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Tourist Spot Attractions In Dumfries and Galloway

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Dino Park

Caerlaverock Castle

Sandyhills to Kippford Coastal Walk

Forest of Ae

Brighouse Bay

Kirroughtree - 7stanes

Logan Botanic Garden

The Devil's Porridge Museum

Mabie Farm Park

Drumlanrig Castle

Southern Upland Way

The Raiders Road Forest Drive

Old Bridge House Museum

Grey Mare's Tail

Threave Garden

Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It comprises the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire, the latter two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The administrative centre is the town of Dumfries. Following the 1975 reorganisation of local government in Scotland, the three counties were joined to form a single region of Dumfries and Galloway, with four districts within it. Since the Local Government etc. Act 1994, however, it has become a unitary local authority. For lieutenancy purposes, the historic counties are largely mai...
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Tourist Spot Attractions In Dumfries and Galloway

1. Mull of Galloway Lighthouse Mull Of Galloway
The Mull of Galloway is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula. The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natural coastal habitat on the Galloway coast and as such supports a wide variety of plant and animal species. It is now a nature reserve managed by the RSPB. Mull means rounded headland or promontory. The Mull of Galloway Trail, one of Scotland's Great Trails, is a 59 km long-distance footpath that runs from the Mull of Galloway via Stranraer to Glenapp near Ballantrae, where the trail links with the Ayrshire Coastal Path.
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2. Threave Castle Kirkcudbright
3. Mabie Farm Park Dumfries
4. Orchardton Tower Kirkcudbright
5. Castle Of St John Stranraer
The Castle of St John is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house in the centre of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It was built by the Adairs of Kilhilt c.1510. It has been used as a home, a court, a police station and as a military garrison during the Killing Times of Covenanter persecution in the 1680s. During the Victorian era, the castle was modified to serve as a prison, and it was used as an ARP base during the Second World War. The castle was refurbished in the late 1980s and is now a museum.
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6. Old Bridge House Museum Dumfries
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian , it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most popular tourist destination, attracting ov...
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7. Port Logan Lighthouse Port Logan
8. St Michael's and South Parish Church Dumfries
The Cathedral Church of Saint Margaret, also known as Ayr Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Ayr, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Galloway, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway. St Margarets was designated a cathedral in 2007, and is the most recent church to be given status as a Roman Catholic cathedral in the United Kingdom, due to the closure of Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr.
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9. Robert Burns House Dumfries
The Robert Burns World Federation is a literary society based at the 3A John Dickie Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA1 1HW. It is a Scottish Charity No. SC029099 and a company limited by Guarantee. The Federation links existing Burns Clubs and kindred societies, giving a unique number to affiliated Clubs, which is then used by them in their promotion and identification. Their ongoing intent is to provide a way for clubs to link together and enjoy the mutual benefit of association, communication and shared mission. The mission of the organisation is to advance the knowledge and education of people, in Scotland and internationally, about the life, poetry and works of Robert Burns and the Scottish Language. It does this through generating projects and activities under the broad headi...
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10. Mossburn Community Farm Lockerbie
11. Stranraer Harbour Stranraer
Stranraer is a town in Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It lies on the shores of Loch Ryan, on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town, with a population including the surrounding area of nearly 13,000. Stranraer is an administrative centre for the West Galloway Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway. It is best known as having been a ferry port, previously connecting Scotland with Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland; the last service was transferred to nearby Cairnryan in November 2011. The main industries in the area are the ferry port, with associated industries, tourism and, more traditionally, farming. Some argue that the name comes from the Scottish Gaelic An t-Sròn...
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12. Crichton Memorial Church Dumfries
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It incorporates part of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, a business park, and Crichton University Campus, which serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The site also includes a hotel and conference centre, and Crichton Memorial Church, set in a 100-acre park. The campus was established in the 19th century as the Crichton Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital.
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13. New Abbey Corn Mill New Abbey
New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is around 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. The village has a wealth of history including the ruined Cistercian abbey Sweetheart Abbey, founded by Lady Devorgilla in 1273 in memory of her husband John Balliol. She kept his embalmed heart close to her for the rest of her life. The monks named the abbey dulce cor . The village has a watermill, the New Abbey Corn Mill. Loch Kindar has a crannog and the village has the remains of Kirk Kindar on an island located just outside the village. The village has a saw mill, a hotel, a village shop, a coffee shop, a primary school, a doctor's surgery, a village hall, a bowling g...
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14. Cairnholy Chambered Cairns Ravenshall Creetown
15. Anwoth Old Kirk Kirkcudbright

