Newbridge Drive
Newbridge Drive is a relatively new suburb in Dumfries. It is situated on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from Dumfries town centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: suburb in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Newbridge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palmerston Park and Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Palmerston Park
Stadium
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Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919.
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumfries and Maxwelltown.
Dumfries
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Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.
Maxwelltown
Suburb
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Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Maxwelltown is situated 1½ miles southeast of Newbridge Drive.
Troqueer
Suburb
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troqueer is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway on the west side of the River Nith. The eastern-side was merged with Dumfries to the east in 1929, and today eastern Troqueer is a suburb of Dumfries. Troqueer is situated 2 miles southeast of Newbridge Drive.
Newbridge Drive
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.0872° or 55° 5′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.63462° or 3° 38′ 5″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9C7R39P8+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 11904593106OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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