Ross Bay
Ross Bay is a beach in Scotland, United Kingdom. Ross Bay is situated nearby to the peak Mull of Ross, as well as near the forest Bridghthouse Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Little Ross.
Little Ross
Island
Photo: Malcolm Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Ross is a 29-acre island with a lighthouse on the Solway Coast south of the town of Kirkcudbright in Galloway, Scotland. It is next to Meikle Ross on the mainland, which is a headland, and there are two small rocks off it, Sugarloaf and Fox Craig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkandrews and Kirkcudbright.
Kirkandrews
Hamlet
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkandrews, sometimes written as Kirkanders in older documents, is a coastal hamlet about 9 kilometres west-southwest of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kirkandrews is situated 4 miles northwest of Ross Bay.
Kirkcudbright
Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkcudbright is a coastal town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road. Twynholm is situated 6 miles north of Ross Bay.
Ross Bay
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.77842° or 54° 46′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.09849° or 4° 5′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6QQWH2+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 37850671OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Highlights include Mull of Ross and Bridghthouse Plantation.
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