Crichope Linn

#642 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Crichope Linn or Crichop Linn, originally Creehope is a gorge and waterfall near Gatelawbridge in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Linn is the Scots language word for waterfall. The etymology of the names 'Cree' or 'Crich' may derive from Gaelic for 'Boundary' and 'Hope' from the Scots for 'a valley among hills,' an apt description. ()

Coordinates: 55°14'29"N, 3°42'51"W

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Crichope Linn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Drumlanrig Castle, Morton Castle, Closeburn Castle, Queensberry Hill.

4.4 miNW
17th-century castle with lavish interior
Drumlanrig Castle
112 min walk • Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. It is open to the public at set times.
2.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Morton Castle
68 min walk • Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles north-east of Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles along the strategically important Nith Valley, which runs from the Solway Firth north to the Clyde Valley.
2.1 miS
Forts and castles
Closeburn Castle
53 min walk • Closeburn Castle is a tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Queensberry Hill
140 min walk • Queensberry is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The most southerly mountain in the range, it lies in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta and is a prominent landmark throughout Dumfriesshire.
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Ettrick
61 min walk • Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
3.5 miNW
Museum, Forts and castles
Tibbers Castle
88 min walk • Tibbers Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle overlooking a ford across the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. To the east is the village of Carronbridge and to the north west is a 16th-century country house, Drumlanrig Castle.
5.3 miW
Archaeological site
Grennan Hill
136 min walk • Grennan Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort outside Penpont in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Forest of Ae
133 min walk • The Forest of Ae is located between Nithsdale and Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland. The forest was first planted in the 1920s, primarily with Sitka spruce.
2 miW
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Thornhill
50 min walk • Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road.