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Below are some useful links to other activities in the Wigtown area.
Firstly, here is todays weather forecast.
For the five day forecast from the BBC click below
Please note the forecast is for Newton Stewart which is 6 miles from Wigtown
the official web site for Scotland's National
Book Town,
includes
book town news, book town information, Festival and articles about Wigtown
Bladnoch Distillery
One mile from Scotlands National Book Town you will find the Bladnoch Distillery
and Visitor Centre - Guided Tours and a Complimentary Dram.
Local Golf
St Medan Golf Club
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Golf Club
Newton Stewart Golf Club
Wigtownshire County Golf Club
Galloway Golf Classic
The Galloway Golf Classic golf tournament perfect for a golf break, golfing
holiday or vacation - four scottish golf courses over four days in 2004.
Dumfries & Galloway is well known for the spectacle of over-wintering wildfowl along the shores of the inner Solway Firth. 40,000 ducks, geese and swans and more than 80,000 waders are present during the winter. However, this is by no means all the area has to offer and there are some excellent sites for birding at other coastal sites and inland too. The region has plenty to offer in a variety of habitats all through the year.
In a new and exciting development Dumfries and Galloway Council have opened a camera room in the Wigtown County buildings, here you have an unparalleled view of Ospreys sitting on their eggs and bringing up their young, the male coming back with fish to share with the female and taking over nesting duties while she eats. This is the first pair of Ospreys in Galloway for over 100 years and we are all extremely privileged to have this intimate view into their family life
Dumfries and Galloway is the perfect place to
enjoy walking. The region encapsulates all that is best about Scotland, with
all the landscapes you could want resting side by side. Acres of sky, miles
of rugged coastline, sandy beaches, mysterious forests, rolling hills, tranquil
lochs and room to breathe.
Get even closer to nature and with over 1,300 miles of way marked trails you
can discover somewhere new every day. With walks along coastal and forest trails,
through open moorland or in and around our towns, you're sure to find a route
to suit your ability and interests.
Britain's largest forest park at three hundred square miles
Wigtown Off Road Driving Centre
Off road driving courses for
beginners and experts in the Galloway Hills.
Galloway Tanks
How to Find us Galloway Tanks offers unique tank driving experiences, situated
in the rolling farmland of Galloway, South West Scotland. 18 Tons of steel,
240Hp, are you up to the challenge?
Galloway Country Sports located half a mile from Wigtown
provide Deerhunting, Wildfowling, Game Shooting and Fishing.
Brighten up your day with a visit to the colourful world of exotic butterflies and fauna. Whatever the weather. Come and explore the rainforest in miniature and take a glimpse at some carnivores of the plant world.
The Swallow Theatre is a restored and converted barn at Mosspark, Ravenstone, which is about 3 miles from the town of Whithorn in Galloway, south-west Scotland. It started life in the middle of a field, but today a garden with wildlife pond has been landscaped around it, and facilities have grown to include a dressing-room, ticket office and toilet block (in a converted byre)
a truly traditional Scottish smokehouse set amidst the Galloway Hills in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland, where the pace of life is slow and the scenery exquisite.
With approximately fifty local businesses involved in either producing or selling food and drink, it is easy to see why Castle Douglas has been designated a Food Town
Barholm Castle is a traditional Scottish tower house situated on a hillside overlooking Wigtown Bay and the Machars of Wigtownshire
1400's Tower House owned by Historic Scotland
Gemrock Museum
The Creetown Gemrock Museum houses one of the finest privately owned collections
of gemstones, crystals, minerals, gemstone objet d'art and fossils in Britain
Let your imagination wander to times gone by as you marvel at our large internationally known high quality exhibition of over 50 Dolls Houses and room settings.
www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk
The Dumfries and Galloway web site contains a host of information about Dumfries, Dumfriesshire and Galloway and links to web sites throughout south west Scotland