Newton Stewart Walking Festival

Often described as Scotland's best kept secret, Galloway is a wonderfully unspoilt landscape with an endless variety of routes for walkers to enjoy. Walkfest offers around 30 routes over 7 days, with transport and guides included, as well as a programme of evening social events.

Galloway, Scotland
From May 12 to
May 18, 2023
7 days
/ 30 routes
mainly Adult (40-60)
Difficult Levels: Hard, Moderate, Easy
Landscape: Countryside, Coast
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FESTIVAL PROGRAM

Newton Stewart Walking Festival

2022 PROGRAM

Friday 6 May 2022

Walk 1-1 Glenkens Pilgrim’s Way
Difficulty: easy Distance: 9.5km (6 miles) Ascent: 250m

Walk 1-2 Millfore
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 11.5km (7 miles) Ascent: 600m

Walk 1-3 War Memories: Baldoon to Wigtown
Difficulty: easy Distance: 9km (5.5 miles) Ascent: 100m
Welcome buffet at The Belted Galloway Visitor Centre

Saturday 7 May 2022

Walk 2-1 Walkfest Challenge: The Three Corbetts
Difficulty: very strenuous Distance:24km (15 miles) Ascent:1900m

Walk 2-2 Fell O’Fleet
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance: 16km (10 miles) Ascent: 400m

Walk 2-3 The Drovers Road
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 15km (9.5 miles) Ascent: 550m

Walk 2-4 Rhins Coastal Path: Part 1
Difficulty: moderate Distance: 10km (6 miles) Ascent: 200m

Walk 2-5 Newton Stewart by the back door:
Shennanton to Newton Stewart
Difficulty: moderate Distance: 13km (8 miles) Ascent: 150m

Walk 2-6 Knockfell
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance: 11km (7 miles) Ascent: 100m

Walk 2-7 A Meander along the Waters of Trool,
Minnoch and Black Burn
Difficulty: easy Distance: 7km (4.5 miles) Ascent: 50m
Evening talk and slide show: The Galloway Hoard

Sunday 8 May 2022

Walk 3-1 Mochrum Fell and Barwhillanty
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 20km (12.5 miles) Ascent: 300m

Walk 3-2 Rhins Coastal Path: Part 2
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance:14.5km (9 miles) Ascent: 250m

Walk 3-3 Crossing the Border
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance:16.5km (10.5 miles) Ascent:300m

Walk 3-4 The Merrick
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 16km (10 miles) Ascent: 900m

Walk 3-5 Salmon Conservation on the Penkiln
Difficulty: easy Distance: 5km (3 miles) Ascent: 50m

Walk 3-6 Kirkdale to Balloch wood
Difficulty: moderate Distance: 12km (7.5 miles) Ascent: 350m

Walk 3-7 The Romany Bridge
Difficulty: moderate Distance: 9km (6 miles) Ascent: 200m

Monday 9 May 2022

Walk 4-1 The Ridge of Cairnsmore of Fleet
Difficulty:very strenuous Distance:17.5km (11 miles) Ascent:700m

Walk 4-2 Walking the River Dee
Difficulty: easy Distance: 11km (7 miles) Ascent: 100m

Walk 4-3 The Geology of Balcary Cliffs
Difficulty: moderate Distance:7.5km (4.5 miles) Ascent: 250m

Tuesday 10 May 2022

Walk 5-1 Striding over Benbrack
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 23km (14 miles) Ascent: 600m

Walk 5-2 The Jewel of the South:
Drummore to Mull of Galloway
Difficulty: moderate Distance: 11.5km (7 miles) Ascent: 350m

Walk 5-3 A Tale of Two Rivers
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance: 15km (9.5 miles) Ascent: 200m
Evening talk and slide show: The River Cree

Wednesday 11 May 2022

Walk 6-1 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 14km (8.5 miles) Ascent: 800m

Walk 6-2 A Cree Valley conga
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance: 17km (10.5 miles) Ascent: 450m

Walk 6-3 Supper walk:
Cairnsmore Viaduct to Castle Cary
Difficulty: moderate Distance: 9.5km (6 miles) Ascent: 250m

Walk 6-4 Supper walk:
The Paddy Line to Castle Cary
Difficulty: easy Distance: 7km (4.5 miles) Ascent: 50m

Thursday 12 May 2022

Walk 7-1 Beneraid
Difficulty: moderate+ Distance: 15km (9.5 miles) Ascent: 500m

Walk 7-2 Cairnsmore of Fleet
Difficulty: strenuous Distance: 16km (10 miles) Ascent: 1050m

Walk 7-3 The changing face of the Galloway Uplands
Difficulty: easy Distance: 6.5km (4 miles) Ascent:100m
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Galloway, Scotland