Conference and Meeting venues in Kirkcudbrightshire

The county of Kirkcudbrightshire lies in the south west of Scotland in an area also known as The Galloway Heartland which makes a delightful and picturesque destination for conferences, meetings and events. Here the Solway Coast combines with wooded hills, sandy coves, rivers, lochs and mountains to provide a varied landscape ideal for exploration by way of outdoor pursuit teambuilding events and corporate activities. Conference delegates can participate in a host of activities on land or water or even take part in corporate golf events.

Needless to say the astonishing surroundings inspire and motivate those here on business whether taking part in teambuilding events, conferences, training seminars or strategy meetings in need of space to think. Charming resort towns such as Kirkcubright, also known as the ‘Artist’s Town’, offer characterful settings with a range of venues able to cater for any event.

Conference delegates travelling to the county by road will find it easy to reach using the M6/A74 and connecting A roads, via train to Dumfries and via flights into Glasgow Prestwick or Glasgow airports.

There is much to be said for holding meetings and corporate events in rural and coastal locations allowing delegates to escape the usual big city conference centres. Kirkcudbrightshire is perfect for undisturbed hideaway meetings and corporate retreats. Venues such as Kirkcudbright Town Hall offer versatile meeting space able to accommodate between 180-250 delegates whilst Dalbeattie Town Hall and Castle Douglas Town Hall, which itself offers capacity for 296 delegates, are also well equipped to cater for both corporate and private events. Alternative options include academic venue Kirkcudbright Academy and impressive historic building Tolbooth Arts Centre, extremely rich in local heritage. Broughton House and Garden is a unique and unusual venue being a stately home connected to the area’s rich artistic past. Hotels throughout the county of Kirkcudbrightshire offer excellent conference and banqueting facilities including the Arden House Hotel, Douglas Arms Hotel, and the Cally Palace Hotel, a striking historic country house hotel boasting its own golf course and extensive grounds, ideal for corporate golf orteambuilding events, as well as conference and meeting rooms for up to 40 delegates. Major hotel groups represented in county Kirkcudbrightshire include Best Western.