Scotland
South West
Dumfries & Galloway

Thornhill

Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of , Scotland, south of and north of on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the to the east.
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  • Type: Town with 1,610 residents
  • Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thornhill Market Cross and Thornhill Hospital.

Monument
Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a monument.

Hospital
is a health facility in Townhead Street, Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, . It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

School
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
is a non-denominational, co-educational state comprehensive school located in Thornhill, , south-west Scotland. The school operates across a single modern campus and provides continuous education from early years through to secondary level, encompassing a nursery, , and secondary school under unified leadership.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penpont and Closeburn.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill in , in the region of . It is near the confluence of the and rivers in the foothills of the . is situated 2 miles west of Thornhill.

Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, had a population of 1,119. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Thornhill.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish located in , in south-west Scotland. It lies in a hollow along the , approximately 2 miles from the village of . is situated 4½ miles west of Thornhill.

Thornhill

Latitude
55.24066° or 55° 14′ 26″ north
Longitude
-3.76492° or 3° 45′ 54″ west
Population
1,610
Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)
Open location code
9C7R66RP+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26766664
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2635981
Wiki­data ID
Q3778556
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Thornhill” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Thornhill”
  • Basque: “Thornhill”
  • Cebuano: “Thornhill”
  • Dutch: “Thornhill”
  • French: “Thornhill”
  • German: “Thornhill”
  • Irish: “Bárr na Driseig”
  • Irish: “Bàrr na Driseig”
  • Italian: “Thornhill”
  • Persian: “تورنهیل، دامفریس و گالووی”
  • Persian: “تورنهیل”
  • Portuguese: “Thornhill”
  • Scots: “Thornhill, Dumfries an Gallowa”
  • Scots: “Thornhill”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bàrr na Dris”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bàrr na Driseig”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Thornhill”
  • Slovenian: “Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway”
  • Slovenian: “Thornhill”
  • Spanish: “Thornhill”
  • Swedish: “Thornhill”
  • Welsh: “Thornhill, Dumfries a Galloway”
  • Welsh: “Thornhill”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thornhill”. Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.