The club started in 2003 close to Lincluden Abbey when two of the founding members, Alan McNeish and Harry Dalziel, did a project called “No Picnic” with the Poverty Alliance.
At the end of the project they asked staff at the North West Resource Centre (NWRC)in Lincluden, Dumfries, where the project had been based, if it would be possible to do something with them.​
A project was started with the help and advice from two local photographers, Willie Hiddleston (our current Treasurer) and Earl Gemmell, with access to buildings owned by Historic Scotland.
At the end of the project an exhibition was held at NWRC, Lincluden. It was decided to form a camera club called ‘North West Dumfries Photography Group’, which was later changed to ‘Abbey Camera Club’.​
On the 8th July 2011 the club was successful in achieving funding from the “Awards for All” charity. This helped with the purchase of vital equipment to keep the club going forward and continue to be a valuable part of the community.
The club has gone from strength to strength over the years and welcomes all from the beginner to advanced and professional. You don’t even need a camera, just come along and you will be made most welcome.​ After fifteen years plying our club out of the North West Resource Centre inLincluden we moved to new and bigger premises in Lochvale House on the Georgetown Road (formerly Georgetown Community Centre).​
We moved once again, this time to St Andrews Church Hall, Brooke Street, Dumfries, DG1 2JL on 26th September 2020. ​Club meetings will be the same as before, running from 7pm to 9pm on a Wednesday evening. ​​

David Magee
William Niven
Steven Lenza
Alastair Kerr
Helen O’Coffey
Brian Gillespie
Colin Thomson
Michael Stewart
Eunice Laidlaw
Colin Stockdale
Tom Thomson
William Hiddleston
Walter Duncan
Diane Thomson
Jim Glynn
Steve Sweeting
Lindon Scholes
Stephanie Lavell
Alister Bertram
Angus Stuart
Jim Harkness
Steve Clark
Jim Murray-Bell
Elaine Murray-Bell
Bill Milven
Robert Brown
Jim Laidlaw
Maurince Mc Menemy
James Sauberlich