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Guide Price£130,000

Loch Ettrick, Thornhill, DG3

Land size
28.2 acres

Key Features

  • loch
  • woodland

Description

Loch Ettrick – Forest of Ae - Dumfries

About 11.40 hectares (28.2 acres)

Offers above £130,000

Loch Ettrick is a beautiful, tranquil Loch located in the heart of the Forest of Ae about 17km North of Dumfries.

The property consists of the Loch, surrounding wooded banks, the dam and the old boat house. There is a good vehicle track across the dam to the boat house and access on foot along the Loch shores. The boat house offers excellent potential for “off grid” recreational use and the property will make an ideal weekend retreat, conservation project or private fishing loch.

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General Description
Loch Ettrick is a beautiful, tranquil Loch located in the heart of the Forest of Ae about 17km North of Dumfries.
The property consists of the Loch (7.3 hectares), a separate pond, surrounding wooded banks, the dam and the old boat house. There is a good vehicle track across the dam to the boat house and access along the Loch shores.

The boat house requires renovation but has excellent potential for “off grid” recreational use.

The Loch has been used as a stocked Trout Loch in the past and fish are still present.

There is an area of conifer woodland which has blown down in recent storms.

Tenure and possession
The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession upon completion.

Access
There is good and easy access via minor public roads from the A701 via Ae village to the East or from the A76, near Thornhill to the West.

Viewing is available by appointment

Method of sale
The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty. Offers should be submitted to the vendor’s agent, David Atkinson, Edwin Thompson, FIFTEEN Rosehill, Montgomery Way, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2RW. The vendors reserve the right to fix a closing date for offers, change the method or sale or sell the property without notification. Therefore, prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents.
Rights, Easements and Outgoings
The Loch provides a source of drinking water to several local properties and there is a requirement to maintain the dam and fixtures.
The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way, whether public or private and any existing or proposed wayleaves, easements, restrictions and burdens of whatever kind whether referred to in these particulars or not. The buyer will be held to have satisfied himself or herself on all such matters.
The property is subject to the access provisions as set out in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The Scottish Outdoor Access Code sets out the rights and responsibilities of land managers and those exercising access rights and it should be noted that these extend to water bodies.
General Reservations
The right is reserved by the vendors to amend or incorporate fresh provisions as appropriate in respect of all the above matters.

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Date Posted
2026-07-18

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 101 land-only listings in Scotland (25+ acres).

This Property£4,610 / acre
Regional Average (25+ acres) £3,628 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Closeburn School0.9 miles
    Pupils
    50
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Wallace Hall Primary School2.8 miles
    Pupils
    158
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Penpont School4.3 miles
    Pupils
    54
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dunscore School5.9 miles
    Pupils
    56
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Duncow School6.5 miles
    Pupils
    42
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Wallace Hall Academy2.7 miles
    Pupils
    551
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • North West Community Campus9.8 miles
    Pupils
    302
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dumfries Academy11 miles
    Pupils
    608
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dumfries High School11 miles
    Pupils
    748
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Joseph's College11 miles
    Pupils
    961
    Type
    Roman Catholic

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Thornhill, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway2.9 miles
Co-op Thornhill Dumfries, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway3 miles
Spar - Locharbriggs, Locharbriggs9.1 miles

GP surgery

Thornhill Medical Practice2.7 miles

Pharmacy

Boots Uk Ltd2.9 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Dumfries Rail Station11 miles

Nearest bus stop

Croalcroft943 metres

Typical drive times

Dumfries20 min · 13 miles
Sanquhar25 min · 17 miles
Lochmaben30 min · 21 miles
Lockerbie36 min · 25 miles
Carlisle (city)1 hr 3 min · 46 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

Within SEPA's mapped surface water extentMapped risk

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The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)

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