Holywood
Holywood is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Holywood is situated nearby to the hamlet Nunwood, as well as near the quarter Newbridge Drive.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Twelve Apostles Stone Circle and Bridge, Newbridge, Dumfries.
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
Archaeological site
The Twelve Apostles is a large stone circle located between the villages of Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries, Scotland. It is the seventh largest stone circle in Britain and the largest on the mainland of Scotland.
Palmerston Park
Stadium
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Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. Palmerston Park is situated 2½ miles south of Holywood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge Drive and Dumfries.
Newbridge Drive
Quarter
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Newbridge Drive is a relatively new suburb in Dumfries. It is situated on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from Dumfries town centre.
Dumfries
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Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.
Maxwelltown
Suburb
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Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Maxwelltown is situated 3 miles southeast of Holywood.
Holywood
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.10131° or 55° 6′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.64691° or 3° 38′ 49″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB OLYOpen location code
9C7R4923+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 36318984OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2646669
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