Golden Eagles have always been a proud element in Scottish wildlife. People will tell you that a glimpse of an eagle soaring high over mountains and lochs is a memory to be treasured for a lifetime. However, despite the overall increase in eagle numbers throughout much of Scotland, this growth has not been seen in […]

Yes, there used to be a railway station in Moffat! By the 1870s, many people wanted to visit the spa town of Moffat. But the only way to get to Moffat was by horse and cart*. So, as you might have guessed, people decided that Moffat needed a railway. Unfortunately, the Caledonian Railway decided not […]

A little past the Beef Tub, near the head of the Cross Burn, on the A701 heading towards Tweedsmuir, is the Postie Stone. It commemorates the lives of John Goodfellow, a coach driver, and James McGeorge, a coach guard. These two good friends were taking the mail coach from Dumfries to Edinburgh in February 1831. […]

Lord Dowding is probably Moffat’s most famous son as, during the Second World War, he led RAF Fighter Command in its defeat of the Luftwaffe, saving the UK from a Nazi invasion. Wartime prime minister Winston Churchill dubbed him the ‘architect of deliverance’. Dowding was born in Moffat at St Ninian’s Preparatory School. He was […]

The Devil’s Beef Tub is a dramatic, 150 metre deep, hollow, about 5 miles north of Moffat on the A701. It is formed by four hills: Great Hill, Peat Knowe, Annanhead Hill and Ericstane Hill, and is one of the two main sources of the River Annan. The Beef Tub was used by the Border […]

When you’re in Well Street, in Moffat, don’t forget to pay your respects to King Robert the Bruce. Robert I, born in 1274, was King of Scots from 1306. He led Scotland against England during the First War of Scottish Independence and successfully fought for Scotland to be an independent kingdom. The statue above Well […]