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Buccleuch Group companies embrace the corporate business interests of the Buccleuch Family evoking a sense of pride, excellence and heritage. The parent company is the Buccleuch Estates Limited, chaired by Duke Richard, the 10th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KBE, with a growing number of businesses incorporated within the Buccleuch Group umbrella.
The Buccleuch Group
Buccleuch Heritage Foods
Buccleuch Gundogs
Buccleuch Sporting
Bowhill House
Boughton House
Dalkeith Country Estate
Alba Trees
Caledon Buccleuch
Buccleuch Property Challenge
Fish Nith (franchise)
Dumfries & Galloway CreateScape
A new Spring Into Summer campaign has been launched by Destination Dumfries & Galloway, promoting the area as a top creative tourist destination. The new website www.createscape.co.uk highlights the wide range of creative attractions and activities available to visitors in Dumfries and Galloway, and offers a selection of promotions and offers not available anywhere else. The campaign is supported by many local businesses in the community, including The Buccleuch Estates here at Drumlanrig Castle, and you can find a selection of exclusive offers for short breaks and packages on the site.
OTHER LOCAL TOURIST INFORMATION
DG Online (Tourist Board)
Dumfries & Galloway Council
DG Visitors Guide
Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
Hidden Treasures of Leadmining Museum
Penpont Village (home of Joseph Thomson, African explorer)
Closeburn Village
Moniaive Village (home to many well-known artists and craftsmen, including James Patterson of the 'Glasgow Boys', Alan Grant, Franz Ferdinand
The Wickerman Festival
Gretna Gateway Outlet Village
Castle Kennedy and Gardens, Stranraer
ACCOMMODATION - THORNHILL AND DUMFRIESSHIRE
Hotels
DG Accommodation
Trigony Country House Hotel Closeburn
Thornhill Inn Thornhill
Buccleuch & Queensberry Hotel Thornhill
Blackaddie Hotel Sanquhar
Cairndale Hotel Dumfries
Lockerbie Manor Hotel Lockerbie
Premier Inn Annandale Water Lockerbie
Cavens Country House Hotel Solway Coast
Mocrum Park Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart
McMillan Hotels (Cally Palace, Kirroughtree House, Fernhill and North West Castle)
Guest Houses/B&B
Newark Farm B&B, Sanquhar
Gillbank Guest House Thornhill
The Bank House B&B Thornhill
Scaurbridge House B&B Penpont
Crawick Lea B&B Sanquhar
Low Kirkbride Farm B&B Auldgirth
Self-Catering/Caravan/Camping
Nith Riverside Self-Catering Cottages Sanquhar
Newark Farm Sanquhar
Templand Self-Catering Cottages Thornhill
Drummond Court Thornhill
Clonwood Holiday Cottage Thornhill
Ghillie's Cottage Penpont
Hillcrest Barn, Burnhead, Penpont
Penpont Leisure Caravan and Camping Thornhill
The Byre, Low Kirkbride Farm Auldgirth
Craigrobin Cottage Balmaclellan
Braids Caravan Park Gretna
Ferngrove Cottage Granny Flat Castle Douglas
The Old Exchange Castle Douglas
LOCAL SHOPPING
Thomas Tosh a unique art gallery, café and gift and book shop all in one
Jennifer Watt for beautiful free-flow wooden sculptures.
Woodsart Landscapes and craftwork by Kathleen Woods
Muiryhill Arts Contemporary art - paintings, prints, textiles
101 Boutique Thornhill - Ladies Designer Fashion
FARMERS' MARKET PRODUCERS
Simple Simon's Pies, Biggar
Sunnyside Farm, Sanquhar
Bidgiemire Pigs, Dalveen
A Taste of Galloway, Thornhill
Dee Fish, Castle Douglas
Sulwath Brewers, Castle Douglas
Border Tablet, Langholm
Winston Churchill, Dunoon
Taste of Greece, Carlisle
Buccleuch Heritage Foods
Olives and Thingz
Woodland Farm Shop
Alison's Jams and Chutneys
MISCELLANEOUS
Family History Research - Family Records, Scotland's People, Public Records Office
Palaeoquest Stone-age living skills to the present.
AIRPORTS
Prestwick Airport
Glasgow Airport
Edinburgh Airport