TheKenmuir Arms
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The Kenmuir Arms in sunshine: the white-painted inn, its glass-fronted restaurant and the lawn in front
New Luce · Dumfries & Galloway

A riverside village inn in the heart of Galloway

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Welcome to The Kenmuir Arms

A glass-fronted restaurant, a snug bar and three ensuite rooms beside the Water of Luce, in a quiet village between the Galloway hills and the sea. The inn belongs to New Luce: the village bought it, rebuilt it, and opened its doors again for everyone.

A busy evening in the glass-fronted restaurant, seen from behind the bar
Eat & Drink

Worth the drive, and still the village local

Lunch and dinner in the glass-fronted restaurant, or a drink in the snug. Our menus live here as proper pages, so you can read them on your phone before you set off.

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Three strawberry daiquiris on the bar, with the restaurant behind
The entrance hall, with a carpeted staircase and galleried landing leading up to the rooms
Stay

Three rooms above the inn

Large, individually decorated ensuite bedrooms, with dinner downstairs, the river outside and the deep quiet of a Galloway village at night.

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Room 1: a twin room with two single beds, blue throws and a window onto the trees
The Kenmuir Arms on Main Street, New Luce, photographed in 2011Photo: Andrew Bowden from London, United Kingdon, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Kenmuir Arms in 2011
The Kenmuir Arms closed and shuttered in 2017, before the village bought itPhoto: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0
Closed and shuttered, 2017
Our story

The village that saved its inn

When the Kenmuir Arms closed, New Luce voted to buy it. The village's own trust rebuilt it with local hands, funded by the windfarm in the hills above, and opened its doors again in 2023.

“The jewel in the crown of the village”

How New Luce described its reopened inn
  1. Closed

    The village loses its local

  2. The vote

    The village decides to save it

  3. May 2021

    Local hands get to work

  4. 2023

    Open again

  5. 2026

    A new chapter

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Stars filling the night sky above the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory in GallowayPhoto: Dave Dubya, CC BY-SA 4.0
After dark

Under some of the darkest skies in Britain

Galloway Forest Park was the UK's first Dark Sky Park. On a clear, moonless night the Milky Way rises over the hills, and a warm room is waiting when you get back.

Dark skies over Galloway
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A quiet base between the hills and the sea

Forest and loch, abbey and garden, beaches and Scotland's most southerly point, all within an easy drive of New Luce.

Getting here

Finding New Luce

A riverside village about nine miles from Stranraer, in the quiet countryside between the hills and the coast.

From Stranraer
Take the A75 east towards Newton Stewart. At Glenluce, turn north on the minor road up the Luce valley to New Luce.
From Cairnryan
Follow the A77 south to Stranraer, then the A75 east to Glenluce, and turn north for New Luce.
From Newton Stewart
Take the A75 west towards Stranraer. At Glenluce, turn north for New Luce.
Map and contact details

Opening hours

Opening hours coming soon.

31 Main Street, New Luce, Dumfries & Galloway, DG8 0AJ

Come and stay a while

Book a table for lunch or dinner, or a room for the night. We'd love to welcome you to New Luce.

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Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0
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