Cairnryan
Cairnryan is a village in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan, six miles north of Stranraer and 81 miles southwest of Glasgow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Wig Bay.
RAF Wig Bay
Historic site
Royal Air Force Wig Bay, or more simply RAF Wig Bay, is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The following squadrons were here at some point:… RAF Wig Bay is situated 2 miles west of Cairnryan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkcolm and Leswalt.
Kirkcolm
Village
Photo: Ann Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkcolm is a village and civil parish on the northern tip of the Rhinns of Galloway peninsula, south-west Scotland. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, and is part of the former county of Wigtownshire. Kirkcolm is situated 2 miles west of Cairnryan.
Leswalt
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies between Portpatrick and Stranraer in the Rhins of Galloway, part of the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish covers around 8 square miles. Leswalt is situated 4 miles southwest of Cairnryan.
Stranraer
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stranraer is a town in Dumfries and Galloway near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a ferry port, connecting Scotland with Northern Ireland, though nowadays all ferries run from Cairnryan a few miles north.
Cairnryan
- Type: Village with 142 residents
- 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
54.97381° or 54° 58′ 26″ northLongitude
-5.02509° or 5° 1′ 30″ westPopulation
142Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CYNOpen location code
9C6PXXFF+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 472977218OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cairnryan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cairnryan”
- Cebuano: “Cairnryan”
- Dutch: “Cairnryan”
- Estonian: “Cairnryan”
- French: “Cairnryan”
- German: “Cairnryan”
- Irish: “Càrn Rìoghain”
- Irish: “Machair an Sgithich”
- Italian: “Cairnryan”
- Japanese: “ケイルンライアン”
- Persian: “کایرنراین”
- Scots: “The Cairn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cairnryan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Càrn Rìoghain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Machair an Sgithich”
- South Azerbaijani: “کایرنراین”
- Swedish: “Cairnryan”
- Welsh: “Cairnryan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High Croach, fermtoun 250m ESE of and High Croach, settlement 750m NE of.
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