Wigtown is just a 15 minutes drive from Otter Cottage. Known as Scotland’s National Book Town, it won it’s title back in 2014 and has thrived on it ever since. There are loads of book shops in such a small town and even the cafes and gift shops sell books too. ’The Bookshop’ boast to be Scotland’s largest second-hand bookshop with over 100,00 books with over a mile of shelving, it’s also the oldest of the bookshops.
The town hold an annual book festival in late Autumn and comes alive for 10 days of talks by authors, signings and a vast programme of events.
At the bottom of the town is the Martyrs’ Stake a monument to two women covenanters who were drowned for their beliefs back in 1685. A ten minute walk past the County Buildings takes you down to the site and you’ll get a view across Wigtown Bay and over to the Galloway Hills.
Wigtown sits on an area known as the Machars peninsula a triangular area of low lying farming and moorland. This area is known for bird watching and the County Building has cctv footage of an Osprey nest which is worth a visit.
The town has a number of cafes to support the constant stream of book lovers one of them ‘Shoots and Leaves’ is wholly vegetarian and offer separate menus for Vegan and Gluten-Free.
Just one mile out of Wigtown is the Bladnoch Distillery which is worth a visit if your in the area.
