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If your site does not include more than one contact within Dumfries and Gallaway, then please submit to the locality category that is included on the site.

If there is not a locality category corresponding to the postal town on the site, then please submit to the most appropriate topical sub-category.

Submitting to the wrong category will delay and/or prevent your site from being listed in the directory.

Submission Tips:

  • When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organisation.
  • When writing your site's description, please state what your site offers in a clear and concise statement, without hype or promotional language.

Here you will find sites relating to all aspects of life in the unitary authority, now known as Dumfries and Gallaway, which incorporates the old counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.


Annan

If your site includes the postal address Annan, then it may be submitted here.  If it has the postal address, Dumfries, then it may be submitted there.  If the postal address included, is a village between these localities, then the site should in the first instance be submitted to the most appropriate topical sub-category of Dumfries_and_Galloway.
Alternatively find two more sites within the same parish, and apply to edit a new locality category.

Sites representing the Dumfriesshire town of Annan, as well as the rural area, south to the Solway Firth, as far east as Eastriggs, north to Creca and Brydekirk, west to Carruthertown, and Cummertrees.

Ardwell

Sites representing the village of Ardwell, as well as the rural area of the South Rhins, south of Sandhead and north of Port Logan and Drummore, Mull of Galloway.

Arts and Entertainment

Sites should be submitted to the most appropriate locality category.

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Auchencairn

Sites for Auchencairn, located on the heritage coastline of the Solway Estuary, known locally as the Scottish Riviera.

Balmaclellan

Sites representing the village of Balmaclellan, as well as the rural area, north of Loch Ken. It is the eastern parish of the four comprising the Glenkens District, with the parish of Dalry to the north, and town of New Galloway to the west.

Beattock

Beattock is a village on the River Annan, 2 miles south of Moffat on the A701, now by-passed by the M74.  The Southern Uplands Way passes through the village between Wintercleuch Fell in the west, across Annandale to Capel Fell and Loch Fell to the east.  This category represents sites for locations northwest, up the valley to Beattock Summit, and the boundary with South Lanarkshire

Borgue

Please suggest sites here, only if they are exclusively about, or show contact details within, the rural area south of the A755 between Kirkcudbright and Gatehouse of Fleet, and southwards to the Solway Firth.  This includes the hamlets of High Borgue and Barharrow, but sites representing the area west to Fleet Bay, such as Girthon and Sandgreen, should be included in the Gatehouse of Fleet category.

This category represents the village and parish of Borgue, west of Kirkcudbright and south of Gatehouse of Fleet. It includes sites about the coastline of the Solway Firth, from Kirkcudbright Bay, the island of Little Rose, and inland hamlets westwards form Ross, Sanwick, Borness, Kirkandrews, Knockbrex to Lennox Plunton.

Business and Economy

Submit to this category only if the site represents a manufacturing or service company in Dumfries and Galloway, for which a locality category is not available, or if there are offices in more than one town within Dumfries and Galloway.

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Cairnryan

Sites representing the port of Cairnryan, as well as the rural area along the A77 to the border with South Ayrshire, north of Stranraer and Castle Kennedy.

Canonbie

If your site includes the postal address Canonbie, then it may be submitted here.  If the postal address included, is a village outside this locality, then the site should in the first instance be submitted to the most appropriate topical sub-category of Dumfries_and_Galloway.
Alternatively find two more sites within the same parish, and apply to edit a new locality category.

Sites representing the Dumfriesshire town of Canonbie, as well as the rural area, south and east to the border with England, as far east as Rowanburn, north to Auchenrivock, west to Evertown and Milltown.

 

Castle Douglas

Sites of interest in and around Castle Douglas

Castle Kennedy

Sites representing the locality of Castle Kennedy, along the A75 euroroute, as well as the rural area north to Cairnryan and west to Stranraer, and to Sandhead southwards along Luce Bay, as far east as Dunragit.

Creetown

Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway

Dalbeattie

Local sites for the town of Dabeattie

Drummore

Any site that provides a postal address governed by Kirkmaiden Community Council, within the Ward of Rhins South may be submitted here.

Sites representing the village of Drummore, and the rural area of the Mull of Galloway, south of Port Logan.

Dumfries

The title should be the company or organisation name. Do not type in all caps. Do not include a list of keywords. Do not include your products. Do not write a sales pitch. The description should be a brief summary of the organisation's purpose, products or services. The description should be in English and in coherent sentence form. Do not include superlatives or a sales pitch. Do not submit your company history. Do not submit a list of keywords. Do not use unnecessary capitalization, or include HTML tags.

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Dunscore

This category is for sites about, or showing postal address in Dunscore.  Until alternative categories exist, please suggest sites to this category, if they correspond to places accessible from the B729, that are nearer Dunscore than Dumfries or Moniaive. 

