Thornhill
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east.- Type: Town with 1,610 residents
- Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bárr na Driseig” and “Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Thornhill Market Cross and Thornhill Hospital.
Wallace Hall
School
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carronbridge and Penpont.
Carronbridge
Village
Carronbridge is a village in the parish of Morton in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Carronbridge is situated 1½ miles north of Thornhill.
Penpont
Village
Penpont is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill… Penpont is situated 2 miles west of Thornhill.
Closeburn
Village
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Closeburn is situated 2½ miles southeast of Thornhill.
Thornhill
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “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”
- Slovenian: “Thornhill”
- Spanish: “Thornhill”
- Swedish: “Thornhill”
- Urdu: “تھورن ہل، ڈمفریز اینڈ گیلووے”
- Welsh: “Thornhill, Dumfries a Galloway”
- Welsh: “Thornhill”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cample and Gatelawbridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Thornhill Bowling Club and TFW Ros-Fit.
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