Palnackie

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Palnackie
Kirkcudbrightshire

Palnackie and the Urr Water
Location
Grid reference: NX8188857193
Location: 54°53’32"N, 3°50’27"W
Data
Population: 148  (2001)
Post town: Castle Douglas
Postcode: DG7
Dialling code: 01556
Local Government
Council: Dumfries and Galloway
Parliamentary
constituency:
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale
and Tweeddale

Palnackie is a village in the parish of Buittle in Kirkcudbrightshire. It has a population of approximately 250 and is a working port on the tidal reach of the Urr Water. The village stands on the western shore of the river.

Big Society

Palnackie is home to the World Flounder Tramping Championship,[1] which takes place in the Urr Water. Stopped in 2010 by health and safety rules,[2] the championship was set to resume in 2015.[3]

Cockle boat in the harbour
Cockle boat in the harbour

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Palnackie)

References