Dunscore is a village 9 miles northwest of Dumfries, half way on the B729 to Moniaive

Eastriggs

Sites for the village and surrounding area, serviced by the B721, and by-passed by the A75, between Gretna to the east and Annan to the west.

Ecclefechan

Please submit sites here if they are about the town of Ecclefechan, the immediate vaccinity, or if your site includes the postal address Ecclefechan.

The site will only be included here if it refers to the area south of Kettleholm, Castlemilk, and Middlebie, west of Eaglesfield and Kirtle bridge, north of Brydekirk, and east of Carrutherstown and Dalton.

For this locality, the Post Office uses the town Lockerbie.  For a locality to the south, please consider Annan. If the postal address included, is a village between these localities, then the site should in the first instance be submitted to the most appropriate topical sub-category of Dumfries_and_Galloway.  If you feel that your locality is not represented, then please find two more sites within the same parish, and apply to edit a new locality category.

This category includes sites representing the Dumfriesshire community council of Hoddom and Ecclefechan, in the District of Annandale and Eskdale.
This is the rural area south of Lockerbie.

Eskdalemuir

 

Gatehouse of Fleet

Please submit sites here only of direct relevance to the locality.  Sites may be listed here if they provide a postal address within a five mile radius of the town.  Sites corresponding to localities between here and Newton Stewart to the west, or Kirkcudbright and Castle Douglas to the east, should be submitted to the most suitable topical sub-category of Dumfries and Galloway.

Gatehouse of Fleet is a small market town of Kirkcubrightshire, represented by the political ward of Stewartry West, of which Gateway of Fleet forms one Community Council.
The town is by-passed by the A75 euroroute, taking traffic from Kirkcubright, Dumfriesshire, the Borders and Northern England to Stranraer and the ferry to Northern Ireland.

Glenluce

This category is for sites exclusively about, or showing postal references in, the village of Glenluce, Luce Bay, and up the valley of Luce Water to New Luce.

Gretna

This category receives many submissions by virtue of the village of Gretna Green, having the history of young runaway couples eloping. At the local Blacksmith's, marriage ceremonies were performed under Scottish law, where the age of consent was lower than in England.
From this has developed a reputation as the wedding capital of the UK.
This category is strictly for sites about the town of Gretna and for sites with this as the postal address, until Gretna Green has its own locality category.
Sites with postal addresses as far west as Rigg are currently allowed here (until Rigg has its own locality category),
as well as those to the east as far as the border with England.
Other sites should be submitted to the most appropriate locality category.
(Careless submissions deserve deletion)

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Health

This category is for businesses that provide products and services for this locality and include types of medicine and treatments that are not considered conventional in the United Kingdom.

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Kippford

If your site includes the postal address Kippford, then it may be submitted here. If it has the postal address, Dumfries, then it may be submitted there. If the postal address included, is a village between these localities, then the site should in the first instance be submitted to the most appropriate topical sub-category of Dumfries_and_Galloway.
Alternatively find two more sites within the same parish, and apply to edit a new locality category.

Sites representing the Dumfriesshire village of Kippford, as well as the rural area.

Kirkcolm

Sites representing the village of Kirkcolm, as well as the hamlets and the rural area north of the Rhins of Galloway and Portpatrick, and west of Stranraer.

Kirkconnel

Please only suggest sites to this category if they are exclusively about, or show postal references within Dumfries and Galloway, west of Sanquhar. Those west of the Dumfries and Galloway border should be suggested to the most suitable category, such as New Cumnock.

Kirkconnel, with Kelloholm, forms the most north western settlement in the Upper Nith Valley of Dumfriesshire, before the border with East Ayrshire.  It lies up the western valley from Sanquhar.  This category is for sites about this valley, Kirkland Hill to the north, Mynwhirr Hill to the west, as far as Kello Water to the south.

Kirkpatrick-Fleming

 

Kirkpatrick Durham

Please suggest sites to this locality only if they are exclusively about Kirkpatrick Durham, or have a postal reference to this parish.  This includes sites corresponding to rural areas as far north as the viccinity of the A712, west of Crocketford, to the B794 south of Corsock.  Sites may also be suggested here if their location is north of the B794, and north of Haugh of Urr, until there is a more appropriate category.

Kirkpatrick Durham is a village six miles north east of the market town of Castle Douglas, and forms the ancient Kirkcudbrightshire parish, as far north as the Dumfriesshire parish of Dunscore

Langholm

If your site is not specifically geared towards this topic, please submit to the proper location.

Submitting to the wrong category will delay and/or prevent your site from being listed in the directory.

