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The image top is looking north along the
main street / St John Street towards Adamson
Square.
Creetown Heritage Museum was opened in 1997,
on St John Street giving information on the
village history and local wildlife, with images
and large screen TVs. Museum Website.
The Ellangowan Hotel is on St John Street,
next to the Square. The Hotel was built in 1898
of the local granite stone, currently
closed?
The Ellangowan Hotel was used in the filming
of the 1973 horror movie The Wicker Man
with Britt Eckland, Christopher Lee, and Edward
Woodward. Most of the film was shot in
Galloway.
Adamson Square at the Clocktower was
remodeled in 2005 using local granite, also
with a 9 feet diameter granite Sphere. The
Japanese sculpture Hideo Furuta produced the
Sphere, and carried out much of the work on the
Square. Furuta had settled in the Creetown area
in the late 1990s, he died in 2007, aged
57.
The War Memorial is 50 yards north of the
Square, with the kids play area past the
Memorial.
The Gem Rock Museum
is on the south side of the village on Chain
Road, a few hundred yards walk uphill from the
Square, or you can drive up.
This is a popular attraction giving
information of Gems found around the world, has
a Shop with a wide range of Jewelry for sale,
and a popular Cafe /Diner.
St Joseph's Church is close to the Gem Rock
Museum on Hill Street. This Church was built in
1876 of local granite. Planning permission was
given in 2013 for the Church to be converted to
a Music Centre. The Town has an annual Music
Festival.
Castle Cary Holiday
Park is 1 mile south of Creetown. The Park
offers holiday caravans, pitches for tents, and
spots for touring vans. The Park also has the
Lairds Inn with a Restaurant.
Glenquicken Farm
Trout Fishery is 3 miles south.
Creetown History
1500s - the Town evolved at the mouth of the
River Cree where it flows into Wigtown Bay.
The Town was originally known as the
Ferrytown of Cree, as it was where you could
take a Ferry across the River Cree to the
Whithorn Peninsular.
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