Cairnryan
Sign in to saveCairnryan (; or ) is a village in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan, north of Stranraer and southwest of Glasgow.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cairnryan
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,757
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Cairnryan
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Càrn Rìoghain / Machair an Sgithich
- UK place.scots_name
- The Cairn
- UK place.population
- 142
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NX067683
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Wigtown
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Galloway and West Dumfries
- UK place.post_town
- STRANRAER
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +142
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- About to dock at Cairnryan - geograph.org.uk - 1255948.jpg
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Cairnryan (; or ) is a village in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan, north of Stranraer and southwest of Glasgow.
==History== Cairnryan is a linear settlement, looking across the main A77 road to Loch Ryan. It was established in 1701, when Lochryan House was built for Lt. Colonel Andrew Agnew, 9th of Croach, (along with many of the houses, to the north of the village) for workers on the Lochryan Estate. A local slate quarry, next to Cairn Hill, which overlooks the village, provided the slates for the housing. The estate included a deer park and a bowling green. Lochryan House was re-modelled in the 1820s and is visible from the main road.