Gretna & Eskdale Travel Guides

Buses

Postbuses also operate across Dumfries & Galloway. These can carry four or eleven people along with the post and details are included in the...

Transport Travel Guide

Various transport options are available for travel to this part of south-west Scotland. With ports at Stranraer and Cairnryan for ferries between...

Transport to Stranraer

Stranraer is more easily accessed than its more modern counterpart at Cairnryan. To reach the port by road, from the south, follow the A75 from...

Driving

London to Dumfries

M25, M40, M5 & M6 to the A74 at Carlisle then A75 into Dumfries town 346 miles approx 6 hours 15 mins drive...

Port of Stranraer

Over the last 30 years, many services have moved away from Stranraer. In the 1970's P&O moved operations to the more modern terminal in...

Coaches

Stena Line Ferry Terminal, Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway

Twice daily services to London, departing late morning and late evening 8...

Trains

The Dumfries and Galloway area has excellent local train services and mainline railway links to London as well as the rest of the UK.

If...

Ferries

Passenger & vehicle ferries cross daily from Larne or Belfast, Northern Ireland to Stranraer & Cairnryan, Dumfries & Galloway. The...

Port of Cairnryan

The Port of Cairnryan is situated on the northern edge of Loch Ryan in the south west of Scotland, approximately five miles to the north of...

Train Stations

The station is located just over half a mile from the centre of Dumfries, on the Glasgow to Carlisle rail route, linking to the main West Coast...

Transport to Cairnryan

To travel by road from the south, follow the A75 from Gretna Green, through Dumfries & Galloway towards Stranraer. Just before Stranraer turn...

Flights

To fly to Dumfries & Galloway from Europe or the USA, the airports at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle are all within 2 hours drive....