Useful Links
Dumfries & Galloway
Information on Dumfries and Galloway www.visitsouthwestscotland.com
Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie and District. On the Scottish coast of the Solway Firth, in the heart of the attractive countryside some 12 miles west of Dumfries, Dalbeattie is the shopping and amenity centre for the very popular Colvend Coast and Urr Estuary holiday areas. www.dalbeattie.net
Castle Douglas
The community website for Castle Douglas locals, businesses and visitors. Castle Douglas is a small market town in Dumfries and Galloway, it is both a beautiful and quiet region of South West Scotland the ideal place to explore, stay and eat. www.castledouglas.net
Castle Douglas
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. www.cd-foodtown.org
Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities
As one of Scotland's most popular holiday spots it is no surprise that a programme of summer festivities and events has been provided for almost 40 years. www.summerfestivities.com
Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society
Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society was founded in 1987 to encourage the study of family history, genealogy and the local history of the South West of Scotland. www.dgfhs.org.uk
Dalbeattie Matters
This is a community website for YOU, the people of Dalbeattie and surrounding area, to enable you to access information and to let you know what is going on in the town. It is also for YOU to give us news and items to be included. www.dalbeattiematters.co.uk
Kirkcudbright
Established as a Royal Burgh in 1455, Kirkcudbright has always been supported by a busy fishing trade. Behind the harbour the streets have housed generations of creative artists, a tradition maintained today by a flourishing colony of painters and craftworkers. www.kirkcudbright.co.uk
Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival
Visitors will have the chance to enjoy, for the first time here, yet more top class and highly professional artistes, as well as some old favourites, ensuring that this festival cateers for jazz loovers of all ages who appreciate quality as well as variety for their entertainment. www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk
Spring Fling
Welcome to Spring Fling, Scotland's premiere open studios event. We are currently hard at work putting together the programme for Spring Fling 2010, which will run from 29 to 31 May. www.spring-fling.co.uk
Keith Kirk's Natural History
If you have never been to this part of Scotland, you don't know what you're missing. Everything you think that Scotland has to offer in one small area. www.dumfriesandgallowaynaturalhistory.co.uk and www.dumfriesandgallowaywildlife.co.uk
Dumfries
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. www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk
Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town, is a book lover's haven. With over quarter of a million books to choose from, old and new, it is impossible to escape empty handed. www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Gatehouse of Fleet
A warm welcome awaits you in Gatehouse of Fleet in the middle of a National Scenic Area on the edge of the magnificent Galloway Forest Park in the rural heart of Dumfries and Galloway. www.gatehouse-of-fleet.co.uk
Dark Skies
Forestry Commission Scotland has established part of Galloway Forest Park as the first Dark Sky Park in the UK, the result of some 15 months of work pulling together audits, controls and readings from around the forest park. www.forestry.gov.uk
Fishing on the River Annan
Contains details of all the fishing available on the river Produced with the kind cooperation of the owners and angling clubs on the River Annan in Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland www.riverannan.co.uk
Fishing on the River Nith
The River Nith in Dumfries & Galloway in the Southwest of Scotland offers an excellent choice of angling for Salmon, Sea Trout & Trout www.rivernithfishings.co.uk