About Dumfries & Galloway

Dumfries & Galloway nestles in the south-west corner of the West Scotland region probably most popular for discovering the Solway coast - a stretch of coastline featuring lots of sheltered sandy bays and coves.

Historically the south-west region was a popular shipping area with numerous busy ports trading and shipping predominantly to Ireland, with the advent of modern transport much as the rest of Britain this was reduce in favour of a few main ports, ferries still operate from Stranraer.

Dumfries and Galloway features a number of towns and villages, Dumfries is the largest town in the region where Robert Burns spent some of his adult life, a large statue of the popular poet marks this in the town centre which features a rich and diverse pedestrianized shopping thoroughfare.

Kirkudbright sits on the south coast with a number of attractions in the general area including Dundrennan Abbey and Threave Gardens. Kirkudbright was one a busy shipping port is a pretty little town popular with artists.

Around the coast of Wigtown Bay is Wigtown which features French Gothic county buildings now the town’s library. The town is popular with lovers of literature and due to the number of book shops here it was named Booktown. Wigtown is home to an annual literature festival.

Around the coast the three lighthouses of Drummore, Portpatrick and Corswell Point mark this large rocky outcrop which protects the shipping ferry lane from Stranraer and Cairnryan on the west coast.

A large number of attrations throughout Dumfries & Galloway include Glenluce Abbey, Castle Kennedy, Galloway Forest Park, Threave Castle and much more.

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