22 Barend | Serenity 22 Barend

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Aerial photo of Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Castle Douglas ‘the Food Town’

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We stayed in Castle Douglas and liked it so much we kept coming back!

From the town it’s only a short walk to Carlingwark Loch, and then just past the loch is Threave House & Gardens.

Kirkcudbright ‘the Artist Town’

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Pronounced “kir-coo-bree“

Kirkcudbright has colourful houses, independent shops, a marina, a harbour and castle ruins overlooking the town. It’s a renowned artist town with art galleries to peruse. It’s also a classic harbour town famous for its scallop and lobster fishing.

Free Round of Golf

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When you book Serenity 22 Barend through this site/Barend Holiday Lodges you can have a free round of golf at Craigieknowes Golf Club.

4 miles W ~9 min drive DG5 4LF

Craigieknowes is just 3 miles from Kippford, alongside a stretch of beautiful coastline known as the Scottish Riviera. It has a challenging 9 hole par 3 course along with a “Tee” room for refreshments after (or instead! 😉).

Swimming at Barend

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The indoor heated swimming pool is ~200m from lodge 22, about 4 mins walk.

Book your holiday through our site with Barend Holiday Lodges for exclusive use of Barend Swimming Pool!

Heating

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There’s a Worcester Bosch gas boiler located just inside the downstairs twin bedroom to the right of the door, which provides hot water on demand and heating on schedule. The temperature is controlled with a thermostat on the wall next to the kitchen in the dining area.

The maintenance team from Barend Holiday Lodges look after the heating temperatures and schedules. If you think it needs adjusting, please get in touch with reception so that they can make the change for you, and so that they know what has been done.

Kitchen

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The lodge has:

an electric ceramic hob
electric oven
fridge with ice compartment
dishwasher
microwave
toaster
kettle
cafetiere
A full range of cooking utensils, crockery, glassware and cutlery.

A separate fridge/freezer is also in the hallway cupboard for your convenience.

Internet & WiFi

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Last Speedtest April 2026, screenshot below.

Internet

We’ve had superfast full fibre Internet installed at the lodge.

The speed of the Internet and WiFi is: 100Mbps, “Perfect for box-sets & streaming”.

Here’s a screenshot of a speedtest:

Speedtest result screenshot for Serenity (22 Barend)

WiFi

The WiFi network and password are on the welcome note left in the lodge. You should also be able to scan the QR code on there to join automatically. The WiFi details are also on the back of the router.

Mobile Signal

With EE we get 4G signal everywhere in the lodge. The speed of data varies greatly depending on where you are in the lodge and time of day. Speed has ranged (download/upload) from 2.39Mbps / 1.08Mbps – pretty slow 😩 – to 18.4 Mbps / 2.02 Mbps – OK.