Queen of the South Viaduct
Queen of the South Viaduct is a bridge in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Queen of the South Viaduct is situated nearby to the sports venue Dumfries Sports Club, as well as near Curly-Wurly Bridge.Photo: Grant McIntosh Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: railway viaduct in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, now carries a cycle and foot path across River Nith
- Also known as: “Dumfries, Nith Viaduct” and “Nith Viaduct”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gracefield Arts Centre and Dumfries railway station.
Gracefield Arts Centre
Museum
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gracefield Arts Centre is located in Dumfries. The gallery's main building, a Category B listed building, was bought in 1951 by a committee of local people who raised the money needed for the purchase and to do the alterations necessary to change the former house, which was known as ‘Gracefield’ into an art gallery. Gracefield Arts Centre is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Queen of the South Viaduct.
Dumfries railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail who provide all passenger train services. Dumfries railway station is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Queen of the South Viaduct.
Palmerston Park
Stadium
Photo: Jmorrison230582, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. Palmerston Park is situated 1 mile southwest of Queen of the South Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumfries and Newbridge Drive.
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.
Newbridge Drive
Quarter
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbridge Drive is a relatively new suburb in Dumfries. It is situated on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from Dumfries town centre.
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.
Queen of the South Viaduct
- Categories: railway viaduct and transportation
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.07983° or 55° 4′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.61266° or 3° 36′ 46″ westInception
July 4th, 2008Open location code
9C7R39HP+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1286636232OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q17795469
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