A76
A76 is a bus stop in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. A76 is situated nearby to the forest Firmuir Plantation, as well as near Old Closeburn Loch (now drained).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Closeburn Castle.
Closeburn Castle
House
Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.
Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. Closeburn Castle is situated 1 mile north of A76.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Closeburn and Thornhill.
Closeburn
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119.
Thornhill
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 3½ miles northwest of A76.
Penpont
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penpont is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands. Penpont is situated 4 miles northwest of A76.
A76
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.19827° or 55° 11′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.72256° or 3° 43′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C7R57XG+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 487195976OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stop
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