Stranraer
Stranraer is a town in Dumfries and Galloway near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a ferry port, connecting Scotland with Northern Ireland, though nowadays all ferries run from Cairnryan a few miles north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of St John and Stair Park.
Castle of St John
The Castle of St John, also known as Stranraer Castle, is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house in the centre of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.
Stair Park
Stadium
Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stair Park is a public park and football stadium in the town of Stranraer, Scotland and is the home of Stranraer F.C. It is owned by Dumfries and Galloway Council and is situated next to the London Road and the railway line in the town.
Stranraer railway station
Railway station
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stranraer railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is 94.5 miles southwest of Glasgow and is the terminus of the Glasgow South Western Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Kennedy and Leswalt.
Castle Kennedy
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castle Kennedy is a small village 3 miles east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is on the A75 road, and is within the civil parish of Inch. Castle Kennedy is situated 3 miles east of Stranraer.
Leswalt
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies between Portpatrick and Stranraer in the Rhins of Galloway, part of the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish covers around 8 square miles. Leswalt is situated 3½ miles northwest of Stranraer.
Stranraer
- Type: Town with 10,300 residents
- Description: town in Wigtownshire, 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
54.9044° or 54° 54′ 16″ northLongitude
-5.0262° or 5° 1′ 34″ westPopulation
10,300Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB STROpen location code
9C6PWX3F+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 21043473OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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: “Stranraer”
- 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”
- 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”
- Lithuanian: “Stranraras”
- Lithuanian: “Stranraris”
- Lithuanian: “Vigtaunas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stranraer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stranraer”
- Norwegian: “Stranraer”
- Persian: “استرانرار”
- Polish: “Stranraer”
- Portuguese: “Stranraer”
- Russian: “Странраер”
- Russian: “Странрар”
- Scots: “Stranrawer”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Sron Reamhar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Stranraer”
- Spanish: “Stranraer”
- Swedish: “Stranraer”
- Tamil: “ஸ்டரன்ரேர்”
- Tamil: “ஸ்ட்ரான்ரேர்”
- Telugu: “స్ట్రాంరార్”
- Telugu: “స్త్రాన్రారే”
- Ukrainian: “Странрар”
- Urdu: “اسٹرانرایر”
- Welsh: “An t-Sròn Reamhar”
- Welsh: “Stranraer”
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