Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. ^[1]

A7 road (Great Britain)

The A7 is a major trunk road in the United Kingdom, that runs south from Edinburgh in Central Scotland to Carlisle in North West England.

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A701 road

The A701 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Dumfries to Edinburgh.

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A74(M) and M74 motorways

The A74(M) and M74 form a major motorway in the United Kingdom, mainly in Scotland, with a short section in England.

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A75 road

The A75 is a Primary Trunk Road in Scotland, linking Stranraer and its ferry ports at Cairnryan with the A74(M) at Gretna, close to the Border with England and the M6 Motorway.

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A76 road

The A76 is a major trunk road in south west Scotland.

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A77 road

The A77 road is a major road in Scotland.

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Abellio ScotRail

Abellio ScotRail, (Rèile na h-Alba), operating services under the name ScotRail, is the national train operating company of Scotland.

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Administrative centre

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

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Ae, Dumfries and Galloway

Ae (pronounced) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland.

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Airds of Kells

Airds of Kells is a village in the parish of Kells, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Airieland

Airieland is a village in the Scottish council area of Dumfries and Galloway.

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Anglo-Scottish border

The Anglo-Scottish border between England and Scotland runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.

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Annan Academy

Annan Academy is a secondary school in Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Annan railway station

Annan railway station serves the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Annan, Dumfries and Galloway

Annan (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Anainn) is a town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Annandale

Annandale (Gaelic: Srath Anann) is a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, named after the River Annan.

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Annandale Way

The Annandale Way is a hiking trail in Scotland.

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Anwoth

Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright, in South West Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway.

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Ardwell

Ardwell (from Gaelic Àrd Bhaile meaning "high town", pronounced as "Ardwell") is a village in the Scottish unitary council area of Dumfries and Galloway.

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Auchencairn

Auchencairn is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Ayr

Ayr (Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a large town and former Royal Burgh on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland.

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Ayr railway station

Ayr railway station serves the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is an historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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Bargrennan

Bargrennan church Bargrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, in the south west of Scotland.

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Beattock

Beattock is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, approximately south-west of Moffat and north of Dumfries.

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The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Beeswing, Dumfries and Galloway

Beeswing is a small village in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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Belfast Harbour

Belfast Harbour is a major maritime hub in Northern Ireland, handling 67% of Northern Ireland’s seaborne trade and about 25% of the maritime trade of the entire island of Ireland.

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Bentpath

Bentpath is a small village between Eskdalemuir and Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Big Burns Supper

The Big Burns Supper (launched in 2011) is an annual contemporary arts festival held in Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway

Borgue (pronounced) is a village and parish in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Brydekirk

Brydekirk (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Bhride) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland located approximately 2.5 miles north of Annan.

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Caerlaverock

Caerlaverock (Gaelic Cille Bhlàthain) is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Caerlaverock Castle

Caerlaverock Castle (from "caer laverock", "lark castle") is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century.

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Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve

Caerlaverock is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering part of the Solway Firth and the land south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Cairngaan

Cairngaan, Wigtownshire, is the southmost settlement in Scotland.

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Cairnryan

Cairnryan (The Cairn; Machair an Sgithich) is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, previously Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Cardoness Castle

Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in south west Scotland.

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Cargenbridge

Cargenbridge is a hamlet located in Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom southwest of Dumfries.

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Carlisle Lake District Airport

Carlisle Lake District Airport is a small regional airport located east northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

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Carsphairn

Carsphairn (Gaelic: An Còrsa Feàrna) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Carsphairn and Scaur Hills

The Carsphairn and Scaur hills are the western and eastern hills respectively of a hill range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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Castle Douglas

Castle Douglas (Caisteal Dhùghlais) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway

The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway was a railway in south west Scotland which linked Castle Douglas to Dumfries.

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Castle Douglas High School

Castle Douglas High School is a comprehensive state school situated in south west Scotland, in Castle Douglas.

