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Dumfries
is a town within the Dumfries and Galloway
council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth. Dumfries’
nickname is Queen of the
South.
Dumfries has several suburbs including Palerston Park,
home to the town's senior football team Queen of the
South.
The suburbs are Summerhill, Summerville, Troqueer,
Georgetown, Larchfield, Calside, Lochside, Lincluden, Newbridge, Sandside,
Heathhall, Locharbriggs, Noblehill and Marchmount.
Maxwelltown to the west
of the river Nith, was formerly a Burgh in its own
right..
Dumfries is a relatively prosperous community.
Like
most of the town centres in the UK they have seen retail, business, educational,
residential and other uses gravitate towards the suburbs.
In a bid to
stimulate development in Dumfries town centre, several strategies have been
proposed by the local council.
In January 2006, Dumfries & Galloway Council
announced plans to build a £16 million leisure facility, named DG1, at Hoods
Loaning near the town centre, which opened in May 2008.
Dumfries is linked to the A74 motorway Northbound via the
A701.
The A75 eastbound links Dumfries to the southbound A74(M).
The A75
road west links Dumfries with the ferry port of Stranraer.
The A76 connects to Kilmarnock
.
Dumfries railway station lies on the Glasgow South
Western Line., the train service is operated by FirstScotrail which provides
services to Glasgow and Carlisle, and less frequent services connect Dumfries
with Stranraer.. The nearest station to Dumfries on the West Coast Mainline is
12 miles east along the A709 at Lockerbie..
Dumfries has several primary schools, approximately one
per key district, and four main secondary schools. All of these institutions are
governed by Dumfries and Galloway council. The secondary schools
are:
- Dumfries Academy
- Dumfries High School
- Maxwelltown High School
- St Joseph’s College
In 1999 Scotland's first multi-institutional university campus was
established in Dumfries. Located within the 85-acre Crichton estate.
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