Stranraer

Stranraer is a town in near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a port with ferries to Northern Ireland, though nowadays these all sail from Cairnryan a few miles north.
  • Town with about 10,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
  • …is also known as “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Description: town in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of St John and Stair Park.
The , also known as Stranraer Castle…
is a public park and football stadium…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Kennedy and Leswalt.
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is a small village 3 miles east… is situated 3 miles east of Stranraer.
is a village and civil parish in , south-west Scotland. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Stranraer.
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Latitude
54.9044° or 54° 54′ 16″ north
Longitude
-5.0262° or 5° 1′ 34″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB STR
Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Stranraer” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Stranraer”
  • Basque: “Stranraer”
  • Bengali: “উইগটাউন”
  • Bengali: “স্ট্রানরেয়ার”
  • Breton: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Bulgarian: “Странрар”
  • Bulgarian: “Странреър”
  • Catalan: “Stranraer”
  • Cebuano: “Stranraer”
  • Chinese: “斯坦拉尔”
  • Chinese: “斯坦拉爾”
  • Chinese: “斯特兰拉尔”
  • Chinese: “斯特蘭拉爾”
  • Cornish: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Czech: “Stranraer”
  • Dutch: “Stranraer”
  • Esperanto: “Stranraer”
  • Esperanto: “Stranraro”
  • Finnish: “Stranraer”
  • French: “Stanraer”
  • French: “Stranraer”
  • German: “Stranraer”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટ્રેનરાએર”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટ્રેનરિયર”
  • Hebrew: “סטרנראר”
  • Icelandic: “Stranraer”
  • Irish: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Italian: “Stranraer”
  • Japanese: “ウィグタウン”
  • Japanese: “ストランラー”
  • Japanese: “ストランラール”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಟ್ರಾನ್ರೇರ್”
  • Korean: “스트랜레어”
  • Korean: “위그타운”
  • Latvian: “Stranrāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Stranraras”
  • Lithuanian: “Stranraris”
  • Lithuanian: “Vigtaunas”
  • Manx: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Manx: “Stroin Roauyr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stranraer”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stranraer”
  • Norwegian: “Stranraer”
  • Persian: “استران‌رار”
  • Polish: “Stranraer”
  • Portuguese: “Stranraer”
  • Russian: “Странраер”
  • Russian: “Странрар”
  • Scots: “Stranrawer”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Spanish: “Stranraer”
  • Swedish: “Stranraer”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ட்ரான்ரேர்”
  • Telugu: “స్ట్రాంరార్”
  • Telugu: “స్త్రాన్రారే”
  • Ukrainian: “Странрар”
  • Urdu: “اسٹرانرار”
  • Welsh: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
  • Welsh: “Stranraer”
  • “Stranraer - An t-Sròn Reamhar”

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