Places to see in ( Stranraer - UK )
Places to see in ( Stranraer - UK )
Stranraer is a town in Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan, on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town.
Stranraer is an administrative centre for the West Galloway Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway. It is best known as having been a ferry port, previously connecting Scotland with Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland; the last service was transferred to nearby Cairnryan in November 2011. The main industries in the area are the ferry port, with associated industries, tourism and, more traditionally, farming.
Some argue that the name comes from the Scottish Gaelic An t-Sròn Reamhar meaning The Fat Nose, but which more prosaically might be rendered as the broad headland. The most commonly accepted explanation is that it derives its name from the strand or burn which divides the row, raw, of houses on its banks. (The town burn, now under the two Strand streets.) In time Strandraw was named and spelled Stranrawer, and afterwards Stranraer.
The A77 runs north towards Ayr, Prestwick and Glasgow. The A75 runs east from Stranraer to Gretna, with links to the M6 going to Carlisle. The A75 is part of European route E18, but, like all European routes, it is not signposted as such in the United Kingdom. The main national coach providers operate services from Stranraer. National Express offer a service to London, and Scottish Citylink (in association with Ulsterbus) operate services to Edinburgh.
Stranraer railway station is the southern terminus for one of the branch lines of the Glasgow South Western Line. Trains are provided by Abellio ScotRail daily to Ayr, Glasgow Central, and Kilmarnock. From Stranraer connections to the West Coast Main Line, can be made at Glasgow Central, or traveling via Ayr, Kilmarnock, Dumfries to Carlisle. Onward trains from either Glasgow Central or Carlisle connect direct to London Euston and other destinations such as Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and Birmingham New Street.
The Castle of St. John is a medieval tower house, built around 1500 by the Adairs of Kilhilt. It has been used as a home, a court, a prison, and a military garrison, the last during the Killing Times in the 1680s. The Old Town Hall, built in 1776, now houses the Stranraer Museum with its displays of Victorian Wigtownshire and the town's polar explorers, Sir John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross. The town is also home to the North West Castle, built in 1820 and the first hotel in the world with its own indoor curling ice rink.
Local tourist attractions include:
Ardwell Gardens
Castle of St John
Castle Kennedy Gardens – a 75-acre (30 ha) garden between two lochs, noted for its rhododendrons, azaleas and embothriums in the grounds of Lochinch Castle, the seat of the Earls of Stair.
Glenluce Abbey – a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.
Glenwhan Gardens – a 12-acre (4.9 ha) garden near Dunragit.
Logan Botanic Garden, near Port Logan village, one of the four sites of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Mull of Galloway – the most southerly point of Scotland, with a lighthouse, visitor centre and RSPB bird reserve.
Portpatrick
The Robert the Bruce Trail begins at Loch Ryan, near Stranraer.
Southern Upland Way – a 212-mile (341 km) coast-to-coast path between Portpatrick and Cockburnspath.
Stranraer Museum
Whithorn – with its relics of St Ninian.
Wigtown – Scotland's national book town.
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Historic Scotland,
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Forestry Commission Scotland:
FCS visitor centres at Clatteringshaws Loch and Glen Trool,
FCS nature reserve by Loch Trool;
Scottish Natural Heritage;
Scotland's National Nature Reserves;
RSPB nature reserves at Mersehead Sands, Wood of Cree, Mull of Galloway;
WWT nature reserve at Caerlaverock;
The largest independent 'Local Nature Reserve' in the British Isles at Wigtown Bay;
The nature reserve at Cream o' Galloway;
Lighthouse visitor centre, Mull of Galloway;
Botanic Gardens, Logan;
The Reverend Henry Duncan, 1774-1846, founder of savings banks, restorer of the Ruthwell Cross;
Robert the Bruce, 1274-1329, who defeated the English at Glen Trool;
The statue of Robbie Burns, Dumfries: A Man's A Man For A' That.
