The best running trails around Lincluden

The park was established in the 19th century, serving the community of Dumfries with its riverside location along the River Nith.

The pedestrian bridge is one of the oldest in Scotland. Built in 1432, it crosses the River Nith in the town center and offers scenic views.

A treasure house of history in Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries Museum tells the story of the land and people of the region. Look out for fossil footprints left by prehistoric animals, the wildlife of the Solway, tools and weapons of our earliest people, stone carvings by Scotland’s first Christians and the everyday things of the Victorian farm, workshop and home. The museum also hosts a lively programme of special exhibitions, events and family activities throughout the year and has a shop selling unusual and nostalgic toys, gemstones, gifts and books. You can find details about accessibility in the museum in the Accessibility tab below. The Camera Obscura is within Dumfries Museum. Demonstrations of the Camera Obscura are dependent on weather. It is the world's oldest working example of this scientific instrument and to preserve it we cannot use it in rain or high winds. A charge for entry applies for the Camera Obscura which is only accessible by steps. https://www.dgculture.co.uk/venue/dumfries-museum/

One of the oldest standing bridges in Scotland crosses the River Nith in Dumfries. Devorgilla Bridge is also sometimes known as Devorgilla's Bridge or the Old Bridge and is named after Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway, the mother of King John Balliol. All the land to the west of the River Nith traditionally formed part of Galloway, which only truly became part of Scotland during Alexander II's reign in the 1230s. Dumfries was therefore a frontier town for much of its early history and had grown up on the east side of a ford that provided the lowest crossing point of the River Nith. By 1186 the town was sufficiently well established to be made a Royal Burgh. According to some sources the first bridge was built across the River Nith at Dumfries during the 1260s by Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway. No trace of this bridge has ever been found, and if it existed at all it seems very likely that it was made of wood. There is rather more evidence for the immediate predecessor of the bridge you see today. Construction began on a stone bridge in about 1430, and a papal indulgence of 1432 recorded the Pope's approval for a call for subscribers to pay for the completion of the bridge. This bridge survived for a little under two centuries before being partially destroyed in a major flood in 1620 or 1621. Once more accounts differ, but it seems that the east half of the bridge was swept away and what was left might well have been severely damaged. https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/devorgillabridge/index.html

15th Century pedestrian bridge with lovely views over the River Nith. Steps on one side but they're easy to push your bike up or down, then you can ride over the rest of the bridge. Worth stopping for the view though.

The bridge over the Nith just south of Dumfries town center on NCN route 7 built in honour of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, inventor of the pedal bike.

Great views in the evening and the walk along the river can be extended

An excellent and well surfaced gravel track forest although it maybe small it has quite a few cheeky singletrack trails and a track in middle for kids to race around on, no climbing and flat it also links to the Cycle network route into Dumfries and on towards Ae Forest. A great place for those little ones just learning to ride.