Annan, Dumfries and Galloway

Annan ; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Anainn is the town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Historically component of Dumfriesshire, its public buildings put Annan Academy, of which the writer Thomas Carlyle was a pupil, and a Georgian building now so-called as "Bridge House". The Town Hall was built in Victorian race in 1878, using the local sandstone. Annan also atttributes a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows move blocked up to avoid paying the window tax.

Each year on the number one Saturday in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Entertainment includes a procession, sports, field displays and massed pipe bands. Annan's in America first migrated to New York and Virginia. Annandale Virgina is an early settlement which celebrates The Scottish Games annually.

Transportation

Annan Bridge, a stone bridge of three arches, built between 1824 and 1827, carries road traffic over the River Annan. It was intentional by Robert Stevenson and built by John Lowry. There is also a railway bridge and a nearby pedestrian bridge over the Annan. it is for still served by the Annan railway station, the old Solway Junction Railway station Annan Shawhill having closed to passengers in 1931 and freight in 1955. Newbie Junction Halt railway station briefly served the old Newbie Tile and Brickworks as living as the Cochran's Boiler works that stood on the short Newbie Branch.