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Sands of Luce

Photo of Sands of Luce, a beach near Port Logan, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

Sands of Luce

© Gordon Brown / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Gordon Brown / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sands of Luce

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A long sweep of golden sand curving round the head of Luce Bay at Sandhead. There’s room to walk for ages here, with the Rhins hills off to the west. It’s open and tidal, and a caravan park sits behind part of it, so the northern end is usually the quieter stretch.

More places to visit near Sands of Luce

Photo of Logan Botanic Garden, a garden near Port Logan, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Logan Botanic Garden

Garden near Port Logan

Scotland's most exotic garden, where the Gulf Stream lets southern-hemisphere tree ferns and palms flourish on the Rhins.

8 km S

Photo along the Southern Upland Way, a long-distance trail running from Portpatrick to Cockburnspath, southern Scotland.Highlight

Southern Upland Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A coast-to-coast crossing of southern Scotland's empty hills, from Portpatrick to the North Sea.

8.3 km NW · Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders & South Lanarkshire

Photo of Knockinaam Lodge, a restaurant near Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Knockinaam Lodge

Restaurant · With rooms near Portpatrick

A secluded Victorian lodge in its own cove on the Galloway coast.

8.3 km W

Photo of Logan Fish Pond, a visitor attraction near Port Logan, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Logan Fish Pond

Attraction near Port Logan

Georgian tidal fish larder cut into a rocky blowhole, where hand-fed fish still gather at feeding time.

9.3 km S

Photo of Dunskey Castle, a ruined castle near Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Dunskey Castle

Castle near Portpatrick

A roofless clifftop shell just south of Portpatrick, once a stronghold of the Adair family

10.2 km W

Photo of Portpatrick, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Portpatrick

Village

Painted harbour village on the Rhins, once the packet port for Ireland and now the start of the Southern Upland Way.

10.8 km W · Dumfries and Galloway