Doors Open Days | Dumfries & Galloway

All Saints Episcopal Church was originally built as a private chapel for the family of Edward Stopford Blair of Penninhame House who bequeathed it to the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. The foundation stone of the Church was laid on the 16th November 1871, and the church was consecrated within the octave of All Saints’ on 8th November 1872. The church was designed by the architects, Habbershon & Pate of Bloomsbury, London, and is said to be one of the best examples in Scotland of a small Victorian church; both the church and the rectory mansion (now in private ownership) are listed buildings, the church being Grade ‘A’.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Applegarth Hall

5 September 2026

6 September 2026

Applegarth Hall is a charming Victorian village hall in a rural setting, rescued from closure and refurbished on a shoestring using traditional building methods and sustainable materials, ensuring that it continues to serve as a community resource. Reopened in 2023 for community hire, the hall is developing as a venue for creative, environmental and educational projects. It offers a vegetarian kitchen, embraces sustainable principles, and draws inspiration from Permaculture in its ongoing development as a place for learning, creativity and community.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Burns Mausoleum

6 September 2026

The final resting place of Robert Burns and his wife Jean Armour. A beautiful Grecian style building set in an atmospheric churchyard.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dryfesdale Lodge Visitor Centre, Lockerbie

5 September 2026

6 September 2026

Dryfesdale Lodge Visitor Centre, alongside the Lockerbie Air Disaster Memorial and Garden of Remembrance, creates a lasting memorial to the 270 lives lost as a result of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on December 21st 1988. The Lodge also pays tribute to the community of Lockerbie and the enduring links developed with groups around the world in the aftermath of the Lockerbie Air Disaster. The Visitor Centre also hosts exhibitions about Lockerbie and the surrounding area.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries Museum

5 September 2026

The oldest museum in Dumfries and Galloway, full of its history with interactive family friendly activities.

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Glenlair Steading

5 September 2026

6 September 2026

Glenlair is a beautiful, rural farm estate near Corsock comprising of a small museum celebrating the life of famous Scottish Physicist James Clerk Maxwell within Glenlair House and Demijohn, Scotland’s award winning liquid deli, within Glenlair Steading.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Glentrool Hive

5 September 2026

6 September 2026

The Glentrool Hive is a multipurpose community centre for the village of Glentrool, located on the outskirts of the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park. Owned and ran by the Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust, the building offers hall hire, self-catering accommodation and a gallery and craft shop as well as visitor provisions such as toilets, shower units, washing machine and tumble drier use, EV charge point and light refreshments.

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Greyfriars Episcopal Church

5 - 6 September 2026

We are an inclusive Scottish Episcopal community situated at the heart of Kirkcudbright, a vibrant artists’ town. Members of our congregation are involved in many aspects of Kirkcudbright life.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Kirkandrews Kirk

6 September 2026

The unique little kirk at Kirkandrews was completed in 1906. It is one of several buildings constructed by James Brown of Knockbrex in a unique style, combining influences of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Celtic motifs and a fondness for miniature castles.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Kirkcudbright Graveyard - Kirkcudbright History Society

5 September 2026

6 September 2026

The setting and history of Kirkcudbright or St Cuthbert’s kirkyard makes it well worth seeking out. It is particularly important as the site of the original kirk of St Cuthbert, possibly built sometime in the period 750-850, which gave the present town of Kirkcudbright its name, and the site of the most southerly Viking burials in Scotland. There is much of historical interest besides this, not least the variety of gravestones and the individuals commemorated on them.