Loch Ken
Loch Ken is a 9 miles long freshwater loch in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the Glenkens, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the Dee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenmure Castle and Stroan Loch.
Kenmure Castle
Castle
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Kenmure Castle is a fortified house or castle in The Glenkens, 1 mile south of the town of New Galloway in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, south-west Scotland. Kenmure Castle is situated 2 miles north of Loch Ken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Galloway and Balmaclellan.
New Galloway
Village
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New Galloway is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, 1 mile north of the end of Loch Ken. New Galloway is situated 3 miles north of Loch Ken.
Balmaclellan
Village
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Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells. Balmaclellan is situated 4 miles north of Loch Ken.
St John’s Town of Dalry
Village
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St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. St John’s Town of Dalry is situated 5 miles north of Loch Ken.
Loch Ken
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, outflows to the River Dee
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Loch Ken” goes by many names.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loch Ken”. Photo: Margaret, CC BY-SA 2.0.