Closeburn
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway” and “Kylosbern”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Closeburn Castle and Thornhill Hospital.
Closeburn Castle
House
Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.
Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland.
Thornhill Hospital
Hospital
Thornhill Hospital is a health facility in Townhead Street, Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Thornhill Hospital is situated 2 miles northwest of Closeburn.
Wallace Hall
School
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Wallace Hall is a non-denominational, co-educational state comprehensive school located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The school operates across a single modern campus and provides continuous education from early years through to secondary level, encompassing a nursery, primary school, and secondary school under unified leadership. Wallace Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Closeburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornhill and Penpont.
Thornhill
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Closeburn.
Penpont
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penpont is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands. Penpont is situated 3½ miles northwest of Closeburn.
Tynron
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tynron is a village and civil parish located in Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland. It lies in a hollow along the Shinnel Water, approximately 2 miles from the village of Moniaive. Tynron is situated 6 miles west of Closeburn.
Closeburn
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.21211° or 55° 12′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.73533° or 3° 44′ 7″ westElevation
223 feet (68 metres)Open location code
9C7R6767+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 421618322OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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