Annandale South

Annandale South covers a large rural area directly south of the town of Dumfries, stretching towards the Solway Firth coastline. The landscape is primarily agricultural, characterised by rolling farmland, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads. The ward includes several smaller settlements, such as the villages of Ruthwell and Clarencefield, which serve as local hubs. The terrain is generally low-lying, with the ground becoming flatter and more open as it approaches the estuary's expansive mudflats and saltmarshes.

A notable feature is the Ruthwell Cross, a magnificent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon stone cross housed in a specially built apse at Ruthwell Church. The area's economy is closely tied to farming and land management, with a quiet, settled pace of life. The Solway coast here provides important habitats for wading birds and wildfowl, with views often extending across the water to the Cumbrian hills in England.