Southerness (; sco, Satterness) is a small, compact coastal village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Southerness is located approximately south of the A710 between Caulkerbush and

Kirkbean Kirkbean ( gd, Cille Bheathain) is a Scottish village and civil parish on the Solway Firth, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire and council area of Dumfries and Galloway. In the 2001 census, the four small villages making up the parish ...

. The town today is mainly a tourist village and has for many years had a large number of static caravans, some private and many rented to holiday makers. The local bus services to and from

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and Dumfries are more frequent during the summer season. Southerness has a large, shallow, sandy beaches on both sides of the rocky next to the village and to the west extend out to the vast Mersehead Sands exposed at low tide. The only landmark is its Southerness lighthouse which was built in 1749 and is one of the oldest lighthouses in Scotland. The lighthouse stands approximately 56 feet (17 m) tall and was decommissioned in the 1930s. One of the two golf courses was redesigned in 1947 by course manager

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. The village has to the north a magnificent backdrop of the "marilyn"

Criffel Criffel is a hill in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is high but appears higher because of its great isolation and high prominence. It is a prominent feature in many of the views from ...

, and to the south the sandy (please note the quick sand) bay of Gillfoot. On clear days the views stretch across the

Solway Firth The Solway Firth ( gd, Tràchd Romhra) is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven ...

to the Lakeland fells.

Tourist facilities

* 18-hole golf course * JJ's fish and chip shop * Paul Jones Hotel * 19th Hole bar * Mermaid Bar * The Venue * The Minimarket * Evening entertainment "during the high season" * Two ParkDean

caravan park Caravan or caravans may refer to: Transport and travel *Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together **Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop *Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals *Convoy, a group of veh ...

Caravan parks

LightHouse Leisure

LightHouse Leisure is a family run park with about 200 caravans. It also has the Mermaid Bar on site where

bingo Bingo or B-I-N-G-O may refer to: Arts and entertainment Gaming * Bingo, a game using a printed card of numbers ** Bingo (British version), a game using a printed card of 15 numbers on three lines; most commonly played in the UK and Ireland ** Bi ...

is offered most evenings during the season, and a swimming pool with tanning booth. LightHouse Leisure is about a 2-minute walk away from the beach and lighthouse of Southerness.

Southerness Holiday Park

Southerness Holiday Park is owned by

Parkdean Resorts Parkdean Resorts is a holiday park operator in the United Kingdom. It was formed in November 2015 through the merger of Parkdean Holidays and Park Resorts. As of 2022 it operates 66 holiday parks across England, Scotland, and Wales, and is the ...

. There is a new multi-purpose swimming pool, built in 2011, with

flume A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...

s, a toddlers' pool, and a 25-metre swimming pool. The site also has a

nature trail An educational trail (or sometimes educational path), nature trail or nature walk is a specially developed hiking trail or footpath that runs through the countryside, along which there are marked stations or stops next to points of natural, techn ...

References

External links

Southerness Golf ClubLightHouse Leisure Caravan Park
Villages in Dumfries and Galloway {{DumfriesGalloway-geo-stub