Welcome to the Galloway Forest Park
Situated in the heart of Galloway, southern Scotland, the Galloway Forest Park managed by Forestry Commission Scotland offers spectacular views and a diversity of dramatic scenery. Three hundred square miles of wild beauty are waiting to be explored, here, in Britain's largest forest park.
Established in 1947; the park boasts tranquil valleys encompassed by heather-clad hills, rugged rock faces, burns cascading down magestic slopes and the forest, moorland and lochs rising up to the grandeur of the mountains. The Merrick, Mulwharcher and the Rhinns of Kells stand proudly above the home to much of the unspoilt, ancient woodland which attracts some 800,000 visitors every year.
Stretching from seashore to mountaintops, The Galloway Forest Park has an outstanding variety of wildlife. Red and Roe Deer thrive in this woodland park while mighty birds of prey patrol the skies.
This natural sanctuary is however, easily accessible as a result of three Forestry Commission visitor centres at Glentrool, Kirroughtree and Clatteringshaws, which receive around 150,000 visitors annually.
Known affectionately as the "highlands of the lowlands", the Galloway Forest Park offers an endless assortment of things to see and do, to suit everyone, in some of the most breathtaking scenery Scotland has to offer.
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St Johns Town of Dalry
Tel: 01644 460 236 / 0796 950 5303
We also Have a Luxury Holiday Cottage, Click Here! Glenhowl Farm B&B is an elegant farmhouse...
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New Galloway
Tel: 01644 420211
The Ken Bridge, an 11 bedroom Georgian hotel, is situated on the banks of the beautiful River Ken...
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St Johns Town of Dalry
Tel: 01644 430015 / 07747 691447
The Lodgings is situated in St Johns Town of Dalry near New Galloway and just 18 miles north of...
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Ten miles of two way forest road winding along the banks of the Black
Water of Dee between the...
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New Galloway
Tel: 01644 420 285
Situated deep in the heart of the Galloway Forest Park lies Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre, an...
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Glentrool
Tel: 01671 840 302
Glentrool Visitor Centre has been known as the "gateway to the Galloway hills"....
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09/02/2012 We also Have a Luxury Holiday Cottage, Click Here! Glenhowl Farm B&B is an elegant farmhouse dating back to the 17th century and is situated in... 06/03/2009 The Ken Bridge, an 11 bedroom Georgian hotel, is situated on the banks of the beautiful River Ken at the head of Loch Ken which is renowned for its... |