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Castle Kennedy

Castle Kennedy is a small village east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Clan Gordon

Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a Scottish clan.

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Clarencefield

Clarencefield is a small village in Ruthwell Parish between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Clydesdale

Clydesdale (pronounced; Dail Chluaidh in Scottish Gaelic, pronounced) is an archaic name for Lanarkshire, a county in Scotland.

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Coast guard

A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country.

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Corsewall Lighthouse

Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.

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Corsock

Corsock is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Councillor

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

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Creetown

Creetown is a small seaside town in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, which forms part of Galloway in the Dumfries and Galloway council area in south-west Scotland.

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Criffel

Criffel is a hill in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Cruggleton Castle

Cruggleton Castle is a multi-period archaeological site on coast of the Machars, in south-west Scotland.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Dalbeattie

Dalbeattie (Dawbeattie, from Gaelic Dail Bheithe meaning "valley of birch") is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Dalbeattie High School

Dalbeattie High School is a small rural secondary school near the centre of Dalbeattie in the south of Scotland.

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Dalmellington

Dalmellington (Dawmellinton, Dail M'Fhaolain) is a market town and civil parish in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway

The village of Dalton is a small settlement about 10 miles southeast of Dumfries and 4 miles south of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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David Mundell

David Gordon Mundell, (born 27 May 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician and solicitor.

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Devil's Beef Tub

The Devil's Beef Tub, (Marquis of Annandale's Beef-Tub, Beef-Stand, MacCleran's Loup) is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat.

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Dornock

Dornock is a small Scottish village in Dumfries and Galloway, situated about one mile west of Eastriggs and two miles east of Annan.

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Douglas Ewart High School

Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922.

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Drumlanrig

Drumlanrig (Scottish Gaelic: Druim Lannraig) is a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which is best known for nearby Drumlanrig Castle.

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Drumlanrig Castle

Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Drummore

Not to be confused with Drummuir, north east Scotland Drummore (from Gaelic An Druim Mòr meaning "the great ridge") is a village at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Wigtownshire, Scotland: it has two satellite clachans, called Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur.

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Dumfries

Dumfries (possibly from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Dumfries Academy

Dumfries Academy is one of four secondary schools in Dumfries in south west Scotland.

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Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfries and Galloway is a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland until 1 April 2013.

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Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service

Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service was the statutory fire and rescue sercvice for the area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is the main hospital in Dumfries.

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Dumfries High School

Dumfries High School is situated in a residential area of Marchmount in Dumfries, Scotland, adjacent to the David Keswick Athletic Centre, which provides sporting facilities both for the school and the local community.

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Dumfries railway station

Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).

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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland, within the Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders council areas.

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Dundrennan

Dundrennan (Gaelic: Dun Droighnein) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about five miles east of Kirkcudbright.

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Dunragit

Dunragit (Dùn Reicheit) is a village on the A75, between Stranraer and Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Dunscore

Dunscore is a small village which lies northwest of Dumfries on the B729, in Dumfriesshire, in the District Council Region of Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire (Aest Ayrshire, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland.

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Eastriggs

Eastriggs is a village in the south of Dumfries and Galloway.

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Ecclefechan

Ecclefechan (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Fheichein) is a small village in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Eskdale (Scotland)

Eskdale (Gaelic: Eisgeadal) is a glen in the county of Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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Eskdalemuir

Eskdalemuir is a civil parish and small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, with a population of 265.

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Ettrick, Scotland

Ettrick is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

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Euston railway station

Euston railway station (also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail.

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Finlay Carson

Finlay Hamilton Carson (born 18 October 1967) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Galloway and West Dumfries constituency since the election in May 2016.

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Fire and rescue authority (Scotland)

A fire and rescue authority (FRA) was a type of body constituted under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (FSA 2005) for the purposes of providing and managing fire-fighting and rescue services within a council area or group of such areas in Scotland.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in England and Scotland (on 1 April 2013 Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales).

