Townhead

Townhead is a hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Townhead is situated nearby to the hamlet Parkgate, as well as near Corses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ae and Lochmaben.

Ae

Village

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Ae is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is located on the edge of a 15,000-acre human-made conifer forest, and is approximately 9 miles north of Dumfries. Ae is situated 1½ miles west of Townhead.

Lochmaben

Town

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochmaben is a historic market town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway Scotland, and site of a castle. It lies approximately 42 miles south-southwest of Edinburgh, 60 miles southeast of Glasgow, and 4 miles west of Lockerbie, It had a population of 2,092 in 2022. Lochmaben is situated 6 miles southeast of Townhead.

Townhead

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.17951° or 55° 10′ 46″ north

Longitude

-3.56288° or 3° 33′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C7R5CHP+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 535567282

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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