Visit Moniaive Places

Welcome to Visit Moniaive Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Moniaive

  

Moniaive Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Moniaive

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Moniaive history

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Moniaive has existed as a village as far back as the 10th century. King Charles I granted a charter in favour of William, Earl of Dumfries in 1636. With this charter came the rights to set up a market cross and tolbooth.

Covenanting

Moniaive became the refuge for the Covenanters, a group of Presbyterian nonconformists. They rebelled at having the Episcopalian religion forced on them by the last three Stuart kings.

James Paterson

Scottish artist James Paterson, a founder member of ‘The Glasgow Boys’, settled in Moniaive in 1884 and stayed for 22 years. He painted many local scenes including “The Last Turning” now displayed in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

Cairn Valley Light Railway

The Cairn Valley Light Railway opened from Dumfries in 1905 as a subsidiary company of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Plans initially had involved developing Moniaive into a resort due to the countryside being very scenic and peaceful. Passenger services were suspended as a wartime economy on 3 May 1943 and to all traffic on 4 August 1947.

You can visit Moniaive places with Walkfo Moniaive to hear history at Moniaive’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Moniaive has 5 places to visit in our interactive Moniaive map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Moniaive, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Moniaive places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Moniaive & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 5 audio facts unique to Moniaive places in an interactive Moniaive map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Moniaive Places Map
5 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Moniaive historic spots	Moniaive tourist destinations	Moniaive plaques	Moniaive geographic features
Walkfo Moniaive tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Moniaive

  

Best Moniaive places to visit

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Moniaive has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Moniaive’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Moniaive’s information audio spots:

Crawfordton House Crawfordton House is a category B listed 19th-century country house in Dumfriesshire. It was operated as Crawfordton School in the second half of the 20th century.

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Visit Moniaive plaques