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Galloway

Galloway (Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Galloway and West Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Galloway and West Dumfries is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).

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Galloway Community Hospital

The Galloway Community Hospital is an NHS Scotland hospital in Stranraer, Galloway, Scotland.

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Galloway Forest Park

Galloway Forest Park is a forest park operated by Forestry Commission Scotland, principally covering woodland in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Galloway Hills

The Galloway hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway.

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Galloway hydro-electric power scheme

The Galloway hydro-electric power scheme is a network of dams and hydro-electric power stations in Galloway, south west Scotland.

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Garlieston

Garlieston is a small planned coastal village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland.

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Gatehouse of Fleet

Gatehouse of Fleet (Gatehoose o Fleet Taigh an Rathaid) is a town in the Civil Parish of Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, within the District Council Region of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which has existed since the mid-18th century, although the area has been inhabited since much earlier.

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Girvan

Girvan (Inbhir Gharbhain, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Glasgow and South Western Railway

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland.

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Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK) is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and from the city centre of Glasgow.

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Glasgow South Western Line

The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride.

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Glencaple

Glencaple is a small settlement in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland.

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Glenlair House

Glenlair House, near the village of Corsock in the Scottish Council area of Dumfries and Galloway, was the home of the physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879).

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Glenluce

Glenluce (Clachan Ghlinn Lus) is a small village in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Glenluce Abbey

Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland.

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Gretna Green

Gretna Green is a village in the south of Scotland famous for runaway weddings.

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Gretna Green railway station

Gretna Green railway station serves the village of Gretna Green and the town of Gretna in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway

Gretna (Greatna) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Haugh of Urr

Haugh of Urr, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Hawick

Hawick (Haaick, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland (Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

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HM Factory, Gretna

H.M. Factory, Gretna was the United Kingdom's largest Cordite factory in World War I. The government-owned facility was adjacent to the Solway Firth, near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway.

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Hoddom

Hoddom is a small settlement and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Houston's Restaurant

Houston's Restaurant is an upscale American casual dining restaurant chain, owned by Hillstone Restaurant Group, whose main corporate headquarters is in Beverly Hills, California.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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Isle of Whithorn

Isle of Whithorn (Port Rosnait in Gaelic), is one of the most southerly villages and seaports in Scotland, lying on the coast north east of Burrow Head, about three miles from Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway.

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James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish scientist in the field of mathematical physics.

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John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Lord of Lochaber, also known simply as the Red Comyn (c. 1269 – 10 February 1306), was a Scottish nobleman who was an important figure in the First War of Scottish Independence, and was Guardian of Scotland during the Second Interregnum (1296–1306).

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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War.

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Johnsfield

Johnsfield is a settlement near Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Johnstonebridge

Johnstonebridge is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre

Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Karma Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir, near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Keir, Dumfries and Galloway

Keir is a civil parish, containing the small village of Keir Mill, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, one mile south of Penpont.

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Kelloholm

Kelloholm is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kenmure Castle

Kenmure Castle is a country house located in The Glenkens, south of the town of New Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock (Cille Mheàrnaig, "Meàrnag's church") is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 46,350, making it the 15th most populated place in Scotland and the second largest town in Ayrshire.

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Kilmarnock railway station

Kilmarnock railway station is a railway station in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Kilquhanity School

Kilquhanity School was one of several free schools to have been established in the United Kingdom in the twentieth century.

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Kippford

Kippford (otherwise Scaur) is a small village along the Solway coast, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kirkbean

Kirkbean is a small village and civil parish near the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kirkcolm

Kirkcolm (Kirkcaum) is a village and civil parish on the northern tip of the Rhinns of Galloway peninsula, south-west Scotland.

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Kirkconnel

Kirkconnel (Gaelic: Cille Chonaill) is a small parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland.

