Newton Stewart
Newton Stewart is a town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, along the main road between Carlisle, Dumfries and Stranraer. It's named for William Stewart who built several houses and obtained a burgh charter in 1677 from King Charles II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Newton Stewart Hospital and Douglas Ewart High School.
Newton Stewart Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newton Stewart Hospital is a health facility in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
Douglas Ewart High School
School
Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922 in Newton Stewart, Scotland. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Douglas Free School opened in 1834 and the High School of the Ewart Institute opened in 1864.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palnure.
Palnure
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Palnure is a small village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the Palnure Burn, just outside Newton Stewart. Palnure is situated 3 miles southeast of Newton Stewart.
Newton Stewart
- Type: Town with 4,010 residents
- Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.959° or 54° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.4837° or 4° 29′ 1″ westPopulation
4,010Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NSWOpen location code
9C6QXG58+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 31174046OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Newton Stewart” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Newton Stewart”
- Basque: “Newton Stewart”
- Bulgarian: “Нютън Стюарт”
- Cebuano: “Newton Stewart”
- Dutch: “Newton Stewart”
- French: “Newton Stewart”
- German: “Newton Stewart”
- Irish: “Baile Úr nan Stiúbhartach”
- Irish: “Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach”
- Irish: “Úr nan Stiúbhartach”
- Italian: “Newton Stewart”
- Japanese: “ニュートン・ステュアート”
- Persian: “نیوتون استیوارت”
- Polish: “Newton Stewart”
- Scots: “Newtoun Stewart”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Ur nan Stiùbhartach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Newton Stewart”
- Spanish: “Newton Stewart”
- Swedish: “Newton Stewart”
- Welsh: “Newton Stewart”
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