Kirkconnel
Kirkconnel is a small parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland. It is located on the A76 near the head of Nithsdale. Principally it has been a sporting community.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkconnel railway station.
Kirkconnel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkconnel railway station is a railway station in the town of Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is unstaffed, owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanquhar.
Sanquhar
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Sanquhar is situated 3½ miles southeast of Kirkconnel.
Kirkconnel
- Type: Village with 2,070 residents
- Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.38657° or 55° 23′ 12″ northLongitude
-4.00278° or 4° 0′ 10″ westPopulation
2,070Elevation
502 feet (153 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KKNOpen location code
9C7Q9XPW+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 26767785OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kirkconnel” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kirkconnel”
- Basque: “Kirkconnel”
- Cebuano: “Kirkconnel”
- Dutch: “Kirkconnel”
- French: “Kirkconnel”
- Irish: “Cille Chonaill”
- Irish: “Cille Chonbhaill”
- Russian: “Киркконнел”
- Scots: “Kirkconnel”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Chonaill”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Chonbhaill”
- Spanish: “Kirkconnel”
- Swedish: “Kirkconnel”
- Welsh: “Kirkconnel”
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