Stranraer

Stranraer
Scottish Gaelic: *An t-Sròn Reamhar^[1]*
Scots: *Stranrawer^[2]*
Stranraer Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar; Scots: Stranrawer;
Population	10,851 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	NX059606
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway;
Lieutenancy area	Wigtown;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STRANRAER
Postcode district	DG9
Dialling code	01776
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway;
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale;
	List of places UK Scotland

Stranraer (Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar, pronounced [ən̴̪ t̪ɾɔːn ɾãũ.əɾ]) is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire. It was formerly the ferry port connecting Scotland with Belfast in Northern Ireland. Ferries now leave from Cairnryan.

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