Glenkiln Reservoir – View of Lochfoot Reservoir loop from Dumfries
Glenkiln Reservoir – View of Lochfoot Reservoir loop from Dumfries
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Glenkiln Reservoir – View of Lochfoot Reservoir loop from Dumfries
02:07
44.2km
350m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 20, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps
You may need to carry your bike.
After 1.45 km for 5 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.50 km
Devorgilla Bridge
Highlight • Bridge
All the land to the west of the River Nith traditionally formed part of Galloway, which only truly became part of Scotland during Alexander II's reign in the 1230s. Dumfries was therefore a frontier town for much of its early history and had grown up on the east side of a ford that provided the lowest crossing point of the River Nith. By 1186 the town was sufficiently well established to be made a Royal Burgh.
According to some sources the first bridge was built across the River Nith at Dumfries during the 1260s by Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway. No trace of this bridge has ever been found, and if it existed at all it seems very likely that it was made of wood.
There is rather more evidence for the immediate predecessor of the bridge you see today. Construction began on a stone bridge in about 1430, and a papal indulgence of 1432 recorded the Pope's approval for a call for subscribers to pay for the completion of the bridge. This bridge survived for a little under two centuries before being partially destroyed in a major flood in 1620 or 1621. Once more accounts differ, but it seems that the east half of the bridge was swept away and what was left might well have been severely damaged.
undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/devorgillabridge/index.html
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5.21 km
Kilnford Farm Shop & Farmhouse Kitchen Café
Highlight • Cafe
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15.4 km
Shaw Woof
Forest
16.3 km
Glenkiln Belted Galloway Cattle
Highlight • Natural
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18.5 km
Glenkiln Reservoir
Highlight • Lake
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18.7 km
View of Lochfoot Reservoir
Highlight • Other
21.3 km
Speddoch Hill
Highlight • Viewpoint
24.9 km
View of Bishop Forest Hill
Highlight • Trail
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27.5 km
Craigloft Wood
Forest
30.3 km
Waterfall
Highlight • Waterfall
44.2 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
38.2 km
3.38 km
1.73 km
653 m
215 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
31.5 km
12.3 km
394 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (210 m)
Lowest point (10 m)
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