South of Scotland Destination Alliance (SSDA) and Dumfries & Galloway Council join forces to host the ‘must-attend’ digital session for businesses in the region who now require a short-term let licence to operate The SSDA has teamed up with Dumfries and Galloway Council to host a free online information session for anyone running holiday lets…
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This week sees the launch of the Galloway Glens Winter Programme, a series of eight events covering everything from Geese to Romans, with everything in between… Join us, and a range of partners, to bring the stories of the Ken/Dee valley to life. Four of the eight events are delivered in ‘hybrid’ format, with attendees…
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Talking 3D digital reconstructions of a young 14th-century woman and a cleric with a cleft palate were unveiled as part of this year’s Wigtown Book Festival. The Whithorn Trust Event, brought together three of the experts whose remarkable work is bringing us face to face with people buried at Whithorn Priory, in Galloway, in the…
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Galloway Nobel Prize winner Sir James Mirrlees was honoured this weekend when a plaque was unveiled at his birthplace and an annual lecture series named after him was inaugurated at Wigtown Book Festival. Sir James (1936-2018) was born at Mill Cottage Minnigaff – the son of a bank teller who was awarded the Nobel Prize…
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Wigtown Book Festival has got off to a great start with a host of compelling speakers ranging from Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross, TV’s Red Shepherdess Hannah Jackson (pictured above right) and actor Gerda Stevenson to Astronomer Royal Professor Lord Martin Rees and Scotland’s National Chef Gary Maclean. Audiences took advantage of sunny weekend weather…
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Message from our Chief Executive, Melanie Allen… “It has been heartening to speak to and meet members over the past few weeks with so many messages of support. I am very excited to be working with the team to drive forward the SSDA tourism strategy for the South of Scotland over the next few months.…
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Festival fever has hit Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway, with the triumphant return of the Festival of Folklore! Award-winning storytellers and Festival founders, Mostly Ghostly, are delighted to announce their fourth Festival of Folklore will run from Wednesday 21st – Sunday 25th September. Having come through some pretty big challenges in 2020 and 2021, the…
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Stranraer Oyster Festival has been hailed as an ‘incredible success’ by organisers. More than 18,000 people attended the community-led event, which is now one of Scotland’s biggest food festivals, a higher attendance than the previous event in 2019 despite extreme weather warnings and heavy rain. The three day festival celebrates Scotland’s only remaining wild, native…
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The first ever cycling partnership strategy for the South of Scotland will aim to ensure the region becomes Scotland’s leading cycling destination. The strategy aims to embed cycling in people’s lives in the south, and ensure it becomes the most popular choice for shorter, everyday journeys by 2032. The document has been created by the…
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As part of the Solway Firth Partnership’s ‘Kirkcudbright Bay Views’ project, funded by the Galloway Glens Scheme, a new information panel has been installed in the Doon Car Park. This illustrates the walk along the Senwick shore but also aims to give background to the question of whether it is the ‘Doon’ or ‘Dhoon’. The…
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