Carronbridge
Carronbridge is a village in the parish of Morton in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is at the junction of the A76 and A702 roads approximately 1 mile north of Thornhill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Drumlanrig Castle and Morton Castle.
Drumlanrig Castle
Castle
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Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
Morton Castle
Castle
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Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles north-east of Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles along the strategically important Nith Valley, which runs from the Solway Firth north to the Clyde Valley.
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 south of Carronbridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornhill and Penpont.
Thornhill
Town
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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 1½ miles south of Carronbridge.
Penpont
Village
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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 2½ miles southwest of Carronbridge.
Closeburn
Village
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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. Closeburn is situated 4 miles southeast of Carronbridge.
Carronbridge
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.26435° or 55° 15′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.78022° or 3° 46′ 49″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
9C7R7679+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5102694801OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Carronbridge” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carronbridge”
- Dutch: “Carronbridge”
- French: “Carronbridge”
- Irish: “Drochaid Charrainn”
- Scots: “Carronbrig, Dumfries an Gallowa”
- Scots: “Carronbrig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Drochaid Charrainn”
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