QUICK LINKS
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Glenkens Medical Practice
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New Galloway Town Hall
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New Galloway Golf Club
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LING Commnity Cafe
📍 New Galloway Town Hall
🗓️ Tuesdays, 12.30pm - 2pm
☕ After the coffee morning we have our Community Cafe where everyone is welcome to pop in and enjoy delicious, home-cooked food from 12.30-2.00pm!
Hubbub at the Town Hub
📍 New Galloway Town Hall
🗓️ Thursdays, 11am- 3pm
☕ A warm and inclusive space for people to meet, share and relax.
We serve a cooked meal using surplus food from the Co-Op, charging on a pay-what-you-can basis. Drop in any time between 12pm and 3pm!
✉️ For more information on both of these, contact: info@ling.org.uk
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New Galloway Community Cupboard
Free food and staples in the car park between the CatStrand and the Smithy Tearoom.
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☎️ 07741 656 601
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New Galloway Post Office
📍 High Street, New Galloway, Castle Douglas, DG7 3RL.
🌐 https://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder/1548182/new-galloway
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🔋 Carsons Knowe Car Park New Galloway
🌐 https://chargeplacescotland.org/cpmap/chargepoint/3750640/
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♻️ Carson’s Knowe / Mill Burn Car Park
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Innovator, award winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis melds Scottish West coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe alongside stars Sally Simpson (Fiddle) and Ali Hutton (Guitar). Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, queerness and the universe.
Join us for a candle lit procession to the War Memorial at New Galloway Park for prayers and reflections.
Mossdale is a small village in Galloway with a loch, a wood, a hall and a welcoming and vibrant community. MossTales is a collection of linked stories set there, and in the ground beneath it.
An exciting youth leadership group where young people help shape CatStrand's creative programme.
Ryan Young is a Scottish fiddle player working within the traditional music of Scotland. His playing is noted for its distinctive tone and phrasing, with an approach that places melody and expression at the centre of the music.
Lisa Chilton is Chief Executive of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, a rewilding charity which is working with more than 100 landowners across Scotland — including crofters, farmers and community landowners — to restore nature on their land.
Come along to Coffee & Crafts at New Galloway Town Hall on the 28th!
If you're having trouble with your phone, laptop or any other devices, bring them along and Scott can help you out.
Get ready for a cracking festive treat as King Humpty Dumpty rolls into CatStrand this December!
Get ready for a cracking festive treat as King Humpty Dumpty rolls into CatStrand this December!
Get ready for a cracking festive treat as King Humpty Dumpty rolls into CatStrand this December!
Get ready for a cracking festive treat as King Humpty Dumpty rolls into CatStrand this December!
Described as a "gentle, lulling delight" by The Guardian, Salt House blend heartfelt vocal and instrumental interplay, offering listeners a moment of reflection and connection.
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molièreʼs classic dark comedy.
Following a sold-out London run, Josh OʼConnor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odetsʼ American classic.
Three Event Project working with the Culture, Climate and Community.
The tales of enchantment for under 12's - the woods, lands, rivers and seas, are filled with hidden beings, come and listen to Anne Errington tell their tales.
Stories from the hidden world, from old beliefs that our hills, trees, land and sea were filled with unpredictable beings.
Please join Alexandra ... author of a new and exciting publication to explore the life of this iconic historical figure, told through the voices of those closest to her.
Blending storytelling, animation and movement with music composed with David Gray and Mairi Campbell this five-star show brings Scotlandʼs most famous song to life.
Join the members of Ensemble Hesperi to explore pieces from their repertoire.
We’ll play Scots tunes as which these women would have enjoyed in the music rooms of Scotland’s historic castles; favourite theatre music they encountered in London and beyond; and trio sonatas, keyboard works and solos by the most popular composers of the day – Handel, Purcell, Corelli, and many more.
Filmed live from the West End, Emily Burns directs this stinging new production.
Celebrate emerging voices at Galloway Shorts, showcasing amateur filmmakers through drama, documentary and animation screenings, with opportunities to connect, meet peers and share stories together.
Expect plain talk, practical examples and a few surprises: how a garden teaches patience, why waste is a design mistake, and what a woodland can tell you if you sit still long enough.
The fierce and funny five-star play returns to the big screen. Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss in an Olivier Award-winning performance as John Gielgud.
Join Archaeologist, Andrew Nicholson discussing 8,000 year old flint tools to Cold War remains, via Neolithic tombs, Roman forts, Anglian crosses and medieval mottes ... the Glenkens has a wide variety of archaeology which will be covered by this talk.
Three Event Project working with the Culture, Climate and Community. The Southern Uplands Partnership Biosphere Team to explore the Nature and Wildlife surrounding New Galloway.
Three Event Project working with the Culture, Climate and Community. The Southern Uplands Partnership Biosphere Team to explore the Nature and Wildlife surrounding New Galloway.
Talented, emerging Scottish musician Lauren Collier is making a name for her virtuosity on the fiddle and captivating vocals.
Wave Blues Band from southwest Scotland bring the raw electricity of Chicago and Delta Blues straight to The Catstrand .
