Crooks
Crooks is a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Crooks is situated nearby to the forest Kiln Hill Plantation, as well as near Mabie Forest.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pict’s Knowe and Crichton Memorial Church, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries.
Pict’s Knowe
Archaeological site
Pict's Knowe is a henge monument in the parish of Troqueer, Dumfries and Galloway. It is one of a small group of henge monuments around Dumfries which includes Broadlea henge near Annan. Pict’s Knowe is situated 1 mile northwest of Crooks.
Crichton Memorial Church, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries
Church
Photo: Grant McIntosh Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crichton Memorial Church, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries is situated 2½ miles northeast of Crooks.
Lochaber Loch
Photo: Andy Connor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochaber Loch is a small, lowland freshwater loch that lies among steep-sided hills, approximately 4.5 mi to the west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch is somewhat triangular in shape and is 0.5 mi long and 0.25 mi at its widest point. Lochaber Loch is situated 2½ miles west of Crooks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Crichton and Troqueer.
The Crichton
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The Crichton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Crooks.
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. Troqueer is situated 3 miles north of Crooks.
New Abbey
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 3 miles south of Crooks.
Crooks
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.02124° or 55° 1′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.627° or 3° 37′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C7R29CF+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 377621246OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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