Lochrutton Loch

#5042 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Lochrutton Loch is a large, lowland freshwater loch that lies to the west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch trends from north to south and is 0.75 mi long and 0.5 mi at its widest point. It has an average depth of 13 ft and is 58 ft at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 1 May 1905 by James Murray and L. W. Collett as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. ()

Length: 3960 ftWidth: 2640 ftMaximum depth: 58 ftElevation: 305 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°2'20"N, 3°43'32"W

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Lochrutton Loch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sweetheart Abbey, Palmerston Park, National Museum of Costume, Dumfries Museum.

5.9 miSE
Ruins, Historical place, Architecture
Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries
150 min walk • The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles south of Dumfries.
4.5 miNE
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Palmerston Park, Dumfries
116 min walk • Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Championship club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919.
5.5 miSE
Museum, History museum
National Museum of Costume
141 min walk • The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland.
4.8 miNE
History museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Dumfries Museum, Dumfries
122 min walk • Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era.
5.2 miNE
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Church
Lincluden Collegiate Church, Dumfries
133 min walk • Lincluden Collegiate Church, known earlier as Lincluden Priory or Lincluden Abbey, is a ruined religious house, situated in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire and to the north of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Scotland.
4.8 miNE
Museum
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries
123 min walk • The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower at the former RAF Dumfries, located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries, Scotland, which was in service from June 1940 until 1957, when it closed.
3.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Drumcoltran Tower
87 min walk • Drumcoltran Tower is a late-16th-century tower house situated in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire near Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway.
4.8 miNW
Museum
Glenkiln Sculpture Park
124 min walk • Glenkiln Sculpture Park was a sculpture landscape in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.
5.3 miNE
Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
135 min walk • Gracefield Arts Centre is located in Dumfries. The gallery's main building, a Category B listed building, was bought in 1951 by a committee of local people who raised the money needed for the purchase and to do the alterations necessary to change the former house, which was known as ‘Gracefield’ into an art gallery.
4.7 miNE
55°4'4"N • 3°37'5"W
Brigend Theatre, Dumfries
120 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
5.1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre Royal, Dumfries
130 min walk • The Theatre Royal in Dumfries, Scotland is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. The Theatre is owned by the Guild of Players who bought it in 1959, thereby saving it from demolition. The Guild's aim is to promote the tradition of live theatre in Dumfries.