Amanda's Guidebook
Food scene
This is a doggy friendly place with a lovely courtyard to have food & drinks in :)
The Coach House Bar & Restaurant
This is a doggy friendly place with a lovely courtyard to have food & drinks in :)
Thai Orchid
The Powfoot Hotel
Links AvenueCasa Mia Dumfries
53 Nunholm RdFabulous, locally-sourced, fresh food cooked to an incredibly high standard ❤️
9 locals recommend
Globe Inn
56 High StFabulous, locally-sourced, fresh food cooked to an incredibly high standard ❤️
The Boathouse Restaurant & Shop
QuaysideHetland Hall Hotel
Gorgeous lunch or evening meal.
Hetland Garden Centre
Beautiful cafe, gift shop & garden centre.
Distillery
Ninefold Distillery
Ninefold Distillery make beautiful rum, worth a visit
Annandale Distillery
Beautiful whisky distillery and cafe; dogs welcome
Sightseeing
One of the regions most beautiful coastlines; stunning views with a rugged shoreline to walk along, tide in or out. Doggy paradise :)
Brow Well
One of the regions most beautiful coastlines; stunning views with a rugged shoreline to walk along, tide in or out. Doggy paradise :)
Take a bracing walk along the sands, with or without your dog - beautiful views across to Cumbria and Criffel on a clear day
Powfoot
Take a bracing walk along the sands, with or without your dog - beautiful views across to Cumbria and Criffel on a clear day
FOREST OF AE
7stanes - Mabie
Drumlanrig Castle
St Ninian's Cave
An easy, flat 3 mile walk or run around the Loch; with or without a dog 🐶
8 locals recommend
Castle Loch
An easy, flat 3 mile walk or run around the Loch; with or without a dog 🐶
Criffel may be only 569 metres high, but its modest altitude belies its prominence, rising as the highest hill for miles around and dominating the Solway coastline. The ascent is short but steep and rewarded with stunning views of the Solway, its estuaries and across to the English Lake District.
13 locals recommend
Criffel
Criffel may be only 569 metres high, but its modest altitude belies its prominence, rising as the highest hill for miles around and dominating the Solway coastline. The ascent is short but steep and rewarded with stunning views of the Solway, its estuaries and across to the English Lake District.
Hoddom Castle was built by Sir John Maxwell as a headquarters and military base to support his duties as the Warden of the Scottish West March. It fell into disuse following World War II and is in a dilapidated state. A fortified watchtower, Repentance Tower, is found on the adjacent hill.
Repentance TOWER
Hoddom Castle was built by Sir John Maxwell as a headquarters and military base to support his duties as the Warden of the Scottish West March. It fell into disuse following World War II and is in a dilapidated state. A fortified watchtower, Repentance Tower, is found on the adjacent hill.
Farm Shop & Cafe
Kilnford Farm Shop and Farmhouse Kitchen Cafe