Fleet Hotels

Fleetis a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which has existed since the mid-1700s, although the area has been inhabited since much earlier. Much of its development was attributable to the entrepreneur James Murrays decision to build his summer home, Cally now a hotel, there in 1765.Over the next hundred years, the town developed into a centre for industry, particularly cotton mills. The western approach to the town is dominated by the imposing Cardoness Castle. Gatehouse of Fleet is the birthplace of Victorian artist John Faed. The renowned inventor of clockwork mechanisms, Robert Williamson was also known to have set up a workshop in the town in 1778, which burned to the ground and claimed his life in 1794.