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We always suggest you ring beforehand if visiting with disabled children as all attractions within the place you are visiting may not be accessible, depending on disablement, and whether or not if you have a helper.
Our guide is popular with families and as a school resource for educational trips.
For opening times click through to website or telephone attraction. Some attractions close during the winter.

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Doing What

Wheelchair friendly 

WWT Caerlaverock, Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
DG1 4RS, 
Tel 01387 770200
www.wwt.org.uk

Where the wild world still has the power to touch, thrill and inspire: a wild day out all year round! Every season brings fresh fascination.

Migrating and resident birds, insects, and mammals. Shop & tea-room

Yes

Scottish Lead Mining Museum, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire,  ML12 6UT, Tel 01659 74387
www.leadminingmuseum.co.uk
Guided Underground tours at Scotland's only  lead-mining museum in Scotland's highest village. Gold Panning in July and August. Educational & school visits, Interactive displays. Beam Engine.  Gift shop, cafe. Yes
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura,
The Observatory, Dumfries, DG2 7SW
Tel 01387 253374
Website
Dumfries Museum is centred around the eighteenth century windmill. You will see fossil footprints left by prehistoric reptiles, the Wildlife of the Solway marshes, tools and weapons of the earliest peoples of the region. Yes - Almost everything can be seen
Mabie Farm Park, Burnside Farm, Mabie, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway,
DG2 8EZ
01 387 259666
Quad Bike Track, a Grass Sledging Slope, Pedal Go Karts, a Boating Pond, lots of animals and a 5000 square foot Indoor Playbarn. Tearoom Yes

Castledykes Park & Gardens,

Municipal Chambers, Buccleuch Street,
Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, DG1 2AD
Tel 01387 245916

A landscaped park, with sunken gardens,    children's adventure playground, and picnic area. Tearoom.
 

Partial access

Dock Park, Municipal Chambers, Buccleuch Street, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway,

DG1 2AD Tel 01387 245916

A public park with space to enjoy and relax, with a children’s play area.

Yes

Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum,

Former Control Tower, Heathhall Industrial Estate, Dumfries, DG1 3PH

Tel 01387 251623

www.dumfriesaviationmuseum.com

Centred around a restored Control Tower, the museum houses several aircraft and aero engines. A display of artefacts and personal histories of aviation, past and present. Video presentations. Guided tours.

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