Gatehouse of Fleet
Gatehouse of Fleet is a town, half in the civil parish of Girthon, and half in the parish of Anwoth, divided by the river Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, within the council administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 950 residents
- Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Gatehouse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cardoness Castle.
Cardoness Castle
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anwoth and Twynholm.
Anwoth
Village
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road. Twynholm is situated 4 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet.
Kirkandrews
Hamlet
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkandrews, sometimes written as Kirkanders in older documents, is a coastal hamlet about 9 kilometres west-southwest of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kirkandrews is situated 5 miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet.
Gatehouse of Fleet
- Categories: town, small burgh, and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.88283° or 54° 52′ 58″ northLongitude
-4.18246° or 4° 10′ 57″ westPopulation
950Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GHFOpen location code
9C6QVRM9+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 29104750OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Gatehouse of Fleet” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Basque: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Cebuano: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Chinese: “盖特豪斯厄夫弗利特”
- Chinese: “蓋特豪斯厄夫弗利特”
- Dutch: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- French: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- German: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Hebrew: “גייטהאוס אוף פליט”
- Irish: “Taigh a‘ Bhothair”
- Irish: “Taigh a’ Bhothair”
- Irish: “Taigh an Rathaid”
- Italian: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Japanese: “ゲートハウス・オブ・フリート”
- Scots: “Gaithoose o Fleet”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh a‘ Bhothair”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh an Rathaid”
- Spanish: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Swedish: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
- Welsh: “Gatehouse of Fleet”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pulcree and Girthon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gatehouse-Of-Fleet Post Office and Gatehouse of Fleet Parish Church.
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