Dalbeattie (Scots: Dawbeattie, from Gaelic Dail Bheithe meaning "valley of birch") is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water 6 km (4 mi) east of Castle Douglas and 19 km (12 mi) south west of Dumfries. The town is famed for its granite industry and for being the home town of William McMaster Murdoch First Officer of the RMS Titanic.
Population: 4,205
Latitude: 54° 55' 58.01" N
Longitude: -3° 49' 21.76" W
Mabie is a collection of mountain biking routes located in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. The mountain bike routes are part of the 7Stanes project by the Forestry Commission throughout the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.
Lamachan Hill is in centre of the Galloway Hills of southern Scotland, lying 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the town of Newton Stewart.
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Castle Douglas. The village was developed in the late 18th century as a handloom weaving centre, within the existing pa…
Kirkbampton is a village and a civil parish on the B5307 road in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is near the city of Carlisle. It has a church called St Peter's Church, and a primary school (St.Peters CofE School).
Holme St. Cuthbert (occasionally Holme St. Cuthberts; pronounced and occasionally written Holme Saint Cuthbert) is a small hamlet and civil parish in the borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria, United Kingdom. The hamlet is located approxima…
Hayton is a village in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria, but is registered under the Civil Parish of Hayton and Mealo. Located in Cumberland on a minor road between the B5300 and the A596, it is approximately 2 miles from the…
The Douglas Ewart High School (DEHS) is a secondary school, located on Corsbie Road, Newton Stewart, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.
The village of Dalton is a small settlement about 10 miles southeast of Dumfries and 4 miles south of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Dalswinton is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. It is located about 6 miles north-north-west of Dumfries. To the east of the village a wind farm has been built with a capacity of 30MW. Patrick Miller the entrepreneur…
Corsock is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.
Caerlaverock is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering part of the Solway Firth and the land south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Caerlaverock (Gaelic Cille Bhlàthain) is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Blencogo is a small farming village in Cumbria, England, UK, near Wigton on the Solway Plain, in the Allerdale Borough Council area, off the B3502 Wigton to Silloth road.
Barscobe Castle is a 17th-century tower house in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It is a typical house of a country laird, and according to a panel above the entrance, was built in 1648. The L-plan tower was constructed using stone taken…
Balmaghie (/bælməˈɡiː/ bal-mə-GEE), from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Mac Aoidh, is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and was the seat of the McGhee family. It is bordered by the River Dee to the north and east. The River De…
Amisfield Tower is a well-preserved tower house near Tinwald, about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.
Westnewton is a small village and civil parish in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria, England. The village of Westnewton is situated to the north-west of the Lake District, on the relatively flat plain half way between the Lake Distric…
Tinwald is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, lying a little north of Locharbriggs outside Dumfries. Tinwald is also the name of a civil parish in the county of Dumfriesshire.