Portpatrick
Sign in to savePortpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway. The parish is about in length and in breadth, covering .
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Place details
- Locality
- Portpatrick
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 620
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Portpatrick
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Port Phàdraig
- UK place.scots_name
- Portpaitrick
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NW995545
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.civil_parish
- Portpatrick
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Wigtownshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Galloway and West Dumfries
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +640
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Portpatrick-04-Hafen von oben-1989-gje.jpg
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- P7959
- Wigtownshire
- P8168
- Carlow
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Features
- Harbour
- St Patrick's Church
- Railway
- Dunskey Castle
- Cairn Pat (Cairnpot) Hill Fort or settlement
- Portpatrick Navtex transmissions
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Portpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway. The parish is about in length and in breadth, covering .
== History == Dating back some 700 years and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick's position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the Northern Irish coast to the west, with cliff-top walks and beaches both north and south. The Gulf Stream, flowing in from the north, gives the coastline a pleasant climate, in which subtropical plant life can flourish.