Annan
Annan is a market town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 8700 in 2022. Many town buildings are a warm red sandstone, but the main visitor attraction is the First World War munitions complex that made "the devil's porridge".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 8,960 residents
- Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Annan, Dumfries and Galloway” and “Annan, Scotland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galabank and Annan railway station.
Galabank
Stadium
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galabank is a football stadium in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Annan Athletic, who have played there since 1953.
Annan railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Annan is a railway station on the Glasgow South Western Line, which runs between Carlisle and Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock. The station, situated 17 miles 51 chains north-west of Carlisle, serves the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Annan Hospital
Hospital
Annan Hospital is a health facility in Stapleton Road, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Solway and Eastriggs.
Bowness-on-Solway
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowness-on-Solway is a village in Cumbria, England, and in the historic county of Cumberland. It is situated to the west of Carlisle on the southern side of the Solway Firth estuary separating England and Scotland. Bowness-on-Solway is situated 3 miles southeast of Annan.
Eastriggs
Village
Photo: Red Sunset, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Eastriggs is a small village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland, the village is located around 2 mi north of the mud and sandbanks of the channel of the River Eden, which extends west into the Solway Firth. Eastriggs is situated 3½ miles east of Annan.
Port Carlisle
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Carlisle is a coastal village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway. Its original name was Fisher's Cross, but when it became the terminus of the Carlisle Canal it was renamed Port Carlisle. Port Carlisle is situated 4 miles southeast of Annan.
Annan
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.9873° or 54° 59′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.262° or 3° 15′ 43″ westPopulation
8,960Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ANNOpen location code
9C6RXPPQ+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 26747494OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Annan” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Annan”
- Basque: “Annan”
- Belarusian: “Анан”
- Bulgarian: “Анан (град)”
- Bulgarian: “Анан”
- Cebuano: “Annan”
- Chinese: “安南”
- Chinese: “安嫩”
- Dutch: “Annan”
- French: “Annan (Dumfries and Galloway)”
- French: “Annan (Écosse)”
- French: “Annan”
- German: “Annan”
- Hebrew: “אנאן”
- Irish: “Inbhir Anainn”
- Irish: “Inbhir Anann”
- Italian: “Annan”
- Japanese: “アナン (Annan, Dumfries and Galloway)”
- Japanese: “アナン (スコットランド)”
- Japanese: “アンナン”
- Korean: “아난 (덤프리스 갤러웨이 주)”
- Korean: “아난 (덤프리스갤러웨이 주)”
- Korean: “아난”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Annan (Skottland)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Annan, Skottland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Annan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Annan i Skottland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Annan”
- Norwegian: “Annan”
- Persian: “انان، دامفریز و گلووی”
- Polish: “Annan”
- Portuguese: “Annan”
- Russian: “Аннан”
- Scots: “Annan, Dumfries an Gallowa”
- Scots: “Annan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Anainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Annan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Anainn”
- Slovenian: “Annan”
- Spanish: “Annan”
- Swedish: “Annan”
- Welsh: “Annan”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Annan”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.