The Lodge on the Beach is a two bedroomed log cabin set in probably one of the most stunning and truly unique locations in South West Scotland. Nestled on the shores of Auchenmalg Bay on an eight acre plot and just yards from your door is the family friendly beach. With its magical location, The Lodge on the Beach offers you a wonderful relaxing escape for all the family. With the views, the beautiful sunrises, the sublime sunsets over the Mull of Galloway, the walks, and sound of the waves just yards away, you will be blown away by the scenery and the location.
The Lodge on the Beach is ideally placed to explore the wider and unspoilt area of South West Scotland if you can drag yourself away. A very short stroll along the beach takes you to a delightful country pub and restaurant if you don’t want to cook after your day out exploring. A few minutes away by car is Glenluce, where there is a local shop selling essentials and 20 minutes away Stranraer offers a greater range of shops including Supermarkets. This area of Dumfries and Galloway boasts rugged coastlines and secluded sandy beaches as well as inland forests and hills making walking a delight and for the cyclists the world famous 7Stanes mountain biking trails are close by at Kirroughtree. The Lodge on the Beach is an ideal base for a Golfing Holiday. With Wigtownshire County Club less than ten minutes from the Lodge, and South West Scotland boasts twenty three Golf courses. The icing on the cake is that just over an hour away there is Turnberry.
Along the coast is the lovely little village of Port William, known as the “Machars of Galloway” and of course you must go and find “The Man” and get a photograph with him. As well as Port William, you can also explore quaint villages such as Sandhead, Portpatrick and the Isle of Whithorn. A must is a visit to Wigtown, which is famous for being Scotland’s National Book Town, a book lovers haven. The Mull of Galloway, Scotland’s most southerly point and home to the RSPB nature reserve, where thousands of seabird’s nests on the cliff face during spring and summer is definitely worth a visit. Beach 1 mile.

Situated on a working farm, Middle Byre originally housed the cattle on the farm and has been delightfully converted into a comfortable and spacious holiday property perfect for families. The property is nestled in the Girthon Valley and is surrounded by some of the best scenery in Galloway, with great walks, both woodland and coastal. Galloway has 200 miles of beautiful coastline, wild mountains and moorland, pretty towns and charming villages. The area also offers a wide range of activities for the whole family to enjoy, be it visiting the local ice cream factory, Cream O’ Galloway at Sandgreen, CocoaBean Chocolate Factory at Twynholm or why not visit Laggan Outdoors, which has one of the longest zip wires in Europe. There are many exciting and beautiful cycle paths straight from your door or try the world famous 7Stanes challenge. There is an abundance of local lochs and rivers if fishing is preferred! There is something for everyone in this beautiful unspoilt corner of Scotland. The cottage is only a few minutes drive from the charming town of Gatehouse of Fleet which offers a wide range of places to eat and relax. There are many attractions in and around the town including the Mill on the Fleet Visitor Centre and Cardoness Castle. Beach 1½ miles. Shop, pub and restaurant 2 miles.
Middle Byre can be booked together with The Stable (CC537233), Valley View (CC537234), The Barn (CC537235) and The Bothy (UK5803) to accommodate up to 22 guests.

Situated in the seaside village of Southerness, this detached property is a mere 100 yards from the sandy beach and provides spacious accommodation from which to explore south west Scotland. Located on the spectacular Solway coast near Dumfries and close to the stunning Galloway Forest Park, Britain’s largest forest park, it is a popular area for walkers and cyclists with world class mountain biking at Dalbeattie 7 Stanes nearby. With unspoilt villages, dramatic coastlines, sandy beaches, rocky coves, magnificent gardens, castles and ancient monuments to explore. Wildlife is in abundance with the RSPB nature reserve just along the coast. Championship golf course 300 yards away and fishing, riding and sailing are all available. Sweetheart Abbey, Drumlanrig Castle and Gardens, and Mabie Farm Park are all within easy reach. Beach 100 yards. Shop, pub and restaurant 200 yards.

