In March 2025, the Wigtown Community Inn Community Benefit Society formally reopened the building at 30 South Main Street after three years of closure to the public, with the help of a large asset grant awarded by South of Scotland Enterprise. The Wigtown Ploughman Ltd, the commercial company set up for pub, hotel and food-service trading, now employs 4 part-time bar staff and is run with the help of a 10-person volunteer Management Committee.

The Wigtown Ploughman is a community-owned building with over 440 members. The vision for it to be an inn and a Community Hub can only be achieved by working together as a cohesive unit consisting of both volunteers and paid staff. That’s where we need your help.