Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright is a coastal town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY 4.0.
Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 3,370 residents
- Description: town and former burgh in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cille Chuithbeirt” and “Kircudbright”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MacLellan’s Castle and Kirkcudbright Tolbooth.
MacLellan’s Castle
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
MacLellan's Castle in the town of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, Scotland, was built in the late 16th century. It stands in the centre of Kirkcudbright, on the south side of the River Dee which flows into the Solway Firth.
Kirkcudbright Tolbooth
Museum
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkcudbright Tolbooth is a historic municipal building in Kirkcudbright in Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Stewartry Museum
Museum
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stewartry Museum is a local museum in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, which covers the history of this part of Galloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twynholm.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road. Twynholm is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kirkcudbright.
Kirkcudbright
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.8352° or 54° 50′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.0544° or 4° 3′ 16″ westPopulation
3,370Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KBTOpen location code
9C6QRWPW+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 29104753OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kirkcudbright” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kirkcudbright”
- Basque: “Kirkcudbright”
- Breton: “Cille Chuithbeirt”
- Cebuano: “Kirkcudbright”
- Chinese: “柯库布里”
- Chinese: “柯庫布里”
- Cornish: “Cille Chuithbeirt”
- Dutch: “Kirkcudbright”
- Finnish: “Kirkcudbright”
- French: “Kirkcudbright”
- German: “Kirkcudbright”
- Irish: “Baile Chille Chuithbeirt”
- Irish: “Cille Chuithbeirt”
- Irish: “Cille Chùithbeirt”
- Irish: “Circ Chuithbeirt”
- Italian: “Kirkcudbright”
- Japanese: “カークーブリ”
- Macedonian: “Керкубри”
- Manx: “Baile Cheeill Choobrey”
- Manx: “Baile Chille Chuithbeirt”
- Manx: “Cille Chuithbeirt”
- Manx: “Keeill Choobragh”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ciricecuðbeorht”
- Persian: “کرکادبرایت”
- Polish: “Kirkcudbright”
- Russian: “Керкубри”
- Scots: “Kirkcoubrie”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Chille Chuithbeirt”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Chuithbeirt”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Chùithbeirt”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Circ Chuithbeirt”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kirkcudbright”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kirkcudbright”
- Spanish: “Kirkcudbright”
- Swedish: “Kirkcudbright”
- Ukrainian: “Керкубрі”
- Welsh: “Cille Chuithbeirt”
- Welsh: “Kirkcudbright”
- “Kirkcudbright - Cille Chuithbeirt”
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