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Scenes of Portpatrick...
This old seaside town was once the ferry port to Northern Ireland, with a railway station at the north
side of its inner harbour. The expense of maintaining the harbour defences on a coast storm-wracked
in winter, led to Stranraer in Loch Ryan being preferred, despite the longer sea journey. Portpatrick is
now a favoured seaside town for tourists, but its old importance is still recognised by the stationing of an
RNLI lifeboat and base, as well as the heavy use of the harbour by yachts and fishing vessels. In many
ways, Portpatrick resembles a Cornish fishing village, with the steep descent to the house-fringed
harbour.
You can enjoy the scenic walks along the clifftops or visit the nearby Logan Botanical
Gardens, one of many gardens in the area. The Southern Upland Way
starts just about 100 yards from our front door.
Portpatrick was the filming location for Two Thousand Acres of Sky on BBC 1.
The island scenes were filmed down the coast at Port Logan, about 10 miles to the south. Built to a design by
Thomas Telford, the harbour at Port LOgan was proposed as a replacemernt for Portpatrick, bu the extra distance by land
made it unpopular. For some time Irish cattle boats used to land their cargoes there, but
now only a handful of leisure craft use the silted-up harbour.
Discounted Golf Concessions :
Visitors to Braefield get concessionary rates at the nearby Portpatrick (Dunskey) Golf Club and the Wigtownshire County Golf Club at Glenluce and the Stranraer Golf Club.
An extensive listing of local attractions may also be found in the
Attractions of South West Scotland
. website.
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