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Kirkconnel railway station

Kirkconnel railway station is a railway station in the town of Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright, (Cille Chuithbeirt) is a town and parish in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which it is traditionally the county town, within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kirkcudbright Academy

Kirkcudbright Academy is a state funded, six-year secondary school in Kirkcudbright, Scotland with about 450 pupils and 87 staff including teaching, support and administration.

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Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire, or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.

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Kirkinner

Kirkinner is a village in the Machars, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Kirkpatrick Durham

Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Lake District

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England.

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Langholm

Langholm, also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway in southern Scotland.

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Langholm Academy

Langholm Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational six-year comprehensive secondary school in Langholm, Scotland.

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Larne Harbour railway station

Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan.

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Leswalt

Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The lieutenancy areas of Scotland (Lieutenancy auries o Scotland) are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland.

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Lifeboat (rescue)

A rescue lifeboat is a boat rescue craft which is used to attend a vessel in distress, or its survivors, to rescue crew and passengers.

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List of Scottish monarchs

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland.

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List of state schools in Scotland (council areas excluding cities, A–D)

The following is a partial list of currently operating state schools in the unitary council areas of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire and Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.

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Local government areas of Scotland (1973–1996)

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

The Local Government etc.

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Loch Ken

Loch Ken is 9-mile long freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Locharbriggs

Locharbriggs is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Lochmaben

Lochmaben (Gaelic: Loch Mhabain) is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle.

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Lockerbie

Lockerbie (Locarbaidh) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland.

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Lockerbie Academy

Lockerbie Academy is a mainstream non-denominational secondary school in Lockerbie, Scotland.

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Lockerbie railway station

Lockerbie railway station lies on the West Coast Main Line between and Carstairs in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Long-distance trail

A long-distance trail (or long-distance track, path, footpath or greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas, used for non-motorized recreational walking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing.

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Lowther Hills

The Lowther Hills, also sometimes known as the Lowthers, are an extensive area of hill country in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, though some sub ranges of hills in this area also go under their own local names - see "Hill Walking" below.

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Luce Bay

Luce Bay is a large bay in Wigtownshire in southern Scotland.

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Mabie, Dumfries and Galloway

Mabie is a collection of mountain biking routes located in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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Machars

The Machars (Scottish Gaelic: Machair (Ghallghaidhealaibh); lit. "the Plains (of Galloway)") is a peninsula in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland.

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MacLellan's Castle

MacLellan's Castle in the town of Kirkcudbright, southwest Scotland, was built in the late 16th century.

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Maxwelltown High School

Maxwelltown High School is a state funded, six-year comprehensive secondary school in the Lochside area of Dumfries, Scotland.

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McEwan's

McEwan's is a brand of beer owned by Marston's Brewery.

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Millhousebridge

Millhousebridge (Gd: Drochaid a' Mhuilinn) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Mochrum

Mochrum (Magh-dhruim, ‘ridge of the plain’) is a coastal civil and Church of Scotland parish situated to the east of Luce Bay on the Machars peninsula and southwest of Wigtown in Galloway, Scotland.

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Moffat

Moffat (Scottish Gaelic: Am Magh Fada, "The Long Plain") is a former burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500.

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Moffat Academy

Moffat Academy is a school in Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Moffat Hills

The Moffat hills are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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Moniaive

Moniaive (Am Moine Naomh, "The Holy Moor") is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, South-West Scotland.

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Mull of Galloway

The Mull of Galloway (Maol nan Gall) is the southernmost point of Scotland.

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National Museum of Costume

The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland.

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National nature reserve (United Kingdom)

Some statutory nature reserves are designated by national bodies in the United Kingdom, and are known as national nature reserves.

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National scenic area (Scotland)

A national scenic area (NSA) is a conservation designation used in Scotland, and administered by Scottish Natural Heritage.

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Natterjack toad

The natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) is a toad native to sandy and heathland areas of Europe.

