Carlisle, Dumfries, Or Newton Stewart ?

[Paul J]

Heading up from North West England, we're ultimately bound for Brighouse Bay near Kirkcudbright, but we need a stop-over first, we have a choice of Carlisle, Dumfries, or (at a push) Newton Stewart, which of these places would you recommend (or indeed not recommend) for a 24 hour stop-over. Typically and perhaps obviously I like an interesting town or city, with enough interesting stuff to see, and some good eating and drinking places, would be interested to hear your thoughts.

P.S - please excuse my ignorance, looking online can be tricky, it's common to find hundreds of photos of the same famous parts of a town or city, and yet it's still hard to get an overview. If I have to guess what you'd recommend, I'm perhaps guessing you'll say Newton Steward first, Dumfries second, and Carlisle in last place

P.S2..... if I'm missing a real gem close by, please make a suggestion, would like a reasonable sized town/city if possible

Thanks for you time

Paul

 

[DBK]

I come from Carlisle so know there is a lot to see, the cathedral and castle in particular and the museum for Roman stuff but Dumfries is worth a visit too. I suggest you visit both and spend an afternoon in Newton Stewart as well, it's a tiny place so doesn't take long.

 

[DavidG58]

Excuse my bluntness but isn’t this the same question, very slightly modified, that you asked last week and got a good few replies?

 

[Paul J]

Knowing my memory, it probably is, shall I ask it again next week ?

 

[WillH]

Moffat is quite nice as well.

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[Paul J]

Thanks for the replies

 

[robnchris]

Paul the whole of the Dumfries and Galloway is more than worth investigating, have your own touring holiday rather than someone else's

 

[Paul J]

Ok, will do, thank you

 

[irnbru]

If you can’t find last weeks it’s here . I would choose Dumfries.

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...fries-and-galloway.191862/page-2#post-3214853

 

[Paul J]

Thanks Irnbru

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[Solwaybuggier]

We live near Carlisle, as DBK said, plenty to do there. But wasn’t it in the “other” thread that someone also suggested Castle Douglas, which I would agree with.

 

[jockaneezer]

If you're staying at Brighouse Bay, Newton Stewart, Castle Douglas and Dumfries are all easily done as daytrips as they're only 30 or 40 minutes from your destination, even in a motorhome, I personally can't see the point of looking for a stopover that's within spitting distance of my destination ?
Where are you setting off from ? Somewhere on the edge of the Lakes might be worth considering ? Couple of sites at Pooley Bridge, probably less than 6 miles from Jct 40 of the M6 and travelling on "A" roads, there are pubs, cafés, restaurants, some easy walks and you can catch the Ullswater Steamer from there for a tour of the lake.

 

[Christoph]

Nice little site at Rockciffe overlooking the sea about 8 miles from Dumfries.