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Attractions near Cairnryan
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Glenluce Abbey
(10 Miles)*
Glenluce is a Cistercian abbey founded around 1192. |
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Logan Botanic Garden
(15 Miles)*
In the far Southwest of Scotland on a peninsula washed by the Gulf Stream, Logan's mild climate allows a fine collection of exotic plants to grow out-of-doors. |
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Newton Stewart Museum
(20 Miles)*
The exhibits in The Museum have been gifted or lent by local people and each year sees many additions to the collections and displays. |
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Creetown Gem and Rock Museum
(25 Miles)*
The Creetown Gemrock Museum houses one of the finest privately owned collections of gemstones, crystals, minerals, gemstone objet d'art and fossils in Britain. |
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Souter Johnnie's Cottage
(26 Miles)*
The inspiration for the character Souter Johnnie, Tam's 'ancient, trusty, drouthy crony' in Burns' poem Tam O'Shanter, was John Davidson, the real-life souter (shoemaker) who lived and worked in this cottage. |
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Culzean Castle & Country Park
(27 Miles)*
The range of interests and activities at Culzean provides a perfect day out for the family. There is Robert Adam's castle, built 1772-1790 and Scotland's first Country Park, created in 1969 and consisting of 563 acres. |
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Crossraguel Abbey
(27 Miles)*
The remains of Crossraguel Abbey, which are remarkably complete and of a very high quality, include the church, cloister, chapter house and much of the domestic premises. |
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Whithorn Priory & Museum
(28 Miles)*
Whithorn Priory is the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, founded in the 5th century. |
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Cardoness Castle
(31 Miles)*
Cardoness Castle is the well-preserved ruin of a tower house of 15th century date, the ancient home of the McCullochs. |
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Rozelle House Galleries and Maclaurin Art Galleries
(35 Miles)*
Rozelle House is now a major display venue, currently showing the significant collection, 'Tam O' Shanter' - a series of 54 paintings, by Alexander Goudie. The Maclaurin collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints. |
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Broughton House
(38 Miles)*
An 18th-century house of the Murrays of Broughton and Cally, which was bought by E A Hornel, the renowned artist and member of the 'The Glasgow Boys'. |
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The Tolbooth Art Centre
(38 Miles)*
This award-winning Art Centre presents visitors with the story of the Kirkcudbright "art colony" through an audio-visual show and through the permanent display of some of the best Kirkcudbright paintings in the Museum Service collection. |
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MacLellan's Castle
(38 Miles)*
MacLellan's Castle is a castellated town house, which was built in the 1750s. |
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The Stewartry Museum
(38 Miles)*
The Stewartry Museum was founded in 1879, and first occupied part of Kirkcudbright Town Hall. As the collections grew, the present purpose-built museum was opened in 1893. |
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Threave Castle
(40 Miles)*
Threave Castle is a massive tower built in the late 14th century by Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway. |
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