Bankend
Bankend is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located near Lochar Water, the civil parish Caerlaverock and the villages of Blackshaw, Glencaple and Shearington. In 1961 it had a population of 79.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bankend, Dumfries and Galloway”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isle Tower.
Isle Tower
Ruins
Photo: Simon Lidwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was a property of the Maxwell family.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Abbey and The Crichton.
New Abbey
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 4 miles west of Bankend.
The Crichton
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The Crichton is situated 4½ miles northwest of Bankend.
Ruthwell
Village
Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In 2022 the combined population of Ruthwell and nearby Clarencefield was 400. Ruthwell is situated 4½ miles east of Bankend.
Bankend
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.0016° or 55° 0′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.52285° or 3° 31′ 22″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
9C7R2F2G+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6240003248OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Scottish Gaelic—“Bankend” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bankend”
- French: “Bankend”
- Irish: “Bankend”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bankend”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shearington and Glencaple.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Huttonhall Wood and Bankend Hill.
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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 “Bankend”. Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.