Sweetheart Abbey — Attraction in Scotland

Okay - a nice historical building with lots of character and worth stopping to have a look. They charge a £5 admission fee (per person) for what would be a 5-10 minute walk at most to look around the fairly desolate ruins and garden. The fee is pretty high considering that you'll only spend a few minutes there and in my opinion definitely not worth paying. If there had to be a charge for admission I would put this at £2 at the most. To be honest the Abbey is worth a look - even if you just park in the neighbouring car park and look around the outside of it. The village itself is nice and picturesque but again it is small and really not ideal for wheelchairs or pushchairs as paving areas are randomly spread out forcing pedestrians to use the small roads which have a fair amount of heavy traffic flow. There is a corn mill that you can also visit but yet again you have to pay a £5 per person admission fee which really doesn't seem to be worth it - we just didn't bother. All in all this is one of those places where if your passing through it is worth a stop but certainly do not go out of your way to visit. Be sure to take a look at our video...

Spectacular Abbey Ruins just south of Dumfries in the village of New Abbey. Although the ticket office is closed and the rest of the site is closed for masonry inspection you can still marvel at its beautiful sandstone architecture, which is truly magnificent against the beautiful backdrop of Criffell in the background and the forest surrounding it. The closer you look at the Abbey you can how it remains superbly intact considering its age. The best feature has to be the pillars in the centre of the Abbey itself as they imposing in a good way and also are again in wonderful condition. The Cloisters is the only part currently accessible and in that area you can see some information boards about the Abbey and the monastic life for the Monks that lived there, which is fascinating. There is no gift shop at the site itself but there some souvenirs from the New Abbey Corn Mill, which is nearby at reasonable prices. Overall a spectacular historical place to visit and marvel at some wonderful ruins and...

It is closed. They claim it is open but it isn’t. They are undertaking inspections but no one was working on it when I was there. Historic Scotland have closed all attractions as apparently Scotland don’t want tourists and their money. Funny how I saw a homeless man in Dumfries. If the economy is so good they can close all tourist attractions yet people are still homeless, unemployed etc. Maybe open up your tourists attractions, employ the people and help the local businesses! Scotland is shut. It is a joke and I won’t be coming here again. Every castle and abbey has been shut for now over a year to undertake precautionary surveys. Not even the proper work has started yet! If you want to visit Scotland and see the history wait until at least 2030. Maybe by then they will have got their act together. Embarrassing from Historic Scotland. Went to a castle in England, was open no problem. Funny how England can have their attractions all open but...