Stranraer Harbour
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Stranraer Harbour is a coastal port in southwest Scotland that historically served as a key ferry terminal linking Scotland with Northern Ireland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stranraer Harbour canonical | 3 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
harbour
ⓘ
port ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Stranraer railway station ⓘ |
| bodyOfWaterType | sea loch ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Port of Larne
ⓘ
surface form:
Larne Harbour
Port of Belfast ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
Ordnance Survey National Grid
ⓘ
surface form:
Ordnance Survey National Grid (UK)
|
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| ferryOperationsMovedTo | Cairnryan ⓘ |
| functionAfterFerryClosure | local harbour ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole |
supporting local fishing industry
ⓘ
supporting local tourism ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
ferry terminal
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid | harbour lights ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown | Stranraer ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | principal Scottish terminal for ferries to Northern Ireland for much of the 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalRole | key ferry terminal between Scotland and Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dumfries and Galloway
ⓘ
Stranraer ⓘ southwest Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Wigtownshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Irish Sea
ⓘ
Loch Ryan ⓘ |
| nearbyPort | Cairnryan ⓘ |
| openingDate | 19th century ⓘ |
| partOf | cross-channel transport network between Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| region |
Central Lowlands of Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Lowlands of Scotland
|
| servedBy |
British Rail
ⓘ
surface form:
British Rail ferries
Sealink ⓘ Stena Line ⓘ |
| servedPassengerTraffic | yes ⓘ |
| servedRoute |
Stranraer–Belfast ferry route
ⓘ
Larne–Cairnryan ferry route ⓘ
surface form:
Stranraer–Larne ferry route
|
| servedVehicleTraffic | yes ⓘ |
| transportMode |
ferry
ⓘ
rail ⓘ road ⓘ |
| usedAsMajorFerryPortUntil | 2011 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commercial vessels
ⓘ
fishing boats ⓘ pleasure craft ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dumfries and Galloway