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New Abbey

New Abbey is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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New Cumnock

New Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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New Galloway

New Galloway (Gd: Baile Ur Ghall-Ghaidhealaibh) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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New Luce

New Luce is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Newton Stewart

Newton Stewart (Gd: Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach) is a former burgh town in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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Newton Wamphray

Newton Wamphray is a village in Dumfries and Galloway.

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NHS Dumfries and Galloway

NHS Dumfries and Galloway (Bòrd SSN Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is the health board serving the Dumfries and Galloway region.

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Nithsdale

Nithsdale (Srath Nid in Scottish Gaelic), also known by its anglicised gaelic name Strathnith or Stranit, is the strath of the River Nith in Scotland, and the name of the region.

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Northern (train operating company)

Northern, the trading name of Arriva Rail North, is a train operating company in Northern England.

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Northern crested newt

The northern crested newt, also known as the great crested newt or warty newt (Triturus cristatus) is a newt in the family Salamandridae, found across Europe and parts of Asia.

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Oliver Mundell

Oliver Gordon Watson Mundell is a Scottish Conservative Party politician.

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Orchardton Tower

Orchardton Tower, is a ruined tower house in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland.

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P&O Irish Sea

P&O Irish Sea was the trading name of P&O Ferries in the Irish Sea from 1998 to 2010, when it was merged back into and rebranded P&O Ferries.

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Palnackie

Palnackie is a village in the parish of Buittle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Pan Am Flight 103

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York.

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Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway

Parkgate is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Parton, Dumfries and Galloway

Parton is a village situated on the banks of the River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Penpont

Penpont is a village about west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.

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Police Scotland

Police Scotland (Poileas Alba; Polis Scotland) – legally named the Police Service of Scotland – is the national police force of Scotland.

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Port William, Dumfries and Galloway

Port William is a fishing village in the parish of Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland with a population of approximately 460.

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Portpatrick

Portpatrick (Port Phàdraig), is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint RailwaysThe final word is in the plural.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Rhins of Galloway

The Rhins of Galloway otherwise known as the Rhins of Wigtownshire (or as The Rhins, also spelt The Rhinns; Na Rannaibh) is a hammer-head peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Ringford

Ringford is a village in the Dumfries and Galloway hills located at beside the Tarff Water.

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River Annan

The River Annan (Abhainn Anann in Gaelic) is a river in south-west Scotland.

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River Clyde

The River Clyde (Abhainn Chluaidh,, Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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River Cree

The River Cree is a river in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland which runs through Newton Stewart and into the Solway Firth.

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River Dee, Galloway

The River Dee (Dè / Uisge Dhè), in south-west Scotland, flows from its source in Loch Dee amongst the Galloway Hills, firstly to Clatteringshaws Loch, then into Loch Ken, where it joins the Water of Ken.

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River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway

The River Esk (Easg), also called the Border Esk, is a river in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that flows into the Solway Firth.

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River Nith

The River Nith (Abhainn Nid; Novius) is a river in south-west Scotland.

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River Teviot

The River Teviot, or Teviot Water, is a river of the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and a tributary of the River Tweed.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.

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Robgill Tower

Robgill Tower is a tower house near Ecclefechan.

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Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway

Rockcliffe is a small, coastal village in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, with a view of Rough Island, Hestan Island, the Solway Firth and sometimes the Lake District.

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Rough Firth

Rough Firth is an inlet on the northern coast of the Solway Firth in the Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Rough Island, Scotland

The isle of Rough is a 20-acre (8 ha) tidal island located in the Rough Firth off the Solway Firth, Scotland, in the same region where the River Urr flows into the Solway.

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.

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Ruthwell

Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Ruthwell Cross

The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.

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Sandhead

Sandhead is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland.

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Sandyhills

Sandyhills is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

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Sanquhar

Sanquhar (Sanchar, Seanchair) is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Sanquhar railway station

Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders (The Mairches, "The Marches"; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP; Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots Naitional Pairtie) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland.

