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Tranquil woodland on the edge of Gatehouse of Fleet

The oak, birch, sycamore and beech that make up the forest are still young, but they already make the forest a thing of beauty.

Look out for splendid drifts of snowdrops in spring. This peaceful forest is part of Scotland’s annual snowdrop festival. Later in the year you can find primroses and bluebells. Keep an eye out for red squirrels, buzzards and treecreepers.

The woods were once the grounds and open parkland of Cally House, now the Cally Palace Hotel. The grounds were laid out as a designed landscape in the mid-18th century by the local landowner, James Murray of Broughton. The old walled garden is now home to Cally Gardens, A nursery dedicated to interesting and unusual plants.

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