Days out in Dumfries & Galloway
Gentle rambles or wilder adventures: discover the best things to do around Bishopcleugh.
Grey Mare's Tail
One of Britain's highest waterfalls, tumbling from Loch Skeen in a hanging valley north-east of Moffat. Look out for wild goats and peregrines.
Moffat
A handsome spa town with a broad high street of independent shops, cafés, the famous Moffat toffee and the Moffat Ram.
Gretna Green
The famous Blacksmith's Shop, where runaway couples have married since the 1700s, plus Gretna Outlet Village for shopping.
Drumlanrig Castle
The pink sandstone “Pink Palace” of the Duke of Buccleuch, with gardens, woodland trails and mountain biking.
Caerlaverock
A moated, triangular medieval castle, and next door the WWT wetland reserve with its winter barnacle geese.
Burns country
Robert Burns House and the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries, where Scotland's national poet spent his last years.
Threave Castle
A Black Douglas island stronghold on the River Dee, reached by a short boat crossing.
Golf & ice rink
Lockerbie Golf Club is on our doorstep, and Lockerbie is also home to one of Scotland's curling and skating rinks.
Galloway Forest Park
Britain's first Dark Sky Park, with forest trails, lochs, red deer and wonderfully dark night skies.
Rainy days & family days
- Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum near Dumfries
- Lochmaben and Castle Loch, 15 minutes away
- The Solway Firth and its beaches
- Glenluce Abbey and the Galloway coast for a longer day out
- Carlisle Castle and Cathedral, about half an hour south