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Scottish Power

ScottishPower Ltd. is a vertically integrated energy company with its headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Selkirk, Scottish Borders

Selkirk is a town and historic Royal Burgh in the Scottish Borders Council district of southeastern Scotland.

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Sheriffdom

A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland, led by a sheriff principal.

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Shires of Scotland

The counties or shires of Scotland (Siorrachdan na h-Alba) are geographic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Solway Firth

The Solway Firth (Tràchd Romhra) is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway.

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Sorbie

Sorbie is a small village in Wigtownshire, Machars, within the Administration area of Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland.

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South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire (Sooth Ayrshire; Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire.

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South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire (Sooth Lanrikshire, Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland.

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Southern Upland Way

The Southern Upland Way is a coast-to-coast walk in Scotland between Portpatrick in the west, and Cockburnspath in the east.

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Southern Uplands

The Southern Uplands are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Lowlands and the Highlands).

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Spring Fling Open Studios

Spring Fling Open Studios (also known as Spring Fling) is an open studio event based in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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St John's Town of Dalry

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St Joseph's College, Dumfries

St Joseph's College is situated on the Craigs Road in Dumfries, south west Scotland.

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Stagecoach West Scotland

Stagecoach West Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, comprising Western Buses Ltd based in Ayr, Scotland.

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Stena Line

Stena Line is one of the largest ferry operators in the world.

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Stewartry

Stewartry is a committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Stoneykirk

Stoneykirk is an area and a village in the heart of the Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, in the District Council Region of Dumfries and Galloway south west Scotland nearly ten miles in length and three and a half miles in breadth, bounded on the east by the bay of Luce, and on the west by the Irish Channel, south of Stranraer.

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Stranraer

Stranraer (An t-Sròn Reamhar) is a town in Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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Stranraer Academy

Stranraer Academy is a secondary school in Stranraer in south west Scotland.

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Stranraer railway station

Stranraer railway station (sometimes known as Stranraer Harbour railway station) is a railway station that serves the town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".

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Sweetheart Abbey

The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gd: An Abaid Ur), or New Abbey Pow, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the town of New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, south of Dumfries, near to the Nith in south-west Scotland.

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Templand

Templand is a village in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, a few kilometers northwest of Lockerbie.

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Terregles

Terregles (pronounced tree-gulls) is a village and civil parish near Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Teviothead

Teviothead (Ceann Tìbhiot) is a small village and civil parish in Teviotdale in the Scottish Borders, known locally as Teviotheid.

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Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway

Thornhill (Bàrr na Driseig) is a town in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road.

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Threave Castle

Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, west of Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express (legally known as First TransPennine Express Limited) First TransPennine Express Limited is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup operating the TransPennine Express franchise.

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Twynholm

Twynholm is a village in Scotland.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Unthank, Dumfries and Galloway

Unthank is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group that has operated the InterCity West Coast franchise since 9 March 1997.

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Wallace Hall Academy

Wallace Hall Academy is a secondary school in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, in the south-west of Scotland, currently with a roll of over 600 pupils.

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Wanlockhead

Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and one mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Water of Fleet

The Water of Fleet is a river in Scotland flowing into Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth.

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Water of Ken

The Water of Ken is a river in Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow.

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Whithorn

Whithorn (Taigh Mhàrtainn in Gaelic) is a former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown.

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Wigtown

Wigtown (Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland.

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Wigtown Book Festival

The Wigtown Book Festival is a ten-day literary festival held each autumn in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Wigtownshire

Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland.

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Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is an international wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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WWT Caerlaverock

WWT Caerlaverock is wetland nature reserve in southwest Scotland, one of nine reserves in Britain operated by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust founded by Sir Peter Scott.

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7stanes

The 7stanes are seven mountain biking centres spanning the south of Scotland, from the heart of the Scottish Borders to Dumfries and Galloway.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway

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