New Abbey

New Abbey est un village situé en Dumfries and Galloway, au sud-ouest de l'Écosse. Il est à environ 8 milles (12,87 km) au sud-ouest de Dumfries. Le sommet du mont Criffel est à 2,5 milles (4,02 km) au sud du village. Le village comprend les ruines de l'abbaye cistercienne de Sweetheart Abbey, fondée par Lady Devorgilla en 1273 pour commémorer la mort de son époux, John Balliol. Les moines nomment l'abbaye dulce cor (Sweetheart Abbey). Cependant, le village de New Abbey, littéralement « Nouvelle Abbaye » tire son nom de l'abbaye de Dundrennan, située à proximité. Le village possède un ancien moulin à eau, le New Abbey Corn Mill. Le Loch Kindar possède un crannog et les ruines de Kirk Kindar (qui sert d'église paroissiale jusqu'en 1633 date à laquelle est transférée dans le réfectoire de la Sweetheart Abbey qui venait d'être désaffectée) sur une île située juste en dehors du village.

Le village possède une scierie, deux hôtels, une boutique, un café, une école primaire, un cabinet médical, a village hall, un bowling, un terrain de football - le Maryfield Park (le terrain du Abbey Vale FC), une église de l'Église d’Écosse, une église catholique romaine et le Shambellie House Museum of Costume (en).

Le village offre plusieurs chemins de randonnée dont l'un mène au Waterloo Monument. Sur le territoire de New Abbey coulent deux burns, dont le New Abbey Pow qui se déverse dans l'estuaire du fleuve Nith et dans le Sheep Burn.

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New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the south.

Sweetheart Abbey

The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Dumfries.

Abbey Vale F.C.

Abbey Vale Football Club are a football club based in the village of New Abbey in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. They started life as an amateur side called Lochvale F.C. in 1971, but as more players joined from the village, the committee decided to change their name and move to New Abbey in 1974. However, to maintain their place in the Dumfries Amateur League, the new side had to maintain the "Vale" in their title, hence the new club became known as Abbey Vale F.C. In 2001, the club took a step up in competition and joined the South of Scotland Football League. Their highest league position for a time was third, achieved in the 2005–06 and 2021–22 seasons. They would win the league in the 2022–23 season, qualifying for the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history. They took on Scottish Amateur Cup champions Cupar Hearts at Maryfield Park in the 2023–24 Scottish Cup in August 2023. They play their home matches at Maryfield Park, which despite being a fairly undeveloped ground, accommodates up to 1,000 spectators. The changing rooms are named "The David Neil Pavilion", in memory of one of the founder players who died young. The club's home strip is a yellow and black hooped shirt with black shorts. Their current manager is Alan Clarke, long term servant of the club, assisted by Curtiss Wilson who is player/coach.

National Museum of Costume

The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland. The museum started operating in 1982. The museum allowed a look at fashion and the lifestyle of the wealthy from the 1850s to the 1950s. The clothes were presented in lifelike room settings. In January 2013, National Museums Scotland announced that the National Museum of Costume was to close and the site would not reopen for 2013.

River Nith

The River Nith (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Nid; Common Brittonic: Nowios) is a river in south-west Scotland. The Nith rises in the Carsphairn hills of East Ayrshire, between Prickeny Hill and Enoch Hill, 4.4 miles (7.1 km) east of Dalmellington. For the majority of its 70 miles (110 km) course it flows in a south-easterly direction through Dumfries and Galloway and then into the Solway Firth at Airds Point. The territory through which the river flows is called Nithsdale (historically known as "Stranit" from Scottish Gaelic: Strath Nid, "valley of the Nith").