Kirkton Post Office
Kirkton Post Office is a post office in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Kirkton Post Office is situated nearby to the public building Kirkton Hall, as well as near Kirkmahoe Parish Church.- Opening hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 AM—11:00 AM
- Type: Post office
- Postal code: DG1 1ST
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Locharbriggs Quarries and Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.
Locharbriggs Quarries
Quarry
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locharbriggs Quarries is a quarry, which is situated 1 mile east of Kirkton Post Office.
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
Archaeological site
The Twelve Apostles is a large stone circle located between the villages of Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries, Scotland. It is the seventh largest stone circle in Britain and the largest on the mainland of Scotland. Twelve Apostles Stone Circle is situated 2 miles southwest of Kirkton Post Office.
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
Museum
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The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotland, which was in service from June 1940 until 1957, when it closed. Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of Kirkton Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge Drive and Dumfries.
Newbridge Drive
Quarter
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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 2 miles southwest of Kirkton Post Office.
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.
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. Maxwelltown is situated 3½ miles south of Kirkton Post Office.
Kirkton Post Office
- Category: building
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.11557° or 55° 6′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.6084° or 3° 36′ 30″ westBrand
Post Office LimitedOpen location code
9C7R498R+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 98299115OpenStreetMap feature
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