Townhead
Townhead is a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Townhead is situated nearby to the forest Dundrum Plantation, as well as near Steilston Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ellisland Farm and Irongray Church And Churchyard.
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 northeast of Townhead.
Irongray Church And Churchyard
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Irongray Church And Churchyard is situated 2 miles southeast of Townhead.
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 4½ miles southeast of Townhead.
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 6 miles southeast of Townhead.
Townhead
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.12382° or 55° 7′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.72967° or 3° 43′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C7R47FC+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 380400282OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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