Culbae Cottage is a delightful rural cottage set quietly on a working farm surrounded by the stunning Galloway countryside. Completely renovated in 2022, Culbae Cottage offers spacious and modern rooms enhanced by quality furnishings.
The living room is inviting with comfortable sofas and beautiful décor, a particular feature of the room being the patio doors which open onto the secluded rear garden and flood the room with light. The kitchen/dining area boasts every modern appliance you will need to ensure your stay at Culbae Cottage is enjoyable. The elegance of Culbae Cottage continues into the bedrooms with sumptuous beds and crisp white linen ensuring a restful night’s sleep and both bedrooms have their own modern en-suites. The fully enclosed gardens at Culbae Cottage are perfect for children or dogs and on a fine day fling open the patio doors and enjoy dining al-fresco.
Culbae Cottage, whilst set in a delightful rural area amidst rolling farmland is just few miles from the small village of Whauphill and only five miles from the coast and the lovely little village of Port William. Port William, known as the ‘Machars of Galloway’ has a rugged coastline and boasts stunning views over Luce Bay to the Mull of Galloway and the Isle of Man. Situated in the heart of Galloway amidst some of the finest scenery in southern Scotland, it is ideally located to explore the breathtaking scenery and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
In Port William, enjoy a meal or glass of wine whilst looking out over the harbour. There are many and varied attractions around the area and visit to Wigtown, Scotland’s very own book town, where you can meander around the town enjoying the many and varied book shops. Another must is a visit to Bladnoch Distillery, established in 1814, which offers a large shop and guided tours. There are many walking and cycling trails, including the world famous 7Stanes trails in the Galloway Forest Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on your doorstep, as well as golf, sailing, fishing, and riding. With a wealth of things to do in the area, Culbae Cottage is the perfect location.

Clarksburn Blue is an attractive cottage set in the small hamlet of Monreith enjoying a peaceful location, stunning woodland garden with small stream running through it and wonderful views of Luce Bay. Clarksburn Blue has been completely renovated and is beautifully finished throughout and offers guests a superb level of comfort and space for all the family to enjoy. The hub of the house is without doubt the large living/dining room which has terrific views over the garden to Luce Bay. This really is a very sociable space where you can perhaps enjoy a home cooked meal around the lovely big farmhouse dining table or just sit back and relax around the cosy wood burning stove. The kitchen is modern and bright with all the essentials you need to cook up that meal and from the kitchen a door leads directly to the garden where you can sit and enjoy your morning coffee. With four good sized bedrooms all with sumptuous beds and bedding, a family bathroom and family shower room it’s the perfect escape for all the family to enjoy.

This area of Dumfries and Galloway boasts rugged coastlines and secluded sandy beaches, which benefit from the warmth of the passing Gulf Stream. Just across the road Monreith Beach is a long sandy beach. Popular in the summer months for swimmers and for fishing throughout the year and when the tide is out you can walk along the beach for miles. For the golfers amongst you St Medans Golf Club is just a mile away on the shores of Luce Bay. Set on a hilly peninsula with wonderful scenery and panoramic sea views this 9-hole course offers an interesting and challenging game for both novice and experienced golfers alike. With walking routes in abundance from Clarksburn Blue you might not find the time to explore further afield as the coastline and inland routes are popular at any time of year.

Surrounded by breath taking scenery Clarksburn Blue offers the ideal base from which to explore the Machars Peninsula and inland, the Galloway hills. Just a few miles along the coast is the village of Port William where you will find a shop and Café. There are many beautiful gardens to visit, including the world-renowned Logan Botanical Gardens. As well as Port William you can also explore quaint villages such as Sandhead, Portpatrick and the Isle of Whithorn.

