St Benedict’s Convent
St Benedict’s Convent is a historic building in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland which is located on Maxwell Street. St Benedict’s Convent is situated nearby to the suburb Maxwelltown, as well as near the community center Troqueer Church Hall and Resource Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dumfries Museum and Palmerston Park.
Dumfries Museum
Museum
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Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era. Dumfries Museum is situated 1,000 feet east of St Benedict’s Convent.
Palmerston Park
Stadium
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Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. Palmerston Park is situated 2,000 feet northwest of St Benedict’s Convent.
Devorgilla Bridge
Bridge
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Devorgilla Bridge is situated 1,100 feet northeast of St Benedict’s Convent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maxwelltown and Dumfries.
Maxwelltown
Suburb
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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.
Dumfries
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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.
Troqueer
Suburb
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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.
St Benedict’s Convent
- Type: Historic building
- Address: 28-30 Maxwell Street, Dumfries, DG2 7AW
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.06567° or 55° 3′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.61943° or 3° 37′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C7R398J+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 822117469OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Troqueer Church Hall and Resource Centre and Maxwellton West Church.
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