Maps and Directions

Getting to Dumfries

By rail

Dumfries Railway Station is just over 1 mile from the Crichton. There are direct rail services from Glasgow and Carlisle and from the south and Newcastle via Carlisle. (www.britrail.com)

By bus or taxi

Please contact our partner Mike Harris at Criffel Coaches. Mike is working very closely with the World Mountain Bike Conference and would be happy to assist with airport transportation to Dumfries and the surrounding areas.

By road

From Edinburgh (75 miles/120 kilometres)
From the west end of the City Bypass take A702 through Biggar to Abingdon. Join M74 at Abingdon. Leave M74 at Junction 15 at Beattock and take A701 to Dumfries. The Crichton is comprehensively signposted from the outskirts of Dumfries. (From Edinburgh Airport follow signs for City Bypass and take A702.)

From Glasgow (74 miles/120 kilometres)
From the city centre take the M8 south east to Junction 8 then take the M73 to Junction 1 and the M74 south. Leave M74 at Junction 15 at Beattock and take A701 to Dumfries. The Crichton is comprehensively signposted from the outskirts of Dumfries. (From Glasgow Airport follow signs for City Centre and M8 south.)

From Newcastle (92 miles/150 kilometres)
From the City Centre take the A186 west. At A1 Junction take A69 through Hexham to M6 Junction 43 and take M6/A74 north. At Junction 22 take A75 to Dumfries. The Crichton is comprehensively signposted from the outskirts of Dumfries. (From Newcastle Airport follow signs for A69.)