New Galloway

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New Galloway is a small historic town in southwest Scotland, known as one of the smallest Royal Burghs in the country and a gateway to the Galloway Forest Park.

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Label Occurrences
New Galloway canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal burgh
settlement
town
climate temperate oceanic climate
country Scotland
distanceTo about 1 mile north of Laurieston
about 20 miles north of Kirkcudbright
about 30 miles west of Dumfries
governingBody Dumfries and Galloway council area
surface form: Dumfries and Galloway Council
hasAmenity hotel
post office
tea room
village shop
hasCategory Royal burghs
Towns in Dumfries and Galloway
Villages in Dumfries and Galloway
hasDialCode 01644
hasFunction local service centre for surrounding rural area
tourist centre for Galloway Forest Park
hasLandmark Kells Parish Church
New Galloway Golf Club
town hall
hasNearbyAttraction Clatteringshaws Loch
Galloway Forest Park
Loch Ken
Raiders Road Forest Drive
hasOSGridReference NX6377
hasParish Rhinns of Kells
surface form: Kells
hasPostcodeArea DG
hasPostcodeDistrict DG7
hasPostTown CASTLE DOUGLAS
historicCounty Kirkcudbrightshire NERFINISHED
isGatewayTo Galloway Forest Park
knownFor being one of the smallest Royal Burghs in Scotland
historic character
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway
southwest Scotland
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Dumfries and Galloway council area
locatedInParish Kells parish
locatedOn east bank of the Water of Ken
near Loch Ken
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture in surrounding area
tourism
region Galloway
roadAccess A712 road NERFINISHED
A762 road NERFINISHED

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Dumfries and Galloway council area containsVillage New Galloway
subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire containsVillage New Galloway
subject surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire
Loch Ken hasNearbySettlement New Galloway