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1) Ruthwell Cross;
2) Ruthwell Cross;
3) Ruthwell Cross;
4) Ruthwell Church;
5) Savings Bank Museum, Ruthwell;
6) Museum;
7) Museum;
8) Museum Building;
9) Comlongon Castle, now a hotel;
10) Caerlaverock, WWT nature reserve;
11) Caerlaverock, reserve;
12) Caerlaverock, the second castle;
13) Caerlaverock, second castle;
14) Caerlaverock, the first castle, remains;
15) Caerlaverock, second castle;
16) Dumfries, a swollen River Nith;
17) Dumfries, statue of Robbie Burns;
18) Sweetheart Abbey;
19) Sweetheart Abbey;
20) Criffel Hill;
21) Sandyhills Bay, beach;
22) Sandyhills Bay, waterwheel;
23) Sandyhills Bay, beach;
24) Sandyhills Bay, campsite;
25) Tower near Kirkgunzeon;
26) Brighouse Bay;
27) Cream o' Galloway, nature reserve;
28) Cardoness Castle;
29) Road over Bengray to Laurieston Forest;
30) Loch Ken, campsite;
31) Loch Ken, fishing;
32) Loch Ken;
33) Loch Ken, disused railway viaduct;
34) View Northwards from viaduct;
35) Black Craig of Dee;
36) Clatteringshaws Loch;
37) Perished tree roots;
38) Clatteringshaws Iron Age Roundhouse;
39) Roundhouse foundation;
40) Always share your quiche with Chaffinches;
41) Clatteringshaws Loch, dam wall;
42) Cairnholy (two, situated uphill);
43) Cairnholy (two);
44) Cairnholy (one, situated downhill);
45) Cairnholy (one, courtyard at the front);
46) Cairnholy (one, cairn at the rear);
47) Road over Cairnharrow at Glen village;
48) Wood of Cree, RSPB nature reserve;
49) Glen Trool, Loch Trool;
50) Glen Trool, stone marks the victory of Robert the Bruce;
51) Buchan Burn, FCS reserve;
52) Buchan Burn;
53) Water of Minnoch, FCS visitor centre;
54) Water of Minnoch;
55) Descent from Polmaddie Hill & Carrick Forest to Barr village;
56) Girvan, station;
57) Girvan, band practise;
58) Girvan, harbour;
59) Girvan, beach;
60) Pinmore, railway viaduct on the Girvan-Stranraer line;
61) Pinmore, viaduct;
62) Forestry at Carserrigan;
63) Swallows nesting;
64) Torhouse Stone Circle;
65) Torhouse Stone Circle;
66) Torhouse, stone avenue to the East;
67) Garlieston Harbour;
68) Isle of Whithorn, harbour;
69) St. Ninian's Cave;
70) Barsalloch Fort;
71) Barsalloch Fort;
72) Druchtag Motte;
73) Druchtag Motte;
74) Drumtroddan Cup & Ring Marks;
75) Drumtroddan Cup & Ring Marks;
76) Drumtroddan Standing Stones;
77) Drumtroddan Standing Stones;
78) Whithorn Priory;
79) Whithorn Priory;
80) Restaurant at the top of the cliff, Mull of Galloway;
81) Lighthouse, Mull of Galloway;
82) Lighthouse, showing 250W sealed beams;
83) Logan Botanic Gardens;
84) Logan Botanic Gardens;
85) Logan Botanic Gardens;
86) Portpatrick Harbour.
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Christian monasticism is the devotional practice of individuals who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the Old Testament, but not mandated as an institution in the scriptures. It has come to be regulated by religious rules (e.g. the Rule of Saint Augustine, Anthony the Great, St Pachomius, the Rule of St Basil, the Rule of St Benedict,) and, in modern times, the Canon law of the respective Christian denominations that have forms of monastic living. Those living the monastic life are known by the generic terms monks (men) and nuns (women). The word monk originated from the Greek monachos monk, itself from monos meaning alone.Monks did not live in monasteries at first, rather, they began by living alone, as the word monos might suggest. As more people took on the lives of monks, living alone in the wilderness, they started to come together and model themselves after the original monks nearby. Quickly, the monks formed communities to further their ability to observe an ascetic life. According to Christianity historian Robert Louis Wilken, By creating an alternate social structure within the Church they laid the foundations for one of the most enduring Christian institutions . . . Monastics generally dwell in a monastery, whether they live there in community (cenobites), or in seclusion (recluses).