Sanquhar
Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanquhar railway station and Sanquhar Castle.
Sanquhar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.
Sanquhar Castle
Castle
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanquhar Castle, now a ruin, was built in the 13th century; the ruins are situated north east of Dumfries overlooking the River Nith. Situated on the southern approach to the former royal burgh of Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland, it sits on the trail of the Southern Upland Way.
Kemp’s Castle, Euchan Water
Archaeological site
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kemp’s Castle, Euchan Water is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanlockhead.
Wanlockhead
Village
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands. Wanlockhead is situated 6 miles east of Sanquhar.
Sanquhar
- Type: Town with 1,980 residents
- Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.36769° or 55° 22′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.92368° or 3° 55′ 25″ westPopulation
1,980Elevation
463 feet (141 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SAJOpen location code
9C7R939G+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 26767309OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sanquhar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Seann Chathair”
- Spanish: “Sanquhar”
- Swedish: “Sanquhar”
- Welsh: “Sanquhar”
- “Sanquhar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sanquhar Post Office and Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum.
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