Drumlanrig Castle (courtesy of Alexander P Kapp)

Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands.

Dumfries and Galloway borders East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England and the Solway Firth.