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organisation.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.
Thank-you for your co-operation.
Here you will find sites relating to all aspects of Langholm life - business, community, travel, culture and so on.

Lochmaben

 

New Abbey

Sites uniquely relevant to the village of New Abbey, seven miles south of Dumfries. This locality includes the rural area to Gillfoot in the north, Kinharvie to the west, Kirkbean to the south, and the coast line to include Kirkonnell and Shambellie Grange.
This locality is governed by the New Abbey Community Council, within the political ward of Criffel, in the old county of Kirkcudbrightshire.

New Galloway

 

Newton Stewart

If your site is not specifically geared towards this location, please submit to the proper category.

Submitting to the wrong category will delay and/or prevent your site from being listed in the directory.

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organisation.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.
Thank-you for your co-operation.
Here you will find sites relating to all aspects of Newton Stewart life - business, community, travel, culture and so on.

Port Logan

Sites representing the village of Port Logan, as well as the hamlet of Logan, and the rural area of the Mull of Logan, south of Ardwell and north of Drummore, Mull of Galloway.

Port William

 

Portpatrick

Sites representing the village of Portpatrick, as well as the rural area of the Rhinns of Galloway, north of Ardwell, south of Kirkcolm, west of Stranraer.  This includes the hamlet of Portslogan, but not Port Logan.

Recreation and Sports

Hotels or estates offering accommodation will be listed here only at the expense of not being listed in the Accommodation pages.
If there is a category corresponding to a locality of the venue, please submit there instead, even if there is no Recreation and Sports sub-category.

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Sandhead

Sites for the coastal resort of Sandhead in Luce Bay, including Balgreggan and the surrounding part of the South Rhins of Galloway, north to Stoneykirk and south to Ardwell.

Sanquhar

Please only suggest sites to this category if they are exclusively about, or show postal references to Sanquhar.  Sites for locations nearer Kelloholm to the west should be suggested to the Kirkconnel category instead.

Sites corresponding to locations to the north along the B140 such as Carco and Corsebank, and rural settings to Cocker Hill in the north, and Willowgrain Hill to the west, may also be included here, provided they are within the Dumfries and Galloway border. Those north of the Dumfries and Galloway border should be suggested to the most suitable category in South Lanarkshire.

Sanquhar represents the most northern parts of the Upper Nith Valley of Dumfriesshire, down from the border with South Lanarkshire along Crawick Water.  This category is for sites about, or showing postal addresses within this valley, between Cocker Hill and Willowgrain Hill.

Science and Environment

 

Society and Culture

Notice to those submitting sites:
this category is for sites that are best described as being relevant to the Society and Culture over a broad range within Dumfries and Galloway.
If your site does not meet the above description, but is relevant to a specific locality represented by an existing category, even if it does not have its own Society and Culture link from here, then it should be listed locally.

The Society and Culture section covers a broad range of subjects about people's relationships with and experiences of themselves, each other, past present and future, within or having direct relevance to Dumfries and Galloway.

St John's Town of Dalry

For sites about St John's Town of Dalry, and for businesss and tourist attractions within the immediate vicinity, North of New Galloway and South of Dalshangan on the A762, and West of Bogue on the A702.

Stranraer

Please ensure that the postal address within Stranraer is clearly indicated on your site, before submission.
(Careless submissions deserve deletion)

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Transport

Local Transport in Dumfries and Galloway

Travel and Tourism

Is the site you are submitting in Dumfries and Galloway?

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Wanlockhead

Please only suggest sites to this category if they are exclusively about, or show postal references to the area between Wanlockhead and Mennock. Those north of the Dumfries and Galloway border should be suggested to the most suitable category in South Lanarkshire instead.

Sites for locations to the west should be suggested to the Sanquhar category instead.

Sites corresponding to locations to the south may be more suitable for a sub-category of Thornhill, otherwise please suggest to a sub-category of Dumfries and Galloway instead.

Wanlockhead, reputed to be the highest village in Scotland, is close to the border with South Lanarkshire, with which it shares a postal address, but is nevertheless in Dumfries and Galloway.

This category represents the most northern eastern parts of the Upper Nith, where Mennock Water feeds the Nith at Mennock. This category is for sites about, or showing postal addresses within this valley, between Willowgrain Hill and Lowther Hill.

Weather

Sites specifically about the climate in the region of Dumfries and Galloway.

Whithorn

Sites primarily about the town of Whithorn, but until there are sufficient sites for other localities, including other villages on the Machars peninsula, south of Wigtown and west of Port William.
This includes Isle of Whithorn, Sorbie, Garlieston and Monreith, as well rural and coastal areas governed by the Royal Burgh of Whithorn and District.

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