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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Kirkcolm and Stranraer.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Kirkcolm and Stranraer.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Start and end points
Kirkcolm
Grid Ref
NX0289668789
Lat / Lon
54.97462° / -5.08124°
Easting / Northing
202,896E / 568,789N
What3Words
fashion.dumplings.history
Stranraer
Grid Ref
NX0608460842
Lat / Lon
54.90456° / -5.02614°
Easting / Northing
206,084E / 560,842N
What3Words
icebergs.waddled.horses
Kirstr One's land is
| Kirkcolm | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NX0289668789 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.97462° / -5.08124° |
| Easting / Northing | 202,896E / 568,789N |
| What3Words | fashion.dumplings.history |
| Stranraer | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NX0608460842 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.90456° / -5.02614° |
| Easting / Northing | 206,084E / 560,842N |
| What3Words | icebergs.waddled.horses |
| Arable | 5.3% |
| Coast | 11.4% |
| Intertidal flats | 18.0% |
| Pasture | 33.9% |
| Urban | 31.4% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Jmedland
23 Apr 2024Leave Kirkholm on the A718
At the former RAF Wig Bay there is a picnic area with an information board on the operations at the RAF base. Sunderland Flying Boats and PBY Catalinas operated from the calm waters of Loch Ryan to protect the wartime Atlantic Convoys from U-boat attack.
Continue on A718 via Stranrar Golf course to Stranrar.
Jhmedland
23 Apr 2024Kirstr one
Leaving Kirkholm on the main road south, you track along the A718 past the former RAF base at Wig Bay. (If cycling there is a bright red inflation station on the picnic area at the entrance to the base). There are still many of the concrete dispersal positions for the seaplanes that operated from Loch Ryan. The route continues along the road until you cross Sole Burn and head to the beach. Follow the coast path or beach, along by Stranrar Golf Course. Soon after the Golf course you come to Broadstone Road and onto the centre of Stranrar.
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