KirkcolmStranraer

Kirstr one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021


Distance

9km/6mi

Ascent

50m

Descent

63m

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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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Kirkcolm
Grid Ref NX0289668789
Lat / Lon 54.97462° / -5.08124°
Easting / Northing 202,896E / 568,789N
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Stranraer
Grid Ref NX0608460842
Lat / Lon 54.90456° / -5.02614°
Easting / Northing 206,084E / 560,842N
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Kirstr One's land is

Arable 5.3%
Coast 11.4%
Intertidal flats 18.0%
Pasture 33.9%
Urban 31.4%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

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Jmedland

23 Apr 2024 Spring

Leave 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 2024 Spring

Kirstr 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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