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Glenluce is in Galloway southwest Scotland,
10 miles east of Stranraer, 64 miles west of
Dumfries, off the A75 road.
The Village is fairly quiet since the bypass
was completed in 1989, now normaly visited by
people on holiday in the area Holiday Parks, or
visiting Glenluce Abbey, that is 1 mile
west.
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Camping & Touring Parks in
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The image top is looking down the long
winding Main Street, with the signs here
pointing to the Whitecairn Holiday
& Camping Park 1 mile north, also with
touring and camping facilities, and the
Three Lochs Holiday
Park 7 miles north, also with fishing, touring
and camping.
Glenluce Holiday
Park is close to the Village centre, behind
the Crown Hotel in the mature gardens of the
former 1700s Balkail Mansion
of the Ross family.
There used to be four hotels in the village,
all within 100 yards of each other on the Main
Street. The Crown Hotel
seems to be the only one left, now mainly
serving as a bar.
The image right is of Old Luce Church built
in 1814, close to the Village centre. The
Church is often visited by people on the St
Ninian Pilgrim Journey. The Church was having
the render removed in 2016, not sure if the
original stonework will now be left
exposed.
The Glenluce Viaduct, completed in 1861, is
under half of a mile west of Glenluce, on the
road to Glenluce Abbey. The Viaduct crosses the
Water of Luce and a road with eight arches,
each 42ft wide, and over 50ft high.
The Viaduct was opened in 1861 as part of
the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway,
allowing trains to run between London and
Stranraer, with a nightly Irish Mail Service.
The line was closed in 1965.
Glenluce Abbey is just over 1 mile
northwest of Glenluce, past the Viaduct. This
Cistercian Monastery was founded around 1190 by
Rolland, Lord of Galloway. The Abbey is popular
with people on the St Ninian
Pilgrim Journey.
Castle of Park
is a Tower House completed in 1599 for Thomas
Hay, under 1 mile southwest of Glenluce.
The Tower House / Castle was owned by the
Cunningham's from the 1830s. It was restored in
the 1960s by the Landmark Trust
to serve as a Holiday Home.
The Tower House is said to be haunted by a
Monk that was murdered in the Tower, and by a
Green Lady.
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