Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bus 415 runs every hour or so between Newton Stewart and Isle of Whithorn (one
hour) via Wigtown (15 minutes) and Whithorn.
WIGTOWN
POP 987
Little Wigtown, officially Scotland's National Book Town, has more than a dozen book-
shops offering an astonishingly wide selection of volumes, giving book enthusiasts the op-
portunity to get lost here for days. A major
book festival
(
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
)
is held here in late September.
Sights & Activities
Bookshop
(
www.the-bookshop.com
;
17 North Main St; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat)
This bookshop claims
to be Scotland's largest secondhand bookshop, and has a great collection of Scottish and
regional titles.
BOOKSHOP
NATURE DISPLAY
Wigtown County Buildings
(Market Sq; admission free; 10am-5pm Mon, Thu & Sat, 10am-7.30pm Tue, Wed &
Fri, 2-5pm Sun)
Folk in this town love their resident ospreys. It's a good conversation
starter and if you'd like to learn a bit more about the majestic birds, and see a live CCTV
link to a nearby nest, drop by the Wigtown County Buildings to check out its osprey ex-
hibition.
Bladnoch Distillery
(
01988-402605;
www.bladnoch.co.uk
; Bladnoch; tours adult/child £3/free;
9am-5pm Mon-Fri, plus weekends Jul & Aug)
Browsing books can be thirsty work, so it's
fortunate that Bladnoch Distillery is just a couple of miles away from Wigtown, in the vil-
lage of Bladnoch. Ring for times of tours, which include a dram. If you want a three-dram
tasting, it's a fiver.
DISTILLERY
Torhouse Stone Circle
Four miles west of Wigtown, off the B733, this well-preserved ruin dates from the 2nd
millenium BC.
RUIN
