Old Garroch

Old Garroch is a locality in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Old Garroch is situated near the hamlet Over Barskeoch, as well as near the locality Drumwhill.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dalry Library and Earlstoun Power Station.

Dalry Library

Library

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dalry Library is situated 2 miles east of Old Garroch.

Earlstoun Power Station

Power station

Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Earlstoun Power Station is situated 1½ miles east of Old Garroch.

Glenlee Power Station

Power station

Photo: Paul Hookway, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glenlee Power Station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Garroch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St John’s Town of Dalry and New Galloway.

St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. St John’s Town of Dalry is situated 2 miles east of Old Garroch.

New Galloway

Village

Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Galloway is a small town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, 1 mile north of the end of Loch Ken. New Galloway is situated 4 miles southeast of Old Garroch.

Balmaclellan

Village

Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells. Balmaclellan is situated 4½ miles southeast of Old Garroch.

Old Garroch

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

55.11553° or 55° 6′ 56″ north

Longitude

-4.21456° or 4° 12′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C7Q4Q8P+65

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8248192047

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Old Garroch and Over Barskeoch.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Luskie Plantation and Garroch Hill.

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