Out & about - further afield

Galloway forest park

300 square miles of forest, hills and lochs. Visitor centres at Glentrool, Kirroughtree, Clatteringshaws. Visit the red deer range and see the wild goats and walk, cycle or ride the forest trails. There are now available internationally acclaimed mountain bike trails recently established in Kirroughtree and Glentrool. Dumfries and Galloway 2008 Forest Park events here (pdf 1.6Mb)

For children

Visit the Gem Rock Museum in Creetown or The Cream o' Galloway, a must for the children - super adventure playground and ice cream dairy, cafe, splendid views and country trails. On the way look out for the turning to Mossyard Beach just past the caravan park, sandy beach & loads of sea-shells to see! The Cocoa Bean Chocolate Factory in Twynholm link here- children may make their own chocolate in the 'chocolate factory'.

Gardens to visit

Threave Gardens> by Castle Douglas Over 200 types of daffodil to see in Spring!. Castle Kennedy Gardens - splendid gardens, over 75 acres. Logan Botanic Gardens, Scotland's most exotic, warmed by the Gulf Stream these wonderful, gardens are on the Rhins of Galloway, open in the winter months. closer to us Glenwhan Gardens at Dunragit are well worth a visit.

The Rhins of Galloway

Close to Logan Botanical gardens is Logan Bay, a fine beach, and an unusual Victorian sea fish pond. Portpatrick (Rhin's) a pretty harbour, good pubs and restaurants. Visit The Mull of Galloway, Scotland's most southerly point has splendid views in all directions, with visitor centre, lighthouse and cafe. The striking cliffs of the Mull famously may provide views to Scotland, England, Ireland and the Isle of Man. The RSPB's visitor centre has video cameras with live links to the cliffs, so you can see the resident seabirds.

Castle on an island

Theave the former residence of Archibald the Grim! Threave Castle off the A75 by Castle Douglas. It is a pleasant 10-15 minute walk by pathway across the fields down to the river and thence by small boat to the castle on the island. Ring the bell for the boat! Threave Gardens and Castle Douglas 'Food Town' are also close by.

Galloway Kite Trail

Red Kites have been successfully reintroduced into Galloway. At the Bellymack Farm feeding station, at 2pm every day, you can see over 20 at once!

Golfing in South-West Scotland

Scotland's South-West offers some of the best golf in some of the most spectacular surroundings in Scotland locally for example are Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire County and Portpatrick. Dumfries and Galloway has 30 courses. A 6 or 10-round ‘Gateway to Golf’ pass is available in the area for a bargain price. Find out more at any Tourist Information Centre or call 01387 245566. Wigtown itself has a pretty 9 hole parkland course close by the cottages.

A day trip in Galloway

Forest Park, ancient cairn, old watermill, scenic drive and a fabulous beach click here for more details of the trip.

Fishing in Galloway

Many opportunities for fishing here; coarse, salmon, trout or sea fishing more information here on fishing. There also brochures in the cottages.

In our Image Gallery there are some views of the places mentioned above (also the cottages). There are also external links to visitor attraction websites in our area Here