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About Wigtown

Wigtown is Dumfries and Galloway's designated National Book Town, reached via the A714 from Newton Stewart or the A746 from Kirkcudbright. The town sits amid rolling agricultural countryside near the Solway coast, with about 8 EV charging points available locally. Its compact centre houses over a dozen independent bookshops along the historic main street.

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Wigtown is in Scotland, at 54.868, -4.445 - about 39 km south-east of Barrhill.

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