Ringford

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Ringford
Kirkcudbrightshire
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Ringford from Low Barcaple
Location
Grid reference: NX689578
Location: 54°53’52"N, 4°2’45"W
Data
Post town: Castle Douglas
Postcode: DG7
Dialling code: 01557
Local Government
Council: Dumfries and Galloway
Parliamentary
constituency:
Dumfries and Galloway

Ringford is a village in Kirkcudbrightshire, within the Galloway Hills. The village sits beside the Tarff Water, a few miles upstream of is meeting with the River Dee at Tongland.

Ringford is to be found just north of the A75 road making its way from Castle Douglas over towards the Wigtownshire ports for Ulster. It is about four miles north of the county town, Kirkcudbright.

The village has a war memorial and a village hall. The Kirkcudbright Railway used to run past the village, the nearest stop being Tarff.

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