2011 Tour of Britain
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The 2011 Tour of Britain was the eighth running of the latest incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 72nd British tour in total. The race started on 11 September in Peebles, Scotland and finished on 18 September in London, England, with the race also visiting Wales for one stage.
The race departing from Peebles
Dumfries
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Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.
Dumfries High Street, with the Midsteeple in the background, pictured in August 2012
Lincluden Collegiate Church, also known as Lincluden Abbey, c.1789
The killing of John Comyn in the Greyfriars church in Dumfries, interpreted by Felix Philippoteaux, a 19th-century illustrator.
Buccleuch Street Bridge, Dumfries