Dumfries and Galloway Videos

Top 17. Best Tourist Attractions in Dumfries - Travel Scotland

Top 17. Best Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Dumfries - Travel Scotland: Caerlaverock Castle, Drumlanrig Castle, Dino Park, Dalscone Farm Fun, Dumfries Museum, Robert Burns House, Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Hetland Garden Centre, Dock Park Dumfries, WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Robert Burns Centre, Savings Banks Museum, Robert Burns Mausoleum, Morton Castle, Crichton Memorial Church, Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Top 10 Best Things to do in Dumfries, Scotland

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List of Best Things to do in Dumfries, Scotland
Dumfries Museum
Caerlaverock Castle
Robert Burns House
Dino Park
Hetland Garden Centre
Dalscone Farm Fun
Drumlanrig Castle
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
Mabie Farm Park
St Michael's and South Parish Church

Top 10 Things to do in Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Part 2 Camera Obscura & Dumfries Museum

Join me on the second part of my trip to visit things to do in Dumfries, were I will visit the camera obscura live and also the Dumfries Museum. Dumfries is such an amazing town with lots of history to explore. There of course many great visitor attractions Dumfries that commemorate the life and works of Robert burns that can be visited

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Top 14 Tourist Attractions in Fort William - Travel Scotland, United Kingdom

Top 14 Tourist Attractions in Fort William - Travel Scotland, United Kingdom:
Ben Nevis, Steall Waterfall, Nevis Range Mountain Experience, West Highland Museum, Jacobite Steam Train, Neptune's Staircase, West Highland Line, Old Inverlochy Castle, Treasures of the Earth, Ben Nevis Distillery, Glen Roy, Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve, Old Fort of Fort William, Saint Andrew's Church

Places to see in ( Dumfries - UK )

Places to see in ( Dumfries - UK )

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. Dumfries is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was a civil parish and became the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South. People from Dumfries are known colloquially as Doonhamers.

Like the rest of Dumfries and Galloway, of Scotland's three major geographical areas Dumfries lies in the Southern Uplands. The river Nith runs through Dumfries toward the Solway Firth in a southwards direction splitting the town into East and West.

Dumfries has a long history as a county town, and as the market town of a surrounding rural hinterland. Dumfries is a relatively prosperous community but the town centre has been exposed to the centrifugal forces that have seen retail, business, educational, residential and other uses gravitate towards the town's urban fringe.

Located on top of a small hill, Dumfries Museum is centred on the 18th century windmill which stands above the town. Included are fossil footprints left by prehistoric reptiles. Based in the control tower near Tinwald Downs, the aviation museum has an extensive indoor display of memorabilia which strives to preserve aviation heritage, much of which has come via various recovery activities.

The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. There are a number of festivals which take place throughout the year, mostly based on traditional values. Guid Nychburris (Middle Scots, meaning Good Neighbours) is the main festival of the year, a ceremony which is largely based on the theme of a positive community spirit.

Dumfries is linked to the Northbound A74(M) motorway at Beattock via the A701 road. The A75 road eastbound links Dumfries to the southbound A74(M), leading to the M6 motorway and Carlisle. The A75 road west links Dumfries with the ferry port of Stranraer. The A76 road connects to Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. Dumfries railway station lies on the Glasgow South Western Line. It was awarded Best Station Awards by British Rail in 1986 and 1987. The train service is now operated by private company Abellio ScotRail which provides services to Glasgow and Carlisle, and less frequent services direct to Newcastle. The nearest station to Dumfries on the West Coast Mainline is 14 miles (23 km) east along the A709 road at Lockerbie, and the nearest West Coast Mainline station linking directly to Dumfries by rail is Carlisle.

