Newton Stewart is a market town with a good range of shops, primary and secondary schools, library, museum, churches, banks, post office, hotels, tea-rooms, cinema, leisure centre, bowling green, health centre and a cottage hospital with a minor injuries unit. It is known as the gateway to the Galloway Hills. The town of Newton Stewart is located about 71 miles from the M74 motorway network by road and 80 miles from Glasgow, 85 miles from Carlisle and 125 miles from Edinburgh. Railway stations at Barrhill, Stranraer, Dumfries and Lockerbie and the nearest airport is Prestwick. Regular bus services stop in Newton Stewart including coaches to Ireland and London. Ferry services to Northern Ireland can be found at the port of Cairnryan, 27 miles away. Galloway has the unique benefit of a range of magnificent hills, set around and within the vast Galloway Forest Park, the largest in Britain with 300 square miles of forest, moorland, lochs and peaks. Combined with rolling farmland and over 200 miles of coastline. Newton Stewart is the main town and hub for the Wigtownshire area within Dumfries and Galloway wit a selection of excellent boutique shops and eateries. Excellent access to Stranraer, Dumfries and across South of Scotland and North of England. Full Address: 12A Dashwood Square , Newton Stewart, DG8 6EQ