Kirkcolm
Kirkcolm is a village and civil parish on the northern tip of the Rhinns of Galloway peninsula, south-west Scotland. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, and is part of the former county of Wigtownshire.Photo: Ann Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cill Chuimein”, “Circ Chuimein”, and “Kirkholm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Wig Bay.
RAF Wig Bay
Historic site
Royal Air Force Wig Bay, or more simply RAF Wig Bay, is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The following squadrons were here at some point:…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ervie and Cairnryan.
Ervie
Village
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ervie - or in Scottish Gaelic: An Eirbhe - is a hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the Rhins of Galloway, just outside Stranraer. Ervie is situated 2 miles west of Kirkcolm.
Cairnryan
Village
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairnryan is a village in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan, six miles north of Stranraer and 81 miles southwest of Glasgow. Cairnryan is situated 2 miles east of Kirkcolm.
Leswalt
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies between Portpatrick and Stranraer in the Rhins of Galloway, part of the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish covers around 8 square miles. Leswalt is situated 3 miles south of Kirkcolm.
Kirkcolm
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.97315° or 54° 58′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.08102° or 5° 4′ 52″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9C6PXWF9+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 732626628OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Kirkcolm” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kirkcolm”
- Breton: “Cill Chuimein”
- Breton: “Circ Chuimein”
- Chinese: “科爾喀姆”
- Cornish: “Cill Chuimein”
- Cornish: “Circ Chuimein”
- Dutch: “Kirkcolm”
- French: “Kirkcolm”
- Irish: “Cill Choluim”
- Irish: “Cill Chuimein”
- Irish: “Circ Chuimein”
- Manx: “Cill Chuimein”
- Manx: “Circ Chuimein”
- Scots: “Kirkcoam”
- Scots: “Kirkcum”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Choluim”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Chuimein”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Circ Chuimein”
- Swedish: “Kirkcolm”
- Welsh: “Cill Chuimein”
- Welsh: “Circ Chuimein”
- “Circ Chuimein”
- “Circ Chuimein - Kirkcolm”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirkcolm Public Hall and Kirkcolm Post Office.
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