Forest of Ae

#6132 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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The Forest of Ae is located between Nithsdale and Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 55°13'60"N, 3°34'60"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Crichope Linn, Closeburn Castle, Queensberry Hill, Loch Ettrick.

5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Crichope Linn
133 min walk • Crichope Linn or Crichop Linn, originally Creehope is a gorge and waterfall near Gatelawbridge in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Linn is the Scots language word for waterfall.
5.5 miW
Forts and castles
Closeburn Castle
142 min walk • Closeburn Castle is a tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Queensberry Hill
85 min walk • Queensberry is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The most southerly mountain in the range, it lies in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta and is a prominent landmark throughout Dumfriesshire.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Ettrick
78 min walk • Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.