Colvend Walk
Created by the Dalbeattie Forest Community Partnership, this long distance walk ends at Colvend where refreshments are available and a limited bus service runs back to Dalbeattie.
How to get there:
Colvend Walk can be started from Town Wood Car Park in Dalbeattie Forest which is part of Forests of the Solway Coast. Dalbeattie and Colvend are the nearest towns or villages.
Leave Dalbeattie on the A710, heading south towards Colvend. All forest walks start from the 'Town Wood' car park (the first car park on the left). All bike trails start from the 'Richorn Trailhead' (the second car park on the left). The nearest train station is in Dumfries.
OS Grid Reference: NX837601
Birds: Many areas of the forest are being managed to help nightjars, which spend the summer months here. We have information about Nightjar