Holly Cottage is an attractive semi-detached cottage located on a quiet lane on the edge of Palnackie, a popular village with a shop, award winning café and pub/restaurant. Holly Cottage has been refurbished and is beautifully decorated throughout. The attractive living/dining room with has comfortable sofas and a cosy wood burner is the perfect place to relax after a day exploring. The bedrooms are just as inviting with sumptuous super kingsize zip and link beds guaranteeing a peaceful night’s sleep.
Palnackie sits on the Urr Estuary and was once a busy working harbour and probably most famous in recent years for the ’World Flounder Tramping’. Only 3 miles from Holly Cottage is the small town of Dalbeattie and the area surrounding is hugely popular with walkers and cyclists of all ages. The world famous 7Stanes mountain trails at Dalbeattie Forest offer some of the best mountain biking in the country and attracts riders from across the UK and beyond. With its dramatic clifftops, sandy beaches and forests, walking is a delight with many beautiful walks from the doorstep. A particularly lovely walk is the walk to Almorness Point and its lovely beach, well worth a visit.
This delightful corner of South West Scotland will tempt all ages to return time and again. Warmed by the gulf stream, there are many beautiful gardens to visit, including Threave Gardens National Trust. Enjoy a drive from Dalbeattie along the Solway Coast with its extensive sandy beaches, rocky coves, traditional fishing villages and harbour ports, such as Kippford and Rockcliffe. Castle Douglas is close by, where you will find larger supermarkets and some wonderful unique shops, and Kirkcudbright just a little further afield, also has a variety of delightful little shops as well as the harbour where you can see the fishing boats returning. The area is well recognised for its clear skies as one of the twelve best stargazing sites in the world and the first Dark Sky Park in the UK so return to Holly Cottage after a day exploring and sit in the garden on a clear night and enjoy the spectacle.

This detached country cottage, renovated in 2020/2021 is situated on a working farm and boasts stunning views over to the Mull of Galloway and over towards the Isle of Man. This area of Dumfries and Galloway boasts rugged coastlines and secluded sandy beaches, which benefit from the warmth of the passing Gulf Stream. The cottage is surrounded by breathtaking scenery, offering an ideal base from which to explore the Machars Peninsula and the Galloway Hills.
There are many beautiful gardens to visit, including the renowned Logan Botanical Gardens, which is a paradise to behold. You can also explore quaint villages such as Sandhead, Port William, Portpatrick, The Isle of Whithorn and the Mull of Galloway, home to the RSPB nature reserve, where thousands of seabirds nest on the cliff face during spring and summer.
The cottage is a short drive from Wigtown, which is famous for being Scotland’s National Book Town, a book lovers haven. This is also a great destination for cycling, fishing and golfing with St Medans 9 hole golf course and beach just 1½ miles down the road. This is a fantastic area for walkers, whether you are interested in clifftop, beach, hills or forest walks. There is easy access to The Galloway Forest Park, with its tranquil valleys, rugged rock faces, forest, moorland, lochs and ancient woodland, as well as a huge diversity of wildlife including red and roe deer, wild goats and many birds of prey. The park has also been awarded the status of one of only four Dark Sky Parks in the western world and when the sun sets, enthusiasts come to wonder at the universe revealed above. Dalmellington, at the far end of the park, is home to the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory.
The town of Stranraer, only 30 minutes away, offers a selection of shops and restaurants; a short distance further is Cairnryan, where the ferry can be taken for a day trip to Ireland. Beach 2 miles. Shop 4½ miles, pub and restaurant 6 miles.

Dinduff Lodge is situated on the north west coast of the beautiful Rhins of Galloway Peninsula, just 3 miles from Stranraer. This stunning detached property (where the owner lives on-site) enjoys a blissful hot tub and panoramic views over the rolling countryside and across Loch Ryan Bay. Dinduff Lodge, built in 2020, is perfect from the moment you walk through the door. The open plan living/dining room has floor to ceiling windows, making the most of the views over Loch Ryan Bay and offers the perfect spot to sit and relax. The modern high spec kitchen, which opens onto the living/dining room, has everything you need if you prefer to eat in. All in all, Dinduff House really is a sociable holiday home complemented by the workmanship of the house and the views! Just perfect.
Dinduff Lodge is the perfect location to explore the area. Visit Dally Bay where seals and porpoises can be spotted. Walk down to the sea to the shore on Loch Ryan and around Wig Bay and The Scar, a circular walk along the loch’s shoreline and back into the village of Kirkcolm. The Scar is a sandbank which juts out into Loch Ryan, and home to one of the largest colonies of nesting migrant terns in the region. From a historical perspective, during the Second World War, Wig Bay was used as a base for the flying Catalina boats, evidence can be seen of this on a walk along the bay.
The Galloway coastline offers an abundance of sandy beaches and rocky coves to explore. Walking, golf, sea and freshwater fishing, pony trekking, watersports and cycling are all available nearby. There are several beautiful gardens in the area, including Logan Botanical, which benefit from the mild climate of the Gulf Stream. Beach ½ mile. Shop, pub and restaurant 3 miles.
Dinduff Lodge can be booked together with Quarter Acre House (ref UKC1568) to accommodate up to 12 guests.

