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Stranraer Academy is a secondary school in Stranraer in south west Scotland. It serves the area of Stranraer, the Rhins, and parts of the Machars. The original Stranraer Academy was opened in 1845 at a cost of £2000 (equivalent to £160,000 in 2024). [3] [4] It was built on the site of the present Stranraer Campus of Dumfries & Galloway ...
South of Scotland Enterprise is the development agency for southern Scotland, covering the council areas of Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. [3] It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, [1] and was established in 2020, following the passage of the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019.
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.
Tourism supports 9,472 jobs and brought in £582m to Dumfries and Galloway, according to the South of Scotland Destination Alliance - a marketing organisation representing about 660 businesses ...
Jim Brogan: football player, Celtic F.C. and Scotland; Charles Forte: founder of the Forte group of hotels; Philip G. Fothergill: botanist; Ian Harnett (1926–2001): footballer, Queen's Park F.C. [8] John McDermott: artist and veteran affairs activist; Allan McNish: racing driver born in Dumfries and three-time winner of Le Mans 24. He ...
Annan Academy is a secondary school in Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The present school is the result of an amalgamation in 1921 of the original Annan Academy and Greenknowe Public School, although its history goes back to the 17th century.
The DG postcode area, also known as the Dumfries and Galloway postcode area, [2] is a group of fifteen postcode districts in south-west Scotland, within fourteen post towns. These cover most of Dumfries and Galloway, including Dumfries , Annan , Canonbie , Castle Douglas , Dalbeattie , Gretna , Kirkcudbright , Langholm , Lockerbie , Moffat ...
MOD West Freugh is located in Wigtownshire, 5 miles (8 km) south east of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and is operated by defence contractor QinetiQ, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. [1] It has always been an armaments training school, either for handling or deployment of ordnance.