The 167th Annual Show of the Stranraer and Rhins Agricultural Society Limited took place on the London Road Playing Fields in Stranraer on the 27th July 2011. The programme consisted of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats and Handicrafts. Events at the show also included a display by Dumfries and Galloway Police Dogs and their handlers, Glenluce Vintage Tractors, The Blackrock Llama Display Team and Cookery Demonstrations.
The groundwork has been started by Loreburn Housing Association which will provide six self-contained flats, six adapted bungalows and a block of twelve flats on the former Garrick Hospital site. This will be for vulnerable young people and dementia sufferers.