Sanquhar

Sanquhar is a historic market town and former royal burgh on the in , , north of and west of . The town is approximately 49 miles southwest of , 36 miles southeast of , and 24 miles north-northwest of .
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  • Type: Town with 1,980 residents
  • Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Seann Chathair”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sanquhar railway station and St Bride’s Church, Church Road, Sanquhar.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the…

Church
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Castle
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, now a ruin, was built in the 13th…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanlockhead.

Village
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is a village in … is situated 6 miles east of Sanquhar.

Sanquhar

Latitude
55.36769° or 55° 22′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.92368° or 3° 55′ 25″ west
Population
1,980
Elevation
463 feet (141 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB SAJ
Open location code
9C7R939G+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26767309
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638520
Wiki­data ID
Q996600
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Sanquhar” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Sanquhar”
  • Basque: “Sanquhar”
  • Cebuano: “Sanquhar”
  • Chinese: “桑克尔”
  • Chinese: “桑克爾”
  • Dutch: “Sanquhar”
  • French: “Sanquhar”
  • German: “Sanquhar”
  • Irish: “An t-Seanchair”
  • Irish: “An t-Seann Chathair”
  • Italian: “Sanquhar”
  • Japanese: “サンカー”
  • Lithuanian: “Senkeras”
  • Persian: “سنکوهر”
  • Russian: “Санкуар”
  • Scots: “Sanchar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Seann Chathair”
  • Spanish: “Sanquhar”
  • Swedish: “Sanquhar”
  • Urdu: “سینکر”
  • Welsh: “Sanquhar”
  • “Sanquhar”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Crawick and Heuksland.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sanquhar Post Office and Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum.

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