Dumfries & Galloway
This museum houses exhibits on local history and you can learn about Stranraer's polar explorers. The highlight is the carved stone pipe from Madagascar…
Must-see attractions in Southern Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
This 18th-century watermill in the centre of the village is very well preserved. A video sets it in context, and cordial guides will show you the workings…
Southern Scotland
The town's main attraction is a multimedia exhibition describing Viking influence in Scotland until its demise at the Battle of Largs in 1263. It's got a…
Dumfries & Galloway
You can see traditional brewing processes at this main-street alemaker's. Tours, which include a pint, only run twice a week, at 1pm on Monday and Friday …
Dumfries & Galloway
Amid stirring scenery a couple of miles from town on the Newcastleton road, this oxidised iron memorial to poet Hugh MacDiarmid looks like a portal to a…
Dumfries & Galloway
In the centre of town, in a converted 18th-century cotton mill, this centre has an exhibition on the history of the local industry and environment. The…
Dumfries & Galloway
Worth a quick visit, the Castle of St John is a tower built in 1510 by the Adairs of Kihilt, a powerful local family. The old stone cells carry a…
Southern Scotland
Near the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum are the ruins of the kirk, the setting for part of Burns' verse tale 'Tam o' Shanter'. Burns' father, William, is…
Falls of Clyde Wildlife Centre
Southern Scotland
The often-unstaffed wildlife centre is by the river in New Lanark and has a small child-friendly display focused on badgers, bats, peregrine falcons and…
Dumfries & Galloway
The roofless 13th-century St Ninian's Chapel, probably built for pilgrims who landed nearby on their way to the shrine at Whithorn, sits evocatively on…
Burns Monument & Memorial Gardens
Southern Scotland
Within these gardens near the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is a striking neo-Grecian monument to the poet, completed in 1823. It affords a view of the…
Dumfries & Galloway
Around Burrow Head, to the southwest but accessed off the A747 before you enter the Isle of Whithorn, is St Ninian's Cave, where the saint apparently went…
Dumfries & Galloway
When visiting Robert Burns' mausoleum in the cemetery, it's worth ducking into the squarish 18th-century church, where he used to worship, to admire the…
Southern Scotland
Several of Burns' poems are set here in Ayr; in Twa Brigs, Ayr's old and new bridges argue with one another. The Auld Brig was built in 1491 and spans the…
Mull of Galloway Visitor Centre
Dumfries & Galloway
This visitor centre has plenty of information on local species and camera feeds from nesting birds on the cliff-face. There are guided walks on Tuesdays…
Dumfries & Galloway
There's a certain charm to this higgledy-piggledy old-fashioned local history museum. There's everything from coronation teacups to lumps of local granite…
Southern Scotland
Robert Burns was baptised in the Auld Kirk. The atmospheric cemetery here overlooks the river and is good for a stroll, offering an escape from the bustle…
Dumfries & Galloway
You can learn more about the Stevenson clan of lighthouse builders in the small exhibition at the lighthouse's base.
Dumfries & Galloway
Four miles west of Wigtown, off the B733, this well-preserved ruin dates from the 2nd millennium BC.
Dumfries & Galloway
Browsing books can be thirsty work, so it's fortunate that Bladnoch Distillery is just a couple of miles away from Wigtown, in the village of Bladnoch…
Dumfries & Galloway
This statue at the end of High St features the poet with a dog at his feet.
