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Attractions near Lennox
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This is a list of the attractions near this property that are featured on AboutBritain.com
It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all attractions near this property.
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New Abbey Corn Mill
(7 Miles)*
New Abbey Corn Mill is a well-kept secret in the village of New Abbey, five miles south of Dumfries. |
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Caerlaverock Castle
(7 Miles)*
One of the finest castles in Scotland, Caerlaverock Castle is on a triangular site surrounded by moats. |
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Savings Banks Museum
(11 Miles)*
In 1810 Dr Duncan opened the world's first commercial savings bank, paying interest of its investors' modest savings. |
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Senhouse Roman Museum
(11 Miles)*
The Senhouse Roman Museum contains sculpture and inscriptions from the Roman Fort at Maryport, (Alauna), which lies next to the museum. |
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Burns House
(13 Miles)*
It was in this simple sandstone house in a quiet Dumfries street that Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, spent the last years of his brilliant life. |
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Castle Douglas Art Gallery
(13 Miles)*
Castle Douglas Art Gallery first opened in 1938 having been gifted to the town by Mrs Ethel Bristowe and now forms an excellent venue for an annual programme of temporary exhibitions running from Easter to Christmas. |
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Threave
(14 Miles)*
Threave Garden has something to offer in all seasons. At 64 acres, it is best known for its spectacular springtime display of daffodils, but herbaceous beds are colourful in summer and the trees and heather garden are striking in autumn. |
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Threave Castle
(15 Miles)*
Threave Castle is a massive tower built in the late 14th century by Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway. |
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Isel Hall
(17 Miles)*
The Elizabethan Range and fortified Pele Tower of Isel Hall dominates the landscape in its magical setting above River Derwent. |
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Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace
(18 Miles)*
Thomas Carlyle may have rubbed shoulders with Darwin, Dickens and Thackeray, but he never forgot his roots and insisted that his final resting place should be Ecclefechan, the village where his birthplace still stands. |
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Towns near Lennox
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Kirkbean
(3 Miles)*
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New Abbey
(7 Miles)*
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Silloth-on-Solway
(8 Miles)*
Nestling on the shores of the Solway Firth is the charming Victorian planned town of Silloth-on-Solway. Silloth owes its name to the monks of Holme Cultram Abbey. |
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Kippford
(8 Miles)*
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Allonby
(9 Miles)*
The attractive small village of Allonby on the Solway Coast, lies between Silloth and Maryport. Allonby has a beautiful shingle and sand beach, which has received an award for its cleanliness and safety. |
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Kingholm Quay
(11 Miles)*
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Lochfoot
(12 Miles)*
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Maryport
(12 Miles)*
Visit Maryport, on the Solway Coast a lively town and celebrate 2000 years of the sea! An 18th century planned town, set on a cliff above the Solway. It was also an important Roman seaport. |
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Abbey Town
(12 Miles)*
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Dumfries
(13 Miles)*
Dumfries is the centre of the present day Dumfries and Galloway region and it has Neolithic and Roman origins, lying close to the English border; the history of Dumfriesshire was often bloody and turbulent. |
