Sandyhills beach is a sheltered sandy bay surrounded by wooded hills. At low tide you get a large expanse of sand whilst the beach is a gradual slope allowing great safe swimming. Read more…
Portpatrick is a small fishing village with an inner and outer harbour. The beach sits within the outer harbour and provides sheltered conditions and is an interesting mix of sand, shingle and rocks. Portpatrick is the start of the Southern Uplands Way. Read more…
Ardwell Bay beach is a sheltered and sandy cove popular with families and has interesting rock pools to provide a good distraction for youngsters. Also popular sea fishing location with a slipway to launch boats. Parking although the road to the bay is quite rough and narrow in place, picnic sites and slipway. Read more…
Stranraer Marine Lake beach is a sandy beach to the side of the port and gets its name from the small lake in Agnew Park beside the beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and grassy areas. Facilities include car parking and a cafe can be found in the park. Read more…
Cardoness Castle is a 15th Century tower house just south-west of Gatehouse of Fleet. It was originally owned by the MacCulloch family of Galloway also known as the MacCullochs of Myreton. They abandoned the castle in the late 17th Century, following the execution of Sir Godfrey McCulloch for the murder of a Clan Gordon neighbour. You have a good view Read more…
Rockcliffe beach is a small sandy beach with rocks set within the small village of Rockcliffe near Dalbeattie. The beach all but disappears at high tide but as the tide goes out you have large areas of sand and rocks to explore. Opposite the beach you have the nature reserve on Rough Island. The island can be reached by a tidal Read more…
Broughton House was the home and studio of E A Hornel, one of the famous early 20th-century ‘Glasgow Boys’. The house today is a beautiful living museum dedicated to Hornel’s life and work. If you are an art-lover then this is a must visit as it has many paintings, photographs and sculpture. Outside the house, is a beautiful garden that backs on to Read more…
The Robert the Bruce is a Wetherspoon pub in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm. Read more…
At Southerness you have a few choices. The main stretch of sand is in front of the holiday village but it is well worth exploring Southerness Point as you have smaller bits of sand but some surrounding rocks to explore. The tide can go out some distance and so the best time to swim is when the tide is Mid Read more…
