to Forestry Commission home page
to Scotland home page

Kirroughtree Visitor Centre


(Average user rating: unrated unrated)

About Kirroughtree Visitor Centre

Welcome

Visit our Kirroughtree visitor centre for fun for all the family. Our welcoming tea room serves light meals & refreshments. Browse around our gift shop for that special souvenir. Our adventure play area and picnic areas will appeal to the younger visitor.

A small indoor forest classroom is available by arrangement for schools and groups.

Visitor centre opening times

Kirroughtree visitor centre is now closed and will reopen at Easter 2012.  Thank you for visiting this year and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

Parking charges
  • Up to 1 hour, all vehicles: £1.00 
  • Car up to 3 hours: £2.00 
  • Car day tariff (expires midnight): £3.00 
  • Minibus and coach day tariff (expires midnight) £12.00

Walks and cycling trails for all

There are waymarked walks and cycle routes including the exciting 7 stanes mountain bike trails and our easy access trail around the pond.

How to get there:

Kirroughtree Visitor Centre is in Galloway Forest Park.
From Newton Stewart:
Take A75 signposted Dumfries for 3 miles. Turn left at Palnure signposted Kirroughtree Visitor Centre.
From New Galloway:
Take A712 to Newton Stewart. Turn left at T-junction onto A75. Turn left at Palnure signposted Kirroughtree Visitor Centre.
By Bus:
Service 431from Newton Stewart to Gatehouse of Fleet. 500 and x75 Newton Stewart to Dumfries.
Exit the bus at Palnure, a short walk from Kirroughtree Visitor Centre.
Newton Stewart and Creetown. is the nearest town or village.
OS Grid Reference: NX452646
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
7Stanes -

Facilities:

ToiletsParking ChargeInformationEasy AccessVisitor CentreRefreshmentsForest Shop
Visitor Centre

See events page for forthcoming activities

Refreshments

Light meals, home baking and tea and coffee available

Activities

Forest DriveWildlife ActivitiesArboretumArtsPicnicView Point
Walking Bruntis Trail
Art in the Forest
Larg Hill Trail
Viewpoint Trail
Lade walk
Cycling 7 Stanes mountain biking
HorseRiding.gif There is open access for horse riding on all forest roads in Galloway Forest Park (except where roads may be closed for timber haulage etc)
Kirroughtree Horse Riding
Educational Extensive education service offered throughout Galloway Forest Park. Education base at Kirroughtree featuring our Forest Classroom available for Schools and groups
Fishing Fishing permits are available for Loch Braden, Loch Dee, Black Loch, Loch of the Lowes, Lillies Loch, Spectacle Loch, Garwachie, Loch Eldrig, Stroan Loch, Linfern Loch and Palnure Burn. Permits can be purchased at any of the Visitor Centres.
Play Area Kirroughtree has an extensive play area.

Contact:

Galloway Forest District

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

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: "XGQ"
 


This visitor centre has been graded as a three star visitor attraction by VisitScotland

What's of interest

Read our blog!

Keep up to speed with what's happening in Galloway Forest Park through our Blog.

Walking guide

Cover of the Galloway Forest Park walking leaflet
Download the Galloway Forest Park walking leaflet (PDF 5Mb).

Events newsletter

Subscribe to our events newsletter for monthly details of events in the forest park.

Galloway Ranger


Read the latest issue of the Galloway Ranger

Our publications can also be picked up at local tourist information centres and visitor attractions across the region.

Follow us on twitter


Useful sites