to Forestry Commission home page
to Scotland home page

The Raiders Road Forest Drive (closed)


(Average user rating5 unrated 5/5)

About The Raiders Road Forest Drive

Ten miles of two way forest road winding along the banks of the Black Water of Dee between the Bennan and Clatteringshaws. For most of its length the Drive follows the course of an old drove road featured in "The Raiders" a romance by Samuel Rutherford Crockett.

In the surrounding forest red and roe deer graze on short vegetation whilst overhead buzzards, sparrowhawks and ravens can be seen with crossbills and siskins feeding on tree cones. You may even catch sight of the elusive pine martin.

Art works such as the "Labyrinth" can also be seen along the Raiders Road.

Raiders Road is now closed for the winter

 

There is a £2.00 day tariff for using the raiders road. The ticket expires at midnight.

How to get there:

The Raiders Road Forest Drive can be started from Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre in Galloway Forest Park. New Galloway is the nearest town or village.

From Newton Stewart: A712 to New Galloway.

From New Galloway: A712 to Newton Stewart.

OS Grid Reference: NX 552 764
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com

STROAN LOCH BESIDE RAIDERS ROAD DRIVE

Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre Facilities.
ToiletsParking ChargeInformationEasy AccessVisitor CentreRefreshmentsForest ShopOther Facilities
Grade of trail:
Trail waymarking:
Length of trail:
Ten miles
Approximate time of trail:
One hour
Open or closed:
closed Re-opens End of March 2012
Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest.

Contact:
Galloway Forest District

01671 402420
e-mail: galloway@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

5 Stars 5 Stars

Can anyone tell me when the road is open until?

Anonymous, 25/Sep/2011

Carrick Forest drive is open from end of May to end of October - but check, we have larger operations running there all winter although we try and ensure we are done by May Raiders road is open from start of April through to the end of October. Both are open all day and charges of £2 apply (meters are along the forest drive).

Forestry Commission Response
5 Stars 5 Stars

Will I be able to pull off either of these drives with a car and do a spot (one night) of responsible wild-camping, or are they strictly no parking at any time along them? Many thanks.

Martin G, 27/Mar/2011

As long as you don't take your vehicle off the road you should be OK for one night under canvas.

Forestry Commission Response
5 Stars 5 Stars

could anyone tell me when raiders road will open again exactly, as i plan on coming to scotland during the week before easter weekend but im not sure wether ''re-open easter 2011'' means the holiday weeks or after easter itself?

Anonymous, 9/Feb/2011

Raiders Road will be re-opened 22nd April 2011 and Carrick Forest Drive will re-open 1st May 2011.

Forestry Commission Response
More user comments

Please tell us what you think...


Email addresses will not be shown

Please help us reduce the amount of spam we receive by entering the following characters in upper or lower case without the quotes into the box below: "FMD"