The Standard

Places of Interest Nearby

Greyfriars Church, Dumfries

Church

Photo: MSDMSD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, is a Category A listed building in Dumfries, in southwest Scotland. The current Greyfriars Church building was built from 1866 to 1868 in the Victorian Gothic style, designed by architect John Starforth. Greyfriars Church, Dumfries is situated 600 feet northwest of The Standard.

Dumfries Museum

Museum

Photo: FutureMuseumSW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era. Dumfries Museum is situated 1,500 feet southwest of The Standard.

Robert Burns Visitor’s Centre

Museum

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Robert Burns Visitor’s Centre is a museum, which is situated 1,100 feet southwest of The Standard.

Places in the Area

Dumfries

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.

Maxwelltown

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

Troqueer

Suburb

Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troqueer is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway on the west side of the River Nith. The eastern-side was merged with Dumfries to the east in 1929, and today eastern Troqueer is a suburb of Dumfries.

The Standard

Satellite Map

Places with the Same Name

Notable Places Nearby

Nearby Places

Curious Retail Buildings to Discover

• Deutsch
• Español
• Français
• Português