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Fri 19/03/2010
On Saturday 13 March seven teams of mountain bikers competed in the Darkest Challenge on Earth, an astronomically themed night race at 7stanes...
Thu 29/04/2010
A new Spring Into Summer campaign has been launched by Destination Dumfries and Galloway, promoting the area as a top creative tourist...
Thu 03/06/2010
Fans of the great outdoors are being asked to get on their bikes for the chance to win £500 worth of vouchers to spend on mountain biking...
Mon 15/02/2010
The 2010 IMBA-UK/CTC Conference will take place from Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th September in the Macdonald Hotel at Cardrona in the Tweed Valley,...
Wed 24/03/2010
"It is hard to pick a single favourite section, McMoab's nod to Utah's slickrock is the most recognisable but after the super steep Heartbeak...
 

7stanes History

In 2002, the 7stanes project began to extend the success of Glentress Forest across the whole of southern Scotland. The centres run from Glentrool near Newton Stewart in the west through to Peebles in the east.

The project is managed by Forestry Commission Scotland in partnership with:

  • Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway
  • Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board
  • Scottish Enterprise Borders
  • Scottish Borders Tourist Board
  • Scottish Borders Council
  • Dumfries & Galloway Council
  • Scottish Natural Heritage
  • Solway Heritage
  • Heritage Lottery Fund.

All the partners joined forces to raise £1 million towards the initiative however match-funding from European structural funding brought the £2m project to life.

The £2million funding was spent over the project's lifetime which ran from 2002 to 2004. The Forestry Commission, through Forest Enterprise, managed the project with its partners and committed £329,000 to the project as well as its land and expertise in developing mountain biking trails. Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway funded the project with £250,000 and the other partners a further total of £445,000. These monies were matched by a European Contribution of £916,000 which was announced, alongside other EU funded projects, by Peter Peacock, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services, at a press conference in Mabie Forest near Dumfries.

Recently, Bob McIntosh, Chief Executive of Forest Enterprise said the funding will help make the South of Scotland a first class destination for mountain bikers:

"As Britain's largest provider of outdoor recreation, we have been working in partnership with a vast range of organisations and mountain bike clubs to help promote this very popular sport. Not only are we providing fantastic trails for cyclists, we are helping bring in visitors and money to rural areas. This is vitally important to the South of Scotland which was badly affected by the foot and mouth outbreak."

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