Drumwherry by the Sea is a delightful, traditional Galloway cottage in the tiny hamlet of Monreith on the beautiful coastline of Southwest Scotland. Drumwherry by the Sea is delightfully decorated and boasts a lovely cosy sitting room, modern kitchen with doors opening onto the conservatory/dining room with views over the enclosed and very pretty rear garden. With 3 bedrooms and a modern shower room, Drumwherry by the Sea offers all the comforts of home and is the perfect base to explore the area.
Monreith is a tiny hamlet on the coast a few miles along from Port William, known as the ‘Machars of Galloway’ where there is a village shop, restaurant, and café. This area of Dumfries and Galloway boasts rugged coastlines and secluded sandy beaches, which benefit from the warmth of the passing Gulf Stream and only a short stroll will take you down to Monreith Beach, a long, wide, sandy beach backed by cliffs and when the weather is fine, its perfect for swimming or fishing throughout the year. The kids will love exploring the many rock pools as well as many exciting caves along the coast. Surrounded by breath taking scenery explore the whole area, known as the Machars Peninsula and the surrounding Galloway Hills. There are many beautiful gardens to visit, including the world-renowned Logan Botanical Gardens, with its many exotic plants and trees. A trip along the coast there any many quaint little villages such as Sandhead, Portpatrick and the Isle of Whithorn. A visit to the Mull of Galloway, Scotland’s most southerly point and home to the RSPB nature reserve, where thousands of seabird’s nests on the cliff face during spring and summer is a must and on a fine day the views are simply stunning. With its quiet country roads, the area is perfect for cycling and for the Golfers amongst you St Medans is quite literally just across the road and is a family friendly 9-hole course on the shores of Luce Bay.

Loch View is a beautiful three bedroomed home situated on the popular Wig Bay Holiday Park and is the ideal place for families and couples to enjoy the stunning surrounding area. Situated on the western shores of Loch Ryan in beautiful Galloway, in one of the most desirable locations in the area, boasting breath taking loch views. Loch View is set back quietly on this lovely family run park and the beautiful interior is very appealing with the open plan living room with comfortable sofas, dining room and kitchen which comes well-equipped with a gas oven, hob and microwave. Outside on the decking you can soak up the sun it makes the perfect spot for your morning coffee or a nice glass of chilled wine. The park has something to cater for all ages the indoor soft play area or swimming pool (booking required) for the kids or the on-site bar and restaurant where you can enjoy a lovely meal.
This is the perfect location to explore the area. Visit Dally Bay where seals and porpoises can be spotted. Literally just cross the road take a walk to the shore on Loch Ryan and around Wig Bay and The Scar, a circular walk along the loch’s shoreline and back into the village of Kirkcolm. The Scar is a sandbank which juts out into Loch Ryan, and home to one of the largest colonies of nesting migrant terns in the region. From a historical perspective, during the Second World War, Wig Bay was used as a base for the flying Catalina boats, evidence can be seen of this on a walk along the bay. Noted for its spectacular coastline, the area provides a vast range of opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast to include wonderful walks, coarse and sea fishing as well as shooting, sailing, coastal rowing and cycling and several excellent golf courses. Stranraer is just a few miles away where there are an array of shops and restaurants and the kids will love Agnew Park with its pedal boats, train rides, adventure playground and crazy golf.