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Description: South West Scotland / The most outstanding feature on King Street is the large octagonal clock tower built in 1935 on ... more

Castle Douglas ... the site of an earlier town house and steeple which had burned down. A short distance along Abercrombie Street from the clock tower is the town hall dating back to 1863, while nearby is the RC Church of St John the Evangelist, built in 1868. This is one of five churches in Castle Douglas, including the Parish Church in Queen Street and the nearby former Parish Church, converted to a theatre in 1992. Castle Douglas is increasingly seen as a base for those touring South West Scotland. It is centrally located in a part of the country which always turns out to be larger than expected. It also has a couple of outstanding visitor attractions in its own right.

Newest Review: ... finished cask of Deuchars IPA). So, starved of interesting beers a visit to Castle Douglas, the home of a micro-brewery, was the order of the day for us. Thankfully we weren’t disappointed! The brewery does tours at £3.50 each (including samples of their beer), but we just called for a beer and were welcomed with smiles and friendliness. Even though we weren’t doing the tour we were ... more

... still treated to a sample of each beer on the bar – there were four to choose from, so we tried a sample of each and then chose a pint of each to buy. I had Black Galloway porter, but we actually all opted for a different one. We weren’t rushed off a...more

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Castle Douglas: Welcome to Food Town! (1669 words)
by - written on 17/08/07 (Very useful, 172 readings)
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Back at the end of June this year we had a trip up to Scotland with some friends, for a week’s holiday. We actually stayed in Kirkcudbright, but had a few trips out by car and by public transport. On the Wednesday (we’d been there since Saturday) we decided to catch the bus to the nearby town of Castle Douglas. This is what we found… ~~~WHERE IS CASTLE DOUGLAS? The town is near to the centre of the Dumfries and Galloway area of Southern Scotland. It is in a part of the region known as the Stewartry and is located roughly between the towns of Gatehouse of Fleet and Dalbeatie. We went there on the local service bus from Kirkcudbright. The ... Read the complete review