11 Facts About Stranraer

Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town, with a population including the immediate surrounding area of nearly 13,000 inhabitants.

Stranraer is an administrative centre for the West Galloway Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway.

Around this time, Stranraer was reached by a military road built from Dumfries to allow easier access to Portpatrick for transportation of people to Ireland for the Plantation of Ulster.

Stranraer remained the main Scottish port for the Irish ferries for the next 150 years or so.

Stranraer has an active local history trust, which publishes work on the area's history, commissioned from local authors.

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Stranraer is currently undergoing redevelopment in the South Central Area.

Town of Stranraer has five primary schools: Belmont, Park, Rephad, Sheuchan and St Joseph's R C, while villages in the local area usually have their own local school or nursery.

Secondary school, Stranraer Academy, is a comprehensive school consisting of one modern building.

Stranraer Academy has another seven associated primary schools from areas outwith Stranraer: Glenluce, Castle Kennedy, Drummore, Kirkcolm, Leswalt, Sandhead and Portpatrick.

The original Stranraer Academy was opened in 1845 on the site of the present Stranraer Campus of Dumfries and Galloway College.

The nearest weather station to Stranraer is located at RAF West Freugh, around 5 miles to the south of Stranraer.