Castle Kennedy Gardens Tearoom - Café Days by Visit Scotland

Walk part of the Southern Upland Way

The Southern Upland Way is one of four official Scottish long distance paths and is the longest in Scotland, running from Portpatrick in the West to Cockburnspath in the East. The Way crosses a wonderful mix of Southern Scottish terrain rising to over 700 metres in places, and includes coast, forest, farmland and hills. Of course, you can choose to just walk a wee section of it!

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Stroll amongst the Gardens of Castle Kennedy and Lochinch Castle

Walk along the Monkey Puzzle Avenue at Castle Kennedy Gardens, famous for their rhododendrons and other plant specimens from all around the world.

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Glenluce Abbey

Take a step back in time, and visit Glenluce Abbey, which was once visited by Robert the Bruce.

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Ryan Centre

Visit the Ryan Centre, Stranraer, a multi-purpose leisure centre with leisure pool, games hall, fitness suite, health suite, and theatre.

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Castle Kennedy Gardens Tearoom

Stair Estate Office
Rephad
Castle Kennedy
DG8 7BX
t: 01776 702 024
w: websitew: www.castlekennedygardens.co.uk Opening Times
Daily Easter-end Sep 10am-5pm.

Castle Kennedy & Gardens offer visitors a unique experience to see a large landscaped garden in beautiful unspoilt scenery. Our small tearoom serves refreshments including teas, sandwiches and home baking produced in the Kitchens of Lochinch Castle on a daily basis.

Day I Found It

My wife and I walked part of the Southern Upland Way from Stranraer to Castle Kennedy during our weeks holiday in July. We saw a red deer in the woods on the walk to the gardens, which then opened out into picturesque views across the lake. The café was next to Castle Kennedy Garden Centre and Shop and the surrounding blossoming trees were humming with bumble bees, competing with dancing butterflies. Baked potato and salad was our rejuvenating fare.

Mr Radford, Middlewich