Sandhead

Sandhead
Sandhead  Sandhead shown within Dumfries and Galloway
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Wigtownshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stranraer
Postcode district	DG9
Dialling code	01776-830
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries
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Sandhead is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It overlooks Luce Bay, 7 miles south of Stranraer. The old main road, named "Main Street", runs through the village, but the A716 now bypasses it with a narrow and twisting carriageway. The village developed as a strip village with a smithy and a school by 1850, and the bay was used for landing lime and later coal.

The village school is situated above the village, and a little north of this is Balgreggan Motte which stands above the A716. The Motte was the first in a line of early castles along the eastern shore of the Rhins. The top was used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Second World War as a lookout point, but in earlier times the castle was made of wood and was inevitably burned to the ground by marauding forces. The village is located nearby to RAF West Freugh.

Amenities

• http://www.tighanmarahotel.co.uk/ Tigh Na Mara Hotel and Restaurant], serves the village as a pub, restaurant and hotel
• Locally owned and run shop and Post Office
• Primary school
• Woodlea Tearoom, converted from the Sandhead's old School opened in 2008
• Church of Scotland church, in the parish of Stoneykirk
• Gospel Hall
• NHS Dumfries & Galloway Doctor's Surgery
• Sandhead Bowling Club
• Two local parks, one with goal posts
• James King 407 Service provides a bus link to Stranraer

Images

• Sandheadbeach.jpg

  Sandhead Beach

• Sandheadmainstreet.jpg

  Sandhead Main Street