River Nith
The River Nith is a river in south-west Scotland. The Nith rises in the Carsphairn hills of East Ayrshire, between Prickeny Hill and Enoch Hill, 4.4 miles east of Dalmellington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbey of Dulce Cor and National Museum of Costume.
Abbey of Dulce Cor
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The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles south of Dumfries. Abbey of Dulce Cor is situated 2 miles southwest of River Nith.
National Museum of Costume
Museum
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The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland. National Museum of Costume is situated 2½ miles southwest of River Nith.
Isle Tower
Ruins
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Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was a property of the Maxwell family. Isle Tower is situated 2 miles east of River Nith.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankend and New Abbey.
Bankend
Hamlet
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bankend is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located near Lochar Water, the civil parish Caerlaverock and the villages of Blackshaw, Glencaple and Shearington. In 1961 it had a population of 79. Bankend is situated 2 miles east of River Nith.
New Abbey
Village
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New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 2½ miles southwest of River Nith.
The Crichton
Suburb
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The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The Crichton is situated 3½ miles north of River Nith.
River Nith
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in East Ayrshire, and Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, flowing into the Solway Firth
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“River Nith” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Nith”
- Basque: “Nith ibaia”
- Bengali: “রিভারনিথ”
- Cebuano: “River Nith”
- Chinese: “尼思河”
- Chuvash: “Нит”
- Czech: “Nith”
- Dutch: “Nith”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيث”
- French: “Nith (Écosse)”
- French: “Nith”
- German: “Nith”
- German: “River Nith”
- Gujarati: “રિવર નીથ”
- Irish: “Abhainn Nid”
- Japanese: “ニス川”
- Kannada: “ನಿಥ್ ನದಿ”
- Korean: “리버 니스”
- Lithuanian: “Nitas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nith”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nith”
- Norwegian: “Nith”
- Polish: “Nith”
- Portuguese: “Rio Nith”
- Portuguese: “River Nith”
- Russian: “Нит”
- Scots: “River Nith”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Nid”
- Serbian: “Нит”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nith”
- Slovenian: “Nith”
- Slovenian: “reka Nith”
- Slovenian: “River Nith”
- Spanish: “Rio Nith”
- Spanish: “Río Nith”
- Swedish: “River Nith”
- Tamil: “ரிவர் நித்”
- Telugu: “రివర్ నీత్”
- Urdu: “ریور نیتھ”
- Welsh: “Afon Nith”
- Western Frisian: “Nith”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glencaple and Kirkconnell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Watch Craig and Highmains Hill.
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