Surrounding Places of Interest
As the largest settlement in Southern Scotland, Dumfries is recognised as a centre for visiting surrounding points of interest. The following are all within easy reach:
- John Paul Jones Cottage Museum – The traditional Scottish cottage in which John Paul Jones was born in 1747.
- Solway Coast
- Sweetheart Abbey in the village of New Abbey
- New Abbey Corn Mill Museum
- Criffel – a hill on the Solway Coast popular with hill walkers for its magnificent views of the Southern Scottish coastline and across the Solway Firth to the Lake District of Cumbria
- Threave Castle in Castle Douglas, home to the Douglas Clan of James Douglas who fought with Robert the Bruce
- Moniaive conservation village
- Moffat and the views nearby of The Devil's Beef Tub, The Grey Mare's Tail waterfall and the A708 from Moffat past the Grey Mare's Tail to St Mary's Loch.
- Mabie Forest
- Ae village and forest
- Lochmaben with its lochs popular with boaters and also its history with Robert the Bruce
- Wanlockhead – Britain's highest village registered at 1,531 feet (467 m) above sea level and the Lead Mining Museum
- Caerlaverock Castle
- Drumlanrig Castle
- Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West. It is a centre within the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is in the village of Eskdalemuir in the Scottish Southern Uplands
- Ecclefechan – Thomas Carlyle's birthplace "The Arched House" is a tourist attraction and has been maintained by the National Trust for Scotland since 1936. Ecclefechan lies at the foot of the large Roman Fort, Burnswark, which dominates the horizon with its flat top.
- At Twynholm is the David Coulthard Museum.
- Gretna Green and the Old Blacksmith's Shop famous for runaway marriages.
- Tharpaland – International Buddhist Retreat Centre under the auspices of the New Kadampa Tradition Kelsang Gyatso completed a three-year retreat at Tharpaland.
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