Stepends

Stepends is a residential area in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Stepends is situated nearby to Barburgh Mill Quarry, as well as near the forest Axe Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Closeburn Castle.

Closeburn Castle

House

Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.

Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. Closeburn Castle is situated 2 miles north of Stepends.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Closeburn and Thornhill.

Closeburn

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is situated 2 miles north of Stepends.

Thornhill

Town

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 4½ miles north of Stepends.

Penpont

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penpont is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands. Penpont is situated 5 miles northwest of Stepends.

Stepends

Type: Residential area
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.18048° or 55° 10′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.72856° or 3° 43′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C7R57JC+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 380533473

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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