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Dumfries Lions Club
About Us
Dumfries Lions Club was formed on St Andrews day, Nov 30th 1981 and the charter was officially handed over on March 26 1982 at a memorable black tie function at the Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries.
The Burns Statue, Dumfries
Since then the club has achieved much by serving the community of Dumfries in many ways and by raising funds for local charities and other good causes. The club has also supported Lions Clubs International, our parent organisation, by 
forming other clubs in the locality, by providing officers for district tasks and by carrying out national and international duties in the furtherance of the Lions movement.
Dumfries is the largest town in SW Scotland with 30,000 inhabitants and it is also known as Queen of the South because of its favourable situation astride the river Nith, a few miles inland from the Solway Firth. The town was once a thriving medieval sea port and the burgh is steeped in history, one of its most famous inhabitants being Robert Burns the national bard who lived, worked and died in the town aged 37 in 1796.
The town is the gateway to the great outdoors situated in Dumfriesshire and Galloway and its landscape never fails to stun visitors. The area is a microcosm of the rest of Scotland with mountains, lochs, rivers and rolling uplands. There is no need to go any further north,
because whether you are a walker, a fisherman, a golfer, a water sportsman or simply a tourist who just likes to visit historical sites, museums and gardens, then Dumfries is the place to come and stay.
Banks of the River Nith
Whatever your walk of life, Dumfries situated 35 miles from Carlisle and 80 miles from Edinburgh, is easily accessible by road and rail and can offer the visitor a variety of interests with many things to do and see both in the town and in the surrounding countryside.
