The Kenmuir Arms2A new front door for a community-owned Galloway inn
The Kenmuir Arms is a village inn in New Luce, with a glass-fronted restaurant, a snug bar and three ensuite rooms beside the Water of Luce. It belongs to the village itself, through the New Luce Community Trust. The new website set out to bring the inn's fresh start online, make booking a table or a room easy from a phone, and give the team a site they can keep up to date themselves.
- Industry
- Hospitality
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Package
- Starter
- Year
- 2026
The Kenmuir Arms
The inn first, the village around it
Every page leads with the inn's own photos: the whitewashed front above the lawn, the bar, the restaurant and each of the three rooms. The copy tells the real story, that the village bought the inn and opened its doors again for everyone, and Book a table and Book a room sit at the top of every page.
The Kenmuir Arms
Dark skies and riverside greens
The palette comes from the place: a deep pine green for buttons and headings, brass for the small details, and a near-black night sky for the footer and dark bands. Headings are set in Cormorant Garamond, an engraved-style serif that suits an old coaching inn, with Jost for everything else.
- Pine
#1E3A2B - Brass
#9A7F50 - Dark sky
#141A17 - Cream
#EFE9DC - Mist
#E8EAE4 - Slate
#58615B
- Headings
- Cormorant Garamond
- Body
- Jost
The Kenmuir Arms
A hero that follows the sunset
Galloway is famous for its dark skies, so the home page knows what time it is in New Luce. It works out the real sunrise and sunset for the village each day, and after dark the daytime photo of the inn gives way to the inn lit up at night.
The Kenmuir Arms
Menus and rooms you can read on your phone
The All Day Menu is a proper web page rather than a PDF, so it's easy to read on a phone before you set off. The three rooms are shown with their own photos and the facts guests ask about, and the Explore guides cover dark skies, the Southern Upland Way, the Cairnryan ferries, and golf, fishing, walking and cycling nearby.
The Kenmuir Arms
Built to be found, quick to load
The site has 17 pages. In Lighthouse's mobile test the home page scores 97 for performance, 100 for accessibility, 100 for best practices and 100 for SEO.
The Kenmuir Arms
A site the team runs themselves
Rooms, events, reviews, local guides, opening hours and contact details all live in a simple admin, along with every enquiry. The team can even switch how bookings work, so the buttons always point to the right place, without waiting on anyone.
Results
Measured, not guessed.
- 97Performance
- 100Accessibility
- 100Best practices
- 100SEO
- Pages built
- 17
- Explore Galloway guides
- 4
More work²
Pillow & Key
A boutique home for six apartments in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Gear Bikes
A booking-ready home for Glasgow's West End bike shop