Bladnoch
Bladnoch is a small village on the River Bladnoch in Wigtownshire, Scotland, located just outside the county town of Wigtown. The River Bladnoch reaches the Bladnoch Distillery, which was established in 1817.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: small village on the River Bladnoch in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bladenoch” and “Bladnoch, Wigtownshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wigtown Castle and Sacred Heart Church.
Wigtown Castle
Archaeological site
Wigtown Castle was a royal castle that was located on the banks of the River Bladnoch, south of Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A castle was built in the 12th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigtown Harbour and Wigtown.
Wigtown Harbour
Locality
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wigtown Harbour or Wigtown Quay was relocated in 1818 to serve the town of Wigtown and its hinterland in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, following the silting up of the original natural harbour that was originally located near to St Machute's church.
Wigtown
Town
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart.
Palnure
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Palnure is a small village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the Palnure Burn, just outside Newton Stewart. Palnure is situated 6 miles north of Bladnoch.
Bladnoch
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.85833° or 54° 51′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.46084° or 4° 27′ 39″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C6QVG5Q+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 8309780000OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Bladnoch” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bladnoch (Wigtownshire)”
- Basque: “Bladnoch”
- German: “Bladnoch”
- Irish: “Blaidneach”
- Scots: “Blaidnoch”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Blaidneach”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bladnoch Park and Newton Stewart RFC.
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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 “Bladnoch”. Photo: Sheila Cameron, CC BY-SA 2.0.