In Person Dumfries and Galloway All Saints Episcopal Church, Challoch 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’. View Details Facilities Disabled Access WC Refreshments Events For Children Parking Hearing Loop Limited Access
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Barholm Castle 16th century tower house restored from a ruin in 2005, surrounded by landscaped gardens, including walled garden, fernery and woodland walks with sea views. View Details Facilities WC Parking Not Accessible
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Cruck Cottage The thatched Cruck Cottage is the only remaining example of a building type which was very common in the 18th and 19th centuries. These were very basic dwellings which were constructed by village craftsmen using materials available locally. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Refreshments Parking
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Dalbeattie Museum Dalbeattie Museum is a renovated 1800's Grocers Shop, with a wide collection of 1800s and 1900s memorabilia, spread over 5 rooms on 2 levels. View Details Facilities WC Events For Children Limited Access
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Dryfesdale Lodge Visitor Centre, Lockerbie The Memorial and Garden of Remembrance commemorate the Lockerbie Air Disaster of December 1988 and all lives lost as a result of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Parking
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society covers the three counties of South West Scotland – Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire. The Society was established in 1987. Our aim is to promote the study of family history and is run by volunteers. We do not contract to do research for others, we simply act as facilitators for researchers visiting our area who are doing their own research. View Details Facilities WC Limited Access
Dumfries and Galloway Dundrennan Abbey Now a ruin, the 12th-century Dundrennan Abbey was home to a community of Cistercian monks for 400 years. Mary Queen of Scots spent her last hours in Scotland here in May 1568, after the disastrous Battle of Langside. View Details Facilities WC Parking Limited Access
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Dunscore Parish Church & Heritage Centre A Heritors’ Gothic church with features including an impressive pulpit and curved balcony. The church houses the Dunscore Heritage Centre with information about the church, village and Jane Haining who was born in Dunscore but was killed in Auschwitz. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Refreshments Events For Children Parking
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Ellisland Museum and Farm Ellisland Museum & Farm, the house built by Robert Burns in 1788 as his home to bring his family together for the first time. Today Ellisland is a much celebrated museum housing one of the world’s most important collections of Burns treasures. Connect with the Bard and his life here at the farm through an extensive collection of artefacts, memorabilia and manuscripts housed at the home he built, lived and worked in. View Details Facilities Disabled Access Disabled WC WC Parking
In Person Dumfries and Galloway Kirkcudbright Town Walk - Kirkcudbright History Society The Kirkcudbright town walk offers a guided tour of the historic centre of the medieval port and burgh, granted a royal charter in 1455, and at one time defended by a town wall and gates of sufficient strength to withstand an English attack in 1547. The route is a walk through time, from the medieval period to the present day, and introduces many colourful characters and surprising events from the town’s past. View Details Facilities Parking Limited Access
