Discover Stranraer Scotland And The Castle of St John

Discover Stranraer Scotland and the Castle of St John as we spend one day in Stranraer Scotland. On this Stranraer Scotland walking tour you will learn some of the towns history along with that of the Castle of St John. We will also see the George Hotel Stranraer now derelict on the way to exploring the Castle of St John. Once we have visited the Castle of St John we will then take a walk around Stranraer Harbour and Marina. Finally we will then stroll alongside Stranraer West Beach and then into Agnew Park.

*Stranraer*, also known as The Toon, 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 10,593.

Stranraer is the administrative centre for the Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway. It was formerly a ferry port, connecting Scotland with Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland; the service was transferred to nearby Cairnryan in 2011 It lies 87 miles (140 km) southwest of Glasgow, 52 miles (84 km) miles southwest of Ayr and 72 miles (116 km) west of Dumfries.

The name comes from Scottish Gaelic An t-Sròn Reamhar meaning "the broad headland" or "the fat nose".

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Chapters
📖 00:00 Introduction to Stranraer Scotland
📖 00:28 History of Stranraer Scotland
📖 02:08 The George Hotel Stranraer
📖 02:37 The Castle of St John Stranraer
📖 10:07 Stranraer Harbour and Marina
📖 14:16 Stranraer West Beach
📖 14:52 Agnew Park Stranraer

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