An energetic dance fitness class set to great music. Burn calories, improve fitness and have fun.
Come along, meet other gamers and nerds, play some games and maybe find your next favourite obsession!
For the 6 weeks (starting Tuesday 25th August) New Galloway Town Hall will host Alzheimer Scotland's Nibbles and Natters sessions.
Come along and try something new for 2026, meet people, have fun and a blether with a cup of tea and try your hand at Art All Art materials are supplied.
A place where history buffs – budding or otherwise – can come and exchange memories of New Galloway and pore over archival material as it relates to our little burgh.
Sessions for those interested in exploring the wellbeing effects of dance and creative movement.
This is a gentle form of exercise that can improve strength, flexibility, balance, and reduce stress.
A place for men to get together with the aim of improving wellbeing, reducing loneliness, and combatting isolation
A volunteer-run café serving delicious, homecooked meals and a different menu consisting of three courses every week.
The Glenkens Ukulele Group are looking for new (and old) members to come and play along with us on Wednesday evenings.
The community larder is a new initiative in New Galloway Town Hall where everyone can come to access surplus food - for free!
The Ken Bridge, a 10 bedroom Georgian hotel, has a spectacular river bank location close by Loch Ken.
From the Glenkens to the edge of Dumfries, pupils from Dalry, Kells, Hardgate, Springholm, Colvend and Kirkgunzeon are coming together for Dumfries and Galloway Carnival.
Following a year of consultation and writing led by New Galloway and Kells Community Council, our draft Local Place Plan is now ready for its final consultation, which will run until Tuesday 24th February 2026.
The Chief Executive of the Glenkens Community and Arts Trust, Helen Keron, has decided to step down from her role as after three and a half years in post, following nine years as a Board member.
The Glenkens Community and Arts Trust (GCAT) is delighted to confirm that Creative Scotland has awarded them full funding for their CatStrand Arts programme in the national announcements today, Thursday 30th January 2025.
New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway — The CatStrand Arts Centre, a hub for creativity and community in New Galloway, has reached a major sustainability milestone, transitioning its heating system entirely to renewable energy sources.
In New Galloway and Kells Parish, we have started work on our Local Place Plan, the opportunity for everyone in the parish to have their say on what they would like to see happen here.
Audiences in the Stewartry are in for a treat as SongWave Community Choir brings their Winter concert series, Wassail! Songs for the Turning of the Year to the region.
The Glenkens Community and Arts Trust is delighted to announce the nomination of the CatStrand for Venue of the Year at the prestigious Scots Trad Music Awards.
The latest feature-length documentary from ‘Scotland: The Big Picture’ has been touring the country in recent months and is coming to the CatStrand on 6th June at 7.30pm.
Tricky Hat Productions is welcoming people aged over 50 to join their performance company The Flames, to create a show that challenges preconceived ideas about how older people think and what their aspirations are.
UK Government Minister for Scotland John Lamont has visited New Galloway to tour the refurbished Town Hall and meet representatives from community groups.
New Galloway has launched a fundraising appeal with a book and baking extravaganza in its historic Town Hall, raising more than £600 for the purchase of a community freezer that will help to reduce local food waste and make nourishing food available to the community at the same time.
The St Margaret’s Church Guild presented a cheque for £400 to Castle Douglas Hospital League of Friends.
The Ken Bridge Hotel changed ownership in September from that of long-time proprietors who we wish well in their retirement. New owners are Alistair and Tatiana Elder who will be helped by their two sons, Leo and Owen
What’s all the Hubbub? Have you heard? There is a lot going on at New Galloway Town Hall lately.
When we pop into New Galloway Community Shop, we know that we will be greeted with a friendly smile from the hard-working shop team.
This year the World Day of Prayer service will be hosted by St Margaret's New Galloway, on Friday 1 March at 2pm. Those taking part will be drawn from all the churches in the Glenkens and the service is open to everyone.
There is much to discover about the history of music-making in the Glenkens which is being explored in an afternoon of expert talks, presented by The Glenkens Story History Group.
Experts increasingly admire the population of native crab apple trees in Galloway. But why are they here, and why does this matter?
Saturday 16th September is a special day for anyone interested in the local heritage and history of Galloway, with five heritage offerings in the Ken/Dee valley coming together to celebrate a community-led approach to local history and records.
After a period of 30 years as an unlicensed premises you can now enjoy a glass of wine or beer at The Smithy New Galloway.
The developer of Scotland’s largest onshore wind farm currently under construction will be in New Galloway on Thursday 1st June to connect with more local businesses.
Local photographer, Duncan McNaught, has landed another prestigious national award, taking first place in the Botanical category in the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2022.
Kenmure Castle, the most famous of the Glenkens castles, stands just south of New Galloway and has been touched by much of Scottish history. It was a Balliol stronghold in the wars of independence and was a refuge for Mary Queen of Scots on her flight from Scotland and was sacked by her enemies. It was sacked again by Cromwell for supporting the Royal cause and after the Jacobite uprising the 6th Viscount Kenmure was beheaded in the Tower of London for backing the rebels. Robert Burns predictably was a guest on his way to Kirkcudbright.