 a night - what is not to like. Sparklingly clean and access to kitchen with microwave and toaster. Rooms are newly designed with modern bathroom and one of the best showers I have had.
Not much storage space, a bedside locker would have helped by providing a surface to utilise or even a shelf over the radiator.
The photo is not the actual property- where is the alleyway on the right?

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2025

Fiona

We needed some reasonably priced accommodation that could also take our dog. The Bunkhouse was a great option. Great to have a private room and bathroom. Only three rooms in total meant it was pretty quiet (although the internal doors do bang quite loudly).
The kitchen was fine, with a microwave for heating up food and plenty of crockery and utensils.
We had great communication from the manager in advance of our stay.

Business_and_leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2025

Richard

Central square of Wigtown right out front; late night market steps away.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2025

Melanie

Wigtown Bunkhouse stay.

First time stay for three nights while visiting family. Vert clean throughout the hostel and updated to a high standard. Very nice ensuite shower room with towels provided which is good so you don't have to pack any. Comfortable bunk bed in the twin room we were in. It's a tiny hostel with only three bedrooms and the communal kitchen dinner but it has all the basics you need. It's also safe and secure because of the entry codes to the hostel itself as well as your room. It is dog friendly because one of the other guests had their sweet dog staying so that's a huge plus if you're looking for accommodation that accepts dogs. Hostel is right in Wigtown's main High Street with convenience of shops, cafes, pub etc but it was still quiet. Parking is not a problem on the High Street .Would definitely stay there again.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2024

Kerrie

All was fine, only a place to put head down for a night. Would use again.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2024

Stuart

It was interesting 🤔

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2024

Aileen

Great value

I stayed at the bunkhouse for two nights when taking part in running events in Dumfries & Galloway. I chose it primarily on cost. It’s great value for a solo traveller and having a kitchen is a bonus.
However, the bunk bed wasn’t very comfortable - very soft mattress and I could feel the springs - so I didn’t sleep particularly well.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2024

Neil

Great stop on the way back from north Scotland. The rooms were superb and the facilities were just fantastic

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2024

Iain

As we were leaving for the ferry, I felt rather guilty that the squeaky door hinges must have disturbed our fellow guests as we departed.
A drop of oil would work wonders!
A brilliant value place to stay

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

Michael

Small and neat bit of a treat

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2024

Andrew

Unusual but basic and comfortable.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2024

Angus

Very good property and not expensive

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Jul 2024

Dorothy

I like that it's run by a charity, Machar charity. There's everything you need here apart from staff but there's information to read. Very quiet. It's a very cool town

Leisure