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Rigside

Rigside is a small village in , , about 5 miles from the town of , and less than 1 mi from . It lies on the A70 road to , and has approximately 800 inhabitants.
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Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douglas Water and Carmichael.

Village
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is a hamlet in , Scotland. Named after the , the river which flows through the hamlet, local mining operations provided employment to local people, and the hamlet was bolstered by the Coltness Iron and Coal Company establishing an operation nearby.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish between and in , Scotland. It is home to the Discover Centre, with wax models depicting the history of the family and of Scotland more widely. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Rigside.

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is a small village in in southwest Scotland. It's about the first settlement you reach after crossing Beattock Summit on M74 towards Glasgow, prominently signposted for its service station and turn-off for Edinburgh.

Rigside

Latitude
55.59708° or 55° 35′ 50″ north
Longitude
-3.78196° or 3° 46′ 55″ west
Population
790
Elevation
833 feet (254 metres)
Open location code
9C7RH6W9+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240781639
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6324532
Wiki­data ID
Q1013536
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Rigside” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Rigside”
  • Basque: “Rigside”
  • Bulgarian: “Ригсиде”
  • Cebuano: “Rigside”
  • Dutch: “Rigside”
  • Spanish: “Rigside”
  • Swedish: “Rigside”
  • Welsh: “Rigside”

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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 “Rigside”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.