Lauriston Hall is located along the A762 to Mossdale, about 1 mile north of Laurieston Village. The nearest train station is in Dumfries. Dumfries can be reached by train directly from Glasgow Central Station, and from Carlisle, in case you travel from Edinburgh(!) or England.

Trains to Dumfries:
The train from Glasgow takes about 1h 45min, and the return fare is about £20. There are trains about once every two hours, and the latest train back on sunday is 20:06, arrival in Glasgow 21:50.

The quickest connection from Edinburgh is probably via Carlisle on fridays and saturdays, and travel back via Glasgow on sunday evening.

From Carlisle to Dumfries is about 30 min with the train. There are early trains on Saturday too.

Buses to Castle Douglas (and Laurieston)
From Dumfries there are buses from Dumfries to Castle Douglas at 19:35, 20:40 and 21:55 (fare is £2.40). This journey takes roughly 50 minutes. We will pick people up from there Friday evenings from busstop Carlingwalk station.

On weekdays there is a postbus leaving 14:55 and arriving in Laurieston Village at 15:10, and on Saturday morning there are a number of buses going to Laurieston village (see the Time Tables here) but you might not want to rely on that because there is not much info available on the operator Armstrong coaches.

Pickup points/times

* Friday evening - between 20:20 and 23:00 (and later if you call us) from Carlingwalk station.
* Saturday morning?
* Sunday evening to Castle Douglas, for the buses 17:01, 18:02 and 19:06 to Dumfries. These buses arrive in Dumfries at 17:55, 18:35 and 20:00 respectively.

See the train and bus Time Tables here for more detailed information[1].
A map of the area can be found here

Nearest Cycle Route
Route 7 of the National Cycle Network passes through Castle Douglas which is a few miles south of Laurieston Hall- see http://www.sustrans.org/webfiles/general/NationalMap2006.pdf for a PDF map of the Cycle Network. See also http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=80400 for a rough idea of the route from Dumfries.

Cars
We strongly encourage people to travel by cycle / public transport wherever possible, if you absolutely have to bring a car there will be limited spaces for parking and we ask you to please (please) minimise the damage by giving as many people a lift as possible. Our liftshare page (where you can find and offer lifts) can be found by clicking here.

See you there!

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[1] These time tables are based on itineraries proposed on the www.nationalrail.co.uk, and the www.travelinescotland.com websites, for the weekend 28 to 30 of october 2005, because no data is available for as far ahead as may 2006.

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