Port Logan

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"A country and coastal walk through a Gallovidian time warp"
Walk directions

From the car park go across a wooden walkway, down some steps on to the sand and turn left to walk along the beach. When you reach the start of the village, climb on to the road in front of the Port Logan Inn, now closed. Turn right and then continue walking along the main street, passing the war memorial, to reach the village hall. 

In Two Thousand Acres of Sky, a 2002 BBC television series, the village hall featured as the village school, and had a school sign fixed to the front. There was also a timetable for Caledonian MacBrayne ferries displayed on a notice board on the wall. Opposite the village hall is a small but picturesque harbour with a rather unusual lighthouse. Nowadays, Port Logan harbour is used only by a few pleasure craft but it was a thriving fishing port in the past. Move away from the harbour area and continue along the road to the farm of Muldaddie.

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  Terrain  - Shoreline, country lanes and hill tracks
  Landscape  - Hill, pasture, shoreline and country roads
  Dog friendliness  - Keep on lead near livestock
  Parking  - Public car park on road to Logan Fish Pond
  Toilets en route  - At car park
About the walk
The pier and ancient lighthouse in this almost forgotten little fishing village was constructed by one Colonel Andrew McDouall of Logan House and used mainly by ships importing cattle from Ireland. With the coming of the railway to Portpatrick, further north on the Rhinns of Galloway, this trade...
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Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.
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Port Logan

Recommended by
Our view
"A country and coastal walk through a Gallovidian time warp"
Dog friendly Family friendly
Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Shoreline, country lanes and hill tracks
  Landscape - Hill, pasture, shoreline and country roads
  Dog friendliness - Keep on lead near livestock
  Parking - Public car park on road to Logan Fish Pond
  Toilets en route - At car park
About the walk
The pier and ancient lighthouse in this almost forgotten little fishing village was constructed by one Colonel Andrew McDouall of Logan House and used mainly by ships importing cattle from Ireland. With the coming of the railway to Portpatrick, further north on the Rhinns of Galloway, this trade...
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Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.