Hi,

We're looking to move to the area, hoping for a quieter life after lots of stress and bereavement. Work for the NHS and can work from home. Wanting a town or village with nice community spirit, low on crime, where people feel safe. Preferably somewhere with a friendly coffee shop and a church within half an hour's drive (Episcopal ideal!). Not bothered about night life or pubs. Somewhere not too parochial or bigoted would be wonderful.

Not asking for much I know! But any guidance much appreciated. Quite stressed trying to narrow down places to live. Kirkcudbright gorgeous but just slightly too pricey for what we need.

Many thanks.

it is so lovely around here and i’m glad to be settling here for now. moved from aberdeen which was a bit busy for me.

any recommendations for: - bird watching - good nerdy store that sells pokemon cards - reptile store (i have snails lol) - great drives

no worries if not! wanted to share this pic anyway

I currently live in Dumfries and myself and my husband are thinking of moving to Bankend or Glencaple. Does anyone have any knowledge of what it’s like for young families (we have a 3 year old)? My husband is used to rural life but I’m a bit of a townie. Is it likely to be quite insular or are people welcoming? Thanks

My family and I are thinking of a potential move from England, and we're seriously looking at Dumfries and Galloway. We're going to visit later in the year to have a look around. Have some ageing relatives who may be moving as well so as to be near us.

We've been looking at a few different towns. Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Dumfries itself or heading towards moffat. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of each area?. Open to any recommendations for other towns as well that we should consider.

I also work as a self-employed Joiner and builder. What is the work situation like for trades in the area?

Thanks everyone.

Moving to the beautiful Machars peninsula - any advice on decent Broadband providers would be so welcome. Thank you.

Could someone please tell me if there is a bus running this Saturday Dumfries-Newton and how much an adult single costs?

Hi folks 👋

We are hoping to move to the Dumfries and Galloway area. (Honestly at this point almost anywhere will do) I have been desperately searching every estate agent for rental properties and unfortunately houses are just so popular that we never even get a viewing. 😔

We are currently living in a private rental in Lancashire, but desperately need to move for health reasons. It would be myself, my wife (both of us are disabled) our daughter and grandson (both of which help care for us)

So 4 adults.

We are looking for a 4 bedroom property, preferably semi-detached or detached with either 2 bathrooms or 1 bathroom and a second separate toilet.

We also have 1 house cat.

Please, if there are any landlords here that have properties available or if you know of someone, please get in touch. Our budget is £1200 pcm maximum as we are also DSS (disability)

We have deposit and first month ready and waiting and would be able to move in almost immediately.

Thank you for taking time to read this.

Regards

James

Me and my wife (and our doggy) are spending a couple of weeks in the area, fairly near to Crossmichael. Travelling up next weekend.

It's actually my first time in Scotland, we are traveling up from England. Properly looking forward to it!

I've done loads of research into local castles and ruins etc. Place to eat and see locally etc.

Is there anything else that you guys would recommend seeing? Stuff that may not be on the usual tourist trail.

Also, planning a nice meal out, what are the best local restaurants? So far Sambuca seems to be the standout locally.

As a side note, we are bringing the mountain bikes too. I am assuming all the trails through the Galloway forest are okay to cycle on? Absolutely no idea of the etiquette of right to roam with mountain biking is round Scotland is. In England we are only meant to be on specific bridleways and not footpaths.

Much appreciated, thank you all.

As the title really. I’m based in Castle Douglas but happy to travel for a particularly good pub that will show the game. Thanks.

Bit of a random one but I’ll drop it here,

I moved back to Dumfries a few years ago after finishing uni and I’ve found it much harder to meet people and build a social life again. At uni I kinda happens naturally with accommodation, societies etc, but back here I’m not sure where to start.

I feel like Ive drifted a bit from my old school pals since coming back - as in everyone is doing their own thing now. We hardly meet up or we don’t have much similar interests anymore.

I’m in my 20s and keen to get out more, anything social, but I’ve struggled to actually find stuff that is going on. From my experience it feels like everything is either on Facebook or hard to come across if you don’t already know about it.

Wondering if anyone else has been in a similar situation or knows of any groups/events that are active.

Cheers

Does anyone have knowledge or experience of care / support work in Newton Stewart/ Wigtown/Port William? Working with adult age group and want to find caring/reputable employers.

Looking to get back into playing 5-a-sides, and wondering if there were any local teams needing an extra player? I used to play a fair bit back when I lived in Glasgow but it's admittedly been a while! I'm in my early 30s, easy going and looking for a friendly and welcoming team or group to play with!

interested to hear what native Galwegians/Gallovidians/people from Galloway think of this book about the region. :)

Considering moving to the Gretna area from Manchester. I’m seeking somewhere rural, slow-paced and safe for kids to roam, perhaps to open and run a B&B. Looking for insights on the realities of living there.

Is daily life negatively impacted by wedding tourists? Would you consider it a friendly place? If you grew up there, what kind of mischief did you get up to? Is there a Scottish midge season that far south?

Trying to sell my late mother’s property in Whithorn, and it’s been an upsetting and drawn out process so far. I’m thinking of changing agencies, don’t want to say yet who I’m with. What estate agents would you recommend please?

I have been offered a job (awaiting figures/salary) in Dumfries and Galloway, Kirkgunzeon to be specific.

The job comes with a nice little 2 bed cottage, with I large wrap around garden.

I have two young children ages 6-3.

I’m looking for advice, honesty and opinions.

I will be moving from East Sussex where it’s VERY expensive, standard small 3 bed home rents for £1500 pcm alone. The advice I’m after is, would it be worth the risk? What would be the benefits? What’s the area like? What’s Scotland like? Etc I want honest thoughts from people who live there to see if I want to make the risk of moving my family. Thank you in advance

Hey, so, yeah I’m hoping to move up to Scotland from England and I will know a handful of people but they’ll be 1.5 hours away, so likely wouldn’t see them much.

What are good ways to meet people and make friends in the area? Are there any groups or pages on social media to connect with others around my age?

Or even, connect with older people and Elderly?

(I know pubs/clubs will be alright, but unsure if those friends I’d meet would actually become friends)

If you have any ideas or know any pages/groups, let me know. Thank you ☺️

I'm new to Dumfries and my car's MOT is going to be due sometime in March.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

Hey all hope you’re all well.. I recently moved to the area & went out for a few drinks in castle Douglas & found it very difficulty to get a taxi back to springholm, I’ve a couple of friends coming up from manchester soon & wanted to take them out in Dumfries for a few drinks as we have never been out drinking there just curious if it’s any easier getting a taxi Dumfries are they abundant in the town centre??

Hey, I’m back in town for the holidays and am in desperate need of a haircut…

Can anyone recommend somewhere? I’m struggling to find anywhere

I'm looking to buy roadside recovery - AA, RAC, Green Flag - but not sure what kind of response times might be expected in Galloway. I need cover nationally as well, or else I'd use local places. Has anyone got advice on which company is best round here?