Big Plantation

Big Plantation is a forest in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Big Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Culhorn Mains, as well as near the locality Lochans Moor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of St John and Stair Park.

Castle of St John

Photo: jaqian, CC BY 2.0.

The Castle of St John, also known as Stranraer Castle, is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house in the centre of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

Stair Park

Stadium

Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stair Park is a public park and football stadium in the town of Stranraer, Scotland and is the home of Stranraer F.C. It is owned by Dumfries and Galloway Council and is situated next to the London Road and the railway line in the town.

Stranraer railway station

Railway station

Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stranraer railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is measured 53 miles 77 chains from the former signal box at Castle Douglas and is the terminus of the Glasgow South Western Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stranraer and Castle Kennedy.

Stranraer

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stranraer is a town in Dumfries and Galloway near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a port with ferries to Northern Ireland, though nowadays these all sail from Cairnryan a few miles north.

Castle Kennedy

Village

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Castle Kennedy is a small village 3 miles east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is on the A75 road, and is within the civil parish of Inch.

Big Plantation

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

54.8927° or 54° 53′ 34″ north

Longitude

-4.9996° or 4° 59′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C6QV2V2+35

OpenStreetMap ID

way 59135909

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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