Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Thomas MacLellan, then provost of Kirkcudbright, as his town residence. Inside look for
the 'lairds' lug', a 16th-century hidey-hole designed for the laird to eavesdrop on his
guests.
EXHIBITION SPACE
Tolbooth Art Centre
(High St; 11am-5pm Mon-Sat, 2-5pm Sun)
As well as catering for today's local artists,
this centre has an exhibition on the history of the town's artistic development. The place is
as interesting for the building itself as for the artistic works on display; it's one of the old-
est and best-preserved tollbooths in Scotland, and there are interpretative signboards to
explain its past. Reduced hours in winter.
MUSEUM
Stewartry Museum
(St Mary St; 11am-5pm Mon-Sat, 2-5pm Sun)
There's a certain charm to this higgledy-
piggledy old-fashioned local history museum. There's everything from coronation teacups
to lumps of local granite to stuffed fish. Reduced hours in winter.
Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park
(
www.gallowaywildlife.co.uk
;
Lochfergus Plantation; adult/child £7.50/5; 10am-5pm
Feb-Nov, to 6pm summer)
A mile from Kirkcudbright on the B727, this park is an easy
walk from town, and you'll see red pandas, wolves, meerkats, monkeys, kangaroos, Scot-
tish wildcats and many more creatures in a peaceful rural setting. An important role of the
park is the conservation of rare and threatened species.
ZOO
Festivals
Thursdays in high summer are Scottish theme nights, with music, dancing and more in the
centre of town.
Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival
(
www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk
)
In June, this is four days of swing, trad and dixie.
MUSIC
Wickerman Festival
(
www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
)
A diverse two-day music festival held in July on farm-
land a few miles southeast of town. From punk to reggae via indie rock, there's something
MUSIC
