Walk 2-6: Balloch Wood: Creetown Delights

This route explores the village of Creetown and the nearby Balloch Woods, with plenty of points of interest along the way.

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Starting in the centre of Creetown at the the Globe constructed by artist Hideo Furuta, and the Ellangowan hotel made famous from scenes in the film The Whicker Man, the route winds through the village arriving shortly at the burn which flows out to the Cree estuary.

The Creetown bell, another arts project. is passed as we follow the road towards the old Castlecarie.  Here we turn back through the woods emerging above the church. The entrance to the Balloch wood is reached and passing the Creehenge Stone Circle, the track continues through the wood swooping and diving along the side of the burn until it emerges at the old curling ponds, rejuvenated in 2000 with millennium money where the Roundhouse and the Creebaby a living willow sculpture can be seen.

After a short break for lunch the route continues through the woods until a quiet country road is reached.

From here it is a straight forward walk down to the Gem Rock Museum and the opportunity for a welcome cuppa before the trip back to Newton Stewart.