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Crocketford Village Crocketford or Nine Mile Bar as the village is also known, as it is mid way between Dumfries and Castle Douglas, boasts a first class hotel, The Galloway Arms, a shop/post office, an antiques and upholstery business, Brass Tacks, a plumbing and heating business, W. Johnstone and Sons, as well as the village hall. The history of the village goes back many years but it did not really exist as a village before the arrival of the strange sect known as the Buchanites in 1787. It was simply a meeting of drove roads some coming down from Ayr and Girvan and some from Portpatrick and beyond. In these early days the only roads were tracks created and used by cattle, pigs and sheep being driven to market, or by the occasional rider on horse back and sometimes smugglers looking for a quick and easy way to their hideouts in the hills safe from the excise men such as Robbie Burns. More pictures A few short Walks There are lots of excellent walks around the Crocketford area, we hope to bring a few to this site as time goes by.........more New Feature We have added a new feature to the website, this is a Photo Gallery which we hope to update as time goes by. As a temporary measure we have linked to the Gallery from here but will add a more suitable link in the near future.	Race Night CCI held a very successful Race Night at the Galloway Arms Hotel on Friday 24th February. The evening was well supported by locals and raised £559.50 which will be used for the next round of refurbishment to the village hall. A new front door is needed, an upgrade to the toilets generally and a disabled toilet. The races were shown using a new digital projector and George Rutherford and Gavin Hamilton handled the announcements and the technical side. Sponsors for races included Craigadam, Barfil, Crocketford shop, The Galloway Arms, Johnstones and the Galloway Gardener. Those who came were very generous and the owner of the winning horse for each race won a botttle of spirits. It was a great evening giving everyone a chance to catch up. The Crocketford Calendar The Crocketford Calendar is now on sale at £5.00, why not buy one or two to send to your friends for Christmas. Please order yours via the contact page on this site.	A Little Orchard for the Village! Last year Mrs. Maggie Herries of Brooklands gave a generous donation to the village to purchase a selection of fruit trees to be planted in a public place so that everyone would be able to share in the resulting crop. These were planted over the winter by a group of stalwart volunteers who braved the cold, and they can be seen in the corner of the park beyond the swings. They include varieties of apple, plum and quince and we look forward to enjoying a bumper crop in a year or two! Thank you, Mrs.Herries! New Tables and Chairs Thanks to donations from Margaret and Raymond Binks and from the dancing group, we have been able to purchase some much-needed new tables for the Hall. We bought 16, costing £35 each - easy-folding, easy-stacking and easy to clean! For any major events they will go the length of the Hall and it is hoped that good use of them will be made in the future. Thanks to Gavin for sourcing them!
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Crocketford Village

Crocketford or Nine Mile Bar as the village is also known, as it is mid way between Dumfries and Castle Douglas, boasts a first class hotel, The Galloway Arms, a shop/post office, an antiques and upholstery business, Brass Tacks, a plumbing and heating business, W. Johnstone and Sons, as well as the village hall.

The history of the village goes back many years but it did not really exist as a village before the arrival of the strange sect known as the Buchanites in 1787. It was simply a meeting of drove roads some coming down from Ayr and Girvan and some from Portpatrick and beyond. In these early days the only roads were tracks created and used by cattle, pigs and sheep being driven to market, or by the occasional rider on horse back and sometimes smugglers looking for a quick and easy way to their hideouts in the hills safe from the excise men such as Robbie Burns. More pictures

A few short Walks

There are lots of excellent walks around the Crocketford area, we hope to bring a few to this site as time goes by.........more

New Feature

We have added a new feature to the website, this is a Photo Gallery which we hope to update as time goes by. As a temporary measure we have linked to the Gallery from here but will add a more suitable link in the near future.

Race Night

CCI held a very successful Race Night at the Galloway Arms Hotel on Friday 24th February. The evening was well supported by locals and raised £559.50 which will be used for the next round of refurbishment to the village hall. A new front door is needed, an upgrade to the toilets generally and a disabled toilet. The races were shown using a new digital projector and George Rutherford and Gavin Hamilton handled the announcements and the technical side. Sponsors for races included Craigadam, Barfil, Crocketford shop, The Galloway Arms, Johnstones and the Galloway Gardener. Those who came were very generous and the owner of the winning horse for each race won a botttle of spirits. It was a great evening giving everyone a chance to catch up.

The Crocketford Calendar

The Crocketford Calendar is now on sale at £5.00, why not buy one or two to send to your friends for Christmas. Please order yours via the contact page on this site.

A Little Orchard for the Village!

Last year Mrs. Maggie Herries of Brooklands gave a generous donation to the village to purchase a selection of fruit trees to be planted in a public place so that everyone would be able to share in the resulting crop.
These were planted over the winter by a group of stalwart volunteers who braved the cold, and they can be seen in the corner of the park beyond the swings. They include varieties of apple, plum and quince and we look forward to enjoying a bumper crop in a year or two!
Thank you, Mrs.Herries!

New Tables and Chairs

Thanks to donations from Margaret and Raymond Binks and from the dancing group, we have been able to purchase some much-needed new tables for the Hall. We bought 16, costing £35 each - easy-folding, easy-stacking and easy to clean! For any major events they will go the length of the Hall and it is hoped that good use of them will be made in the future. Thanks to Gavin for sourcing them!

Site produced by Richard Hopkins