Newbridge Drive, Dumfries

#19 among attractions in Dumfries

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Newbridge Drive is a relatively new suburb in Dumfries. It is situated on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from Dumfries town centre. ()

Coordinates: 55°5'13"N, 3°38'3"W

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Dumfries United Kingdom

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Newbridge Drive – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Palmerston Park, Lincluden Collegiate Church, Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Gracefield Arts Centre.

1.2 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Palmerston Park, Dumfries
31 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.
0.5 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Church
Lincluden Collegiate Church, Dumfries
14 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.
1.4 miSE
Museum
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries
36 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.
1.4 miSE
Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
35 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.
1.1 miN
Monastery
Dercongal Abbey
28 min walk • Dercongal Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastic community located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
1 miNW
Memorial
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle
27 min walk • The Twelve Apostles is a large stone circle located between the villages of Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries, Scotland. It is the seventh largest stone circle in Britain and the largest on the mainland of Scotland. It is similar in design to the stone circles of Cumbria, and is considered to be an outlier of this group.
1.3 miSE
Greek Revival architecture, Georgian architecture
Moat Brae, Dumfries
35 min walk • Moat Brae is a Georgian townhouse designed by Walter Newall in Dumfries, Scotland. It was built in 1823 in the Greek revival style. J. M.
1.3 miSE
Sport, Sport venue
Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club, Dumfries
33 min walk • Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Nith, based at Nith Avenue, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The club is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.
1.1 miE
Sport, Sport venue
Nunholm, Dumfries
28 min walk • Nunholm is a cricket ground in Dumfries, Scotland. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1979 when Scotland B played a combined Central Lancashire League team. The ground held its first and to date only first-class match when Scotland played Ireland in 1988, which Scotland won by an innings and 43 runs.

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How to get to Newbridge Drive by public transport?

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Dumfries (39 min walk)