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Kirkcudbright "The Artist's Town" |
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Kirkcudbright. |
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Broughton House & Gardens.National Trust for Scotland |
Dundrennan Abbey. C12th. Cistercian ruins. |
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MacLellans Castle. Built 1577 as fortified town house. |
Threave Castle. Tower on island in River Dee. (NTS) |
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Galloway Hydro Visitor Centre. Tongland Power Station and Dam with salmon ladder. |
Cream O'Galloway Visitor Centre. Ice cream manufacture. Teas. |
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The Stewartry Museum. Human & natural history. Local. |
Sulwath Brewery, Castle Douglas. Traditional Brewery |
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Tolbooth Art Centre. Audio/visual show.Art exhibitions. |
Screel Hill. Hill walks.Mountain biking. Great views. |
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High Street.Georgian buildings & old closes.Galleries. |
ThreaveWildfowl Reserve. Winter observation hides. |
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Wildlife Park. Zoological conservation. Tours, teas, etc. |
Beaches. "The Dhoon" sandy/rocky at 3 miles is nearest |
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Kirkcudbright Marina. Safe haven on Solway coast. |
Threave Gardens. Castle Douglas. (NTS). Shop & cafe |
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Kirkcudbright Swimming Pool. Indoor, safe for children. |
Brighouse Bay Trekking Ponies. BHS approved. |
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Squash Club. Visitors welcome. Keys at Swimming Pool. Click Squash for details. |
Park of Tongland Golf . Driving, 9 hole par-3 course. |
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Kirkcudbright Golf Club.18 holes. Visitors welcome. Click Golf Club for their website. |
David Coulthard Museum, Twynholm. Three miles. |
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Kirkcudbright, the former county town, has become "The Artist's Town". The harbour setting, the variety of buildings and pastel colours of the 18th century town houses give Kirkcudbright a distinctive character. It is unique with its wide streets and typical closes leading off the High Street. Kirkcudbright has plenty to offer to all ages. Besides an 18 hole golf course, an indoor swimming pool and tennis courts, there are restaurants, pubs, shops, art galleries, museum, a busy fishing harbour, wild life park, gardens, sites of historical interest, nearby beaches, and summer entertainment. Within easy reach of the town are quiet roads for cyclists and a variety of hill and coastal walks. |
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From the Barrhill Woods, there are fine views over the town and across the tidal Dee Estuary and Kirkcudbright Bay to the Galloway Hills beyond. Kirkcudbright Bay is used for boating , sailing and water skiing. Sea, loch and river fishing are all available. |
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The old county of Kirkcudbrightshire combines a mix of hills and wooded glens with sparkling lochs and rivers, and miles of attractive coastline. |
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Small picturesque villages dot the coastline, where sandy and boulder-strewn beaches alternate with rocky coves and headlands. Farmlands border the coast and spread up the fertile valleys. There are fine views across the Solway Firth to the Lake District and the Isle of Man. To the north, sheep farming gives way to forests, high moor land, rocky hilltops and mountains, providing wild magnificent scenery. |
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Galloway Forest Park, to the north west of Kirkcudbright, has associations with Robert the Bruce at Glen Trool as well as Merrick, the finest mountain in southern Scotland. It is ideal for a day trip. The Clatteringshaws and the Kirroughtree Visitor Centres have tearooms and details of the attractions, including wildlife, walking and forest drives and bike trails. |
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The Visitor's Guide produced by the Dumfries & Galloway Tourist Board has details of over 200 places to visit and things to do and includes latest events. (www.visit-dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk) |
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