Twenty-four rooms in a Georgian merchant's house on the edge of Dumfries, with two AA rosettes in the dining room, a bathhouse in the old stables and a walled garden between them.
Booking platforms charge the hotel between fifteen and eighteen percent on every reservation. We would rather return that to our guests. Reserve through this page and the rate is ten percent below the published one, with breakfast and a later checkout included as standard.
Breakfast is valued at £16 per person, which is what we charge guests who are not staying with us.
Reserving directly is worth £94 on this stay.
The Nithbank was built for a Dumfries corn merchant who wanted the best view of the river and got it. It has taken guests for more than seventy years, and was restored between 2019 and 2021 with the plasterwork, the staircase and the garden walls kept as they were.
Twenty-four rooms across three floors, a lift to all of them, and a dining room that holds two AA rosettes. We are a five-minute walk from the town centre and ten minutes from the station, with parking for forty cars behind the building.
Every room has air conditioning, a Nespresso machine, and a bath as well as a shower. Tap any photograph to open it full screen.
Our kitchen works with producers within forty miles: beef from Kirkcudbrightshire, langoustines landed at Kirkcudbright that morning, and vegetables from three growers in the Nith valley.
Dinner is served from six until nine, seven days a week. Non-residents are welcome and we would recommend booking at weekends.
The original front room, with the merchant's counter still in place along one wall. Forty-two Scotch whiskies, a short cocktail list and a bar menu served all afternoon. Dogs are welcome here and nowhere else in the hotel.
Smaller, quieter, and opening straight onto the walled garden through three sets of doors. Residents may sign for drinks at any hour; between midnight and seven it runs on an honesty book beside the till.
The stables behind the walled garden were converted in 2021 into a small bathhouse: a fourteen-metre pool, a Finnish sauna, a steam room and a gym.
Use is included for every resident, and there is no charge and no need to book. Guests under sixteen are welcome in the pool until seven in the evening.
Our therapist works Wednesday to Sunday. Appointments fill quickly at weekends, so we would suggest requesting one when you reserve your room rather than on arrival.
We hold a civil ceremony licence and take one wedding a day, so the hotel is yours from the morning. Exclusive use of all twenty-four bedrooms is available from November to March.
The same four rooms take conferences, board meetings, funeral teas and private dinners through the week. Our events manager handles every enquiry personally and will walk you round the building whenever suits, including evenings.
Wedding packages start at £78 per head. Our events manager will send a full brochure and hold a date for fourteen days without obligation.
Most couples pay in three stages and never need anything else. For larger parties we also accept Klarna Pay in 3 on the balance, which splits it into three interest-free instalments with no fee and no effect on what you pay us. Klarna will run an affordability check, as they are now required to.
Robert Burns spent his last years in Dumfries and is buried five minutes from our front door. Beyond the town there is a great deal more, and rather fewer people than you might expect.
20 minutes
A moated triangular castle on the Solway, unusual in Britain and unusually complete. The wetlands centre next to it takes twenty thousand barnacle geese each winter.
6 minutes on foot
One of the oldest standing bridges in Scotland, six arches across the Nith. The Burns House and the Globe Inn are both a short walk from the far side.
35 minutes
Pink sandstone, a Rembrandt on the wall and forty miles of mountain bike trails in the estate below it. We can arrange tickets at the desk.
15 minutes
Red sandstone ruins founded in 1273 by Lady Devorgilla, who is buried there with her husband's heart. The village around it is worth an hour on its own.
The front desk had our room ready at eleven because the train got in early. Nobody made a fuss about it; it was simply done.
We compared the rate here against three booking sites. This was the lowest, and it included breakfast that the others did not.
Held our wedding in the ballroom for ninety. The events manager answered every email within the hour for eleven months.
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The Nithbank Hotel
Bankside, Dumfries
Dumfries & Galloway DG1
Ten minutes on foot from Dumfries station. Parking for forty cars, no charge.
Availability below is live across all twenty-four rooms. Reserving here is always our lowest rate, with breakfast and a one o'clock checkout included, and free cancellation until 48 hours before arrival.
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