The Wigtown Ploughman, Wigtown’s community-owned pub and hotel, is celebrating its first full year of operation.
While the full vision for the project will take several years to realise, the first year has been about laying strong foundations for the future. The team behind the Wigtown Community Inn Community Benefit Society (WCICBS) is proud of the progress made so far and the solid base that has been created for the years ahead.
The Wigtown Ploughman is Scotland’s newest community-owned pub. It’s led by a Management Committee of ten volunteers who are part of the Wigtown Community Inn Community Benefit Society. We have been working this past year to secure funding for the building, which has been empty for three years and was at risk of being lost … Read more
🌹 Roses are red🪻 Violets are blue🍻 The Wigtown Ploughman🍾 Is now owned by you! We’re absolutely delighted to announce that today the sale of the building has successfully concluded and The Wigtown Ploughman is now owned by the Wigtown Community Inn CBS. Our next steps include lots of paperwork, many more meetings, and further … Read more
Left to right: Julie Willan, Catherine Brown, Richard Draper, Pennie Cumming and Craig Hamnett
