Self Catering Accommodation Scotland - Nith Riverside Cottages

Welcome to the Nith Riverside Cottages

Superb Self Catering accommodaion set in Gardens on the Banks of Scotland's River Nith, Dumfries & Galloway, with extensive views across Scotland's Southern Uplands.

The Nith Riverside Self Catering accommodation is set amidst two acres of secluded gardens, on the outskirts of the village of Sanquhar, amidst the dramatic hills of Southwest Scotland, they offer comfortable self catering accommodation and excellent facilities.

The cottages are connected to the Blackaddie Country House Hotel a family run hotel combining high standards of personal care with friendly informality and fantastic food.

With spectacular views of the river Nith, the cottages are perfect for a self catering family holiday, the outdoor enthusiast or a relaxing break. The hotel next door is open to the public at all times so there is no need to cook for yourselves all the time! The bar in the hotel is a warm friendly place with log fires in the evenings or whenever the weather turns cold.

A wealth of activities are available in this lovely area. The cottages are situated meters from Scotlands Southern Upland Way and provide an ideal base for walking, bird watching, salmon and trout fishing, golfing on the local course or at world-famous Troon or Turnberry, to canoeing on the River Nith – some of the best white-water in Scotland – or gold panning in the scenic Mennock Valley.

Dumfriesshire is an unspoiled corner of Scotland, mountainous in the north and with fertile plains in the south and down to the coast of the Solway Firth. A break in one of our self catering cottages is the perfect way to get away from it all.

The imposing ruins of Caerlaverock castle, are encircled by a wide moat and surrounded by the extensive marshlands of the Caerlaverock Wetland Centre – a firm favourite with birdwatchers. Threave Castle is also well worth a visit. This massive tower is set on an island in the river Dee and you need to take a boat to get there. Built centuries later, the baroque masterpiece that is Drumlanrig Castle only 10 miles from the cottage has a fantastic collection of artworks and precious items. The extensive parkland here is very popular with cyclists.

Robert Burns spent his last years in the county town of Dumfries (there is a story that he also lived for a while in what is now Blackaddie House Hotel adjacent to the self catering cottages) and the Robert Burns Centre here tells his story. Other towns of interest are Moffat, an attractive Victorian spa, and Langholm , birthplace of the poet Hugh McDiarmuid. And don't miss Gretna Green, still popular with eloping couples after all these years while the hotel adjacent to the cottage was built for the Admiral Crichton way back in 1540.