Holywood
Holywood is a building in Scotland, United Kingdom. Holywood is situated nearby to the quarter Newbridge Drive, as well as near the suburb Maxwelltown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garden of Cosmic Speculation and Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Park
Photo: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks and his wife, Maggie Keswick Jencks, on Maggie's land and their home together, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Garden of Cosmic Speculation is situated 1½ miles northwest of Holywood.
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
Archaeological site
The Twelve Apostles is a large stone circle located between the villages of Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries, Scotland. It is the seventh largest stone circle in Britain and the largest on the mainland of Scotland. Twelve Apostles Stone Circle is situated 1¼ miles south of Holywood.
Ellisland Farm
Museum
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Ellisland Farm lies about 6.5 mi/10.4 km northwest of Dumfries near the village of Auldgirth, located in the Parish of Dunscore, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Ellisland Farm is situated 2 miles northwest of Holywood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge Drive and Dumfries.
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. Newbridge Drive is situated 2 miles south of Holywood.
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. Maxwelltown is situated 3½ miles south of Holywood.
Holywood
- Type: Building
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.11606° or 55° 6′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.64192° or 3° 38′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7R4985+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1466329876OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
railway=signal_box
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