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Galloway Forest Park

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Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Galloway Forest Park
Phone:
+44 300 067 6800

Address:
| Creebridge, DG8 6AJ, Scotland

Galloway Forest Park is a forest park operated by Forestry Commission Scotland, principally covering woodland in Dumfries and Galloway. The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, on the Craigengillan estate in South Ayrshire, at the edge of the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park, was partly funded by the Scottish Government and opened in 2012. It is claimed to be the largest forest in the UK. The park, established in 1947, covers 774 square kilometres and receives over 800,000 visitors per year. The three visitor centres at Glen Trool, Kirroughtree, and Clatteringshaws receive around 150,000 each year. Much of the Galloway Hills lie within the boundaries of the park and there is good but rough hillwalking and also some rock climbing and ice-climbing within the park. Within or near the boundaries of the park are several well developed mountain bike tracks, forming part of the 7stanes project. As well as catering for recreation, the park includes economically valuable woodland, producing 500,000 tons of timber per year. Galloway Forest Park and the people who visit it and work in it were the subject of a six-part BBC One documentary series aired in early 2018 entitled The Forest.
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