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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…
The Castle of St John is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house, built by the Adairs of Kilhilt around 1510. Over the centuries it has been used as a home, a court, a police station, a military garrison, and a Victorian prison. The castle is now a museum. 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…
Mill on the Fleet, a visitor and exhibition centre with a full exhibition programme of temporary exhibitions running through the season. The main exhibition floor holds displays on the history and heritage of Gatehouse and the Fleet Valley. Read more…
Knock Bay and Killantringan Bay contain a rural continuous sandy beach that extends to over 1km. You also have some small patches of sandy beach to the north of Knock Bay. The southern part of Killantringan Bay changes from a sandy beach to a rock platform. This beach is one of the largest on this stretch of coast and reaches Read more…
Stranraer Sands is a long beach that stretches away from Stranraer harbour.At high tide the sand disappears. Read more…
Port Logan Bay has a sandy beach in a sheltered cove next to the small village of Port Logan. The old harbour shelter for small boats to be launched from the slipway. The old pier is a popular fishing spot whilst the sheltered cove attracts many water sports, including windsurfing, canoeing and water skiing. To the north of the bay 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…
Sandhead beach is a sandy beach 1 mile in length alongside the small village of Sandhead. As the tide goes out the beach can extend to nearer 3 miles. Good safe swimming but as the water can shallow you may have a long walk to get to sufficient depth to actually swim. 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…
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