Stranraer is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town, with a population of nearly 13,000.
Stranraer looking west from the castle tower, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
The Old Town Hall, completed in 1777 (now occupied by the Stranraer Museum)
Stranraer and the shores of Loch Ryan, viewed from north-east end of town.
Part of the Dick's Hill area taken from the Gallowhill area 2008
Dumfries and Galloway is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the north-east; the English ceremonial county of Cumbria, the Solway Firth, and the Irish Sea to the south, and the North Channel to the west. The administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, located 76 miles (122 km) to the west of Dumfries on the North Channel coast.
Dumfries and Galloway
A Virgin Pendolino leaving Lockerbie station for Carlisle
Stena Line provided HSS sailings between Stranraer and Belfast
The Minerva building of Dumfries Academy