Bridge of Dee, Galloway

Bridge of Dee, Galloway is a settlement on the River Dee, Galloway. It lies on the A75 just west of Castle Douglas, and north-east of Kirkcudbright.

For the district and bridge in Aberdeen, see Bridge of Dee. For the Old Dee Bridge in Chester, see Old Dee Bridge.

Kirkcudbright Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 1864 – 1965 Track gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway to Dumfries Castle Douglas Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway to Stranraer Bridge of Dee Tarff Kirkcudbright

Bridge of Dee Station

The former Kirkcudbright Railway, linking Kirkcudbright with Castle Douglas, passed through the village. The station is now a house.[1]

People from Bridge of Dee

• William Allan Forsyth Hepburn FRSE OBE MC LLD (1891-1950) educationalist[2]

Footnotes

1. "Kirkcudbright Railway". RailScot. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
2. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.