Location: Portpatrick
Top Things to do in Portpatrick
What to do and see in Portpatrick, United Kingdom (UK): The Best Places and Tips
Portpatrick (Scottish Gaelic: Port Phàdraig), is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish is about 4 ⁄2 miles (7 km) in length and 4 miles (6 km) in breadth, covering 9,300 acres (3,800 ha).
Restaurants in Portpatrick
1. Smugglers Cove Gift Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 72 reviews
Reviewed By Themissingcase - Clydebank, United Kingdom
Great wee place full of lots of curios , you can spend ages looking around and hopefully find something to spend money on.
2. Dunskey Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By dcoates96 - Durham, United Kingdom
Have been going to Portpatrick for years and only just discovered this historical sight. A lovely walk along the cliff-side and you're greeted by the castle on the horizon. Inside is accessible although maybe slightly dangerous - care when entering is necessary.
3. The Lighthouse Pottery
Overall Ratings
4 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By Bluesboy52 - Lytham St Anne's, United Kingdom
There are few such shops in Portpatrick, but not sure this is one that really offers anything special. Its a mix of things really - perhaps trying to appeal to all. Worth a look around, but we weren't tempted to buy.
4. Teasure Trails
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By Rosiemee - Kilsyth, Stirlingshire
This was my first visit back to Portpatrick in over thirty years and it was even more picturesque than I remembered. This must be what what Cornwall was like in the nineteen fifties. There is a busy, working harbour, a lifeboat station, plenty of shops and tea rooms, and lots of space to sit down and have a picnic.
5. St Patrick's Church
Overall Ratings
4 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By Clivel_98 - Hereford, United Kingdom
Unsignposted, just off the main road in Portpatrick, this ruined church with its associated cemetery is fascinating. An old tower had the rest of the church attached to it at some time. The tower still stands reasonably complete, while the roof of the nave has collapsed in. The tower is circular - it could well have been a lighthouse for the port when it was first built.
Well worth having a quick look around.
6. Kilintringan Beach
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By CRose8 - Surrey, England
This is a remote sandy beach, about a mile long with some lovely rock formations, rock pools, waterfall (small - caused by water run off, it rained the day before).
It has no facilities, except a couple of small parking areas.
Its about 4 miles from Portpatrick, access from the B738, we followed the Kilintringan Lighthouse sign (Lighthouse is private), coming to a parking area for about 15-16 cars, it was quite tight.
There is another parking area at the other end of the beach, but again small.
The view from this parking area is lovely and a small path leads you down to the beach, you need to be steady on your feet to do this. The rocks here are slippery, likewise near the rock pools.
However, you are rewarded with a lovely secluded sandy beach, fairly shallow for a way out.
** Warning - do not get cut off by the tide in the rock area of this beach **
A couple got very wet making there way back to the car when the water came in behind them.
