[3] The village has a small primary school in a two-storey building dating to 1875, with three classrooms and 47 pupils as of 2011.

[3] The town hall hosts the non-profit Colinsburgh Community Cinema, which screens 18 films per season.

[5] The Colinsburgh Galloway Library is on the main street in the middle of the village, open twice a week.

[3] Balcarres House is just north of the village, based on a mansion built in 1595 by John Lindsay, second son of the ninth Earl of Crawford.

The present house was mostly built in the early nineteenth century using part of a fortune made in India, but preserves most of the original mansion.