Collin
Collin is a small village between Dumfries and Gretna in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Lochar Water, and the A75 road. It lies 5.3 km east of Dumfries, and 20 km north-west of Annan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Collin, Dumfries and Galloway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum.
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
Museum
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The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotland, which was in service from June 1940 until 1957, when it closed. Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is situated 2½ miles northwest of Collin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torthorwald and The Crichton.
Torthorwald
Village
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torthorwald is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 6 kilometres east of Dumfries on the A709 road to Lochmaben. Torthorwald is situated 1½ miles north of Collin.
The Crichton
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The Crichton is situated 3 miles southwest of Collin.
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.
Collin
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.06901° or 55° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.52343° or 3° 31′ 24″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C7R3F9G+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 678830349OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Collin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Collin”
- Dutch: “Colin”
- Irish: “Collin”
- Scots: “Collin, Dumfries an Gallowa”
- Scots: “Collin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Collin”
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