As the largest settlement in Southern Scotland, Dumfries is recognised as a centre for visiting surrounding points of interest. The following are all within easy reach:

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum – The traditional Scottish cottage in which John Paul Jones was born in 1747.
Solway Coast
Sweetheart Abbey in the village of New Abbey
New Abbey Corn Mill Museum
Criffel – a hill on the Solway Coast popular with hill walkers for its magnificent views of the Southern Scottish coastline and across the Solway Firth to the Lake District of Cumbria
Threave Castle in Castle Douglas, home to the Douglas Clan of James Douglas who fought with Robert the Bruce
Moniaive conservation village
Moffat and the views nearby of The Devil's Beef Tub, The Grey Mare's Tail waterfall and the A708 from Moffat past the Grey Mare's Tail to St Mary's Loch.
Mabie Forest - popular destinations for outdoor recreation such as mountain bike and walking.
Ae village and forest
Lochmaben with its lochs popular with boaters and also its history with Robert the Bruce
Wanlockhead – Britain's highest village registered at 1,531 feet (467 m) above sea level and the Lead Mining Museum
Caerlaverock Castle
Drumlanrig Castle
Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West.
Bridge house museum at the foot of the old bridge within Dumfries
Burns' house & mausoleum in St Micheals graveyard
the Robert Burns centre on the mill sands dumfries
At Twynholm is the David Coulthard Museum.
Gretna Green and the Old Blacksmith's Shop famous for runaway marriages.
Tharpaland – International Buddhist Retreat Centre under the auspices of the New Kadampa Tradition. Kelsang Gyatso completed a three-year retreat at Tharpaland.

( Dumfries - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Dumfries . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Dumfries - UK

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Dumfries Town Centre - Dumfries and Galloway - Southern Scotland

The Virtual Tourist walks around Dumfries Town Centre - Dumfries and Galloway - Southern Scotland

10 Top Things to Do in Dumfries part 3 Robbie Burns Huants Including The Globe

Walk with Me as I visit 10 great attractions and the top things do in Dumfries. We will Visit many of the Pubs that Robert Burns use to go to, and see the bed in the Globe were he and the bar maid used to sleep ( among other things lol) we will visit the Coach and horse inn Dumfries and also the hole in the wall. We also visit one of 2 of Robbie burns house in this video please check out part 1 and 2 of this series for the camera obscura and also the Dumfries Museum. The old bridge house on Devongilla Bridge is also featured in the video, which is the oldest house in Dumfries

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Seeing Scotland in a Motorhome Ayrshire Dumfries and Galloway Short Break

This video in my series Seeing Scotland in a Motorhome sees us away on a short spring break to the Dumfries & Galloway coast via Loch Doon in Ayrshire.

Places we visit:
Loch Doon
Newton Farm near Gatehouse of Fleet
Auchenlarie Holiday Park
Knocktinkle Viewpoint
Killantringan Lighthouse

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Northern Lights In Scotland - Where To See Them In Dumfries & Galloway

The Northern Lights are an amazing spectacle that can be seen from Southern Scotland! Yes, many people think you need to travel to Alaska and Greenland to see this natural phenomenon - but that's not the case.

In Dumfries & Galloway lies the Dark Sky Park at Galloway Forest Park. This has limited light pollution and is the ONLY Dark Sky Park in the UK and the fourth in the world! This makes is a fabulous place to spot the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis.

Autum and Winter are the best times to see the Northern Lights, but even if they don't come out to play, the Dark Sky Park is an amazing location for viewing constellations and planets from the many panoramic viewing points.

Coastal Kippford Holiday Park is on the doorstep of the Galloway Forest Park and makes an excellent base for people wanting to view the night skies as well as have a relaxing holiday in one of our modern, spacious caravans and lodges.

We are close to the beautiful seaside village of Kippford in Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland. Our guests love our location with its spacious grounds, wonderful views, nearby woodland walks and its proximity to the many activities that this beautiful region of Scotland has to offer.

Check out all that we have to offer on our website and we look forward to welcoming you soon.

Exploring Scotland by drone (Dumfries and Galloway)

A collection of videos from my holiday in Scotland around Dumfries and Galloway. Footage captured using the Bebop 1 drone. Including Garlieston village, Cruggleton Castle, Mull of Galloway, Caerlaverock Castle

Music: Sky Kingdom - Trevor DeMaere

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