Bridge of Dee
Bridge of Dee, Galloway is a settlement on the River Dee, Galloway. It lies on the A75 just west of Castle Douglas, and north-east of Kirkcudbright. The former Kirkcudbright Railway, linking Kirkcudbright with Castle Douglas, passed through the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bridge of Dee, Galloway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Threave Castle and Threave Gardens.
Threave Castle
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5 kilometres west of Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.
Threave Gardens
Garden
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threave Garden and Estate is a series of gardens owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland, located near Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.
Castle Douglas Golf Course
Golf course
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Douglas Golf Course is situated 2 miles northeast of Bridge of Dee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Douglas and Glenlochar.
Castle Douglas
Photo: Tenesca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 4000 in 2022. The big attractions are Threave Gardens and the castle. This page also describes nearby villages such as Dalbeattie, and the coast of the Solway Firth.
Glenlochar
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenlochar is a hamlet on the western bank of the River Dee in the parish of Balmaghie in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. Glenlochar is situated 3 miles north of Bridge of Dee.
Crossmichael
Village
Photo: Allmhurach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crossmichael is a small village on the east side of Loch Ken in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, about 4 miles north of Castle Douglas in Scotland. Crossmichael is situated 4 miles north of Bridge of Dee.
Bridge of Dee
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.92002° or 54° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.97674° or 3° 58′ 36″ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
9C6RW2CF+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 1528848481OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Bridge of Dee” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bridge of Dee (Galloway)”
- Basque: “Bridge of Dee”
- Dutch: “Bridge of Dee, Galloway”
- French: “Bridge of Dee”
- German: “Bridge of Dee”
- Irish: “Drochaid Dhè”
- Scots: “Brig o Dee”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Drochaid Dhè, Gallobha”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Drochaid Dhè”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bridge of Dee”. Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.