Borgue, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

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For the village in the north of Scotland of the same name, see Borgue, Highland.

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Borgue
Borgue shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NX629484
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIRKCUDBRIGHT
Postcode district	DG6 4xx
Dialling code	01557
Police	Dumfries and Galloway
Fire	Dumfries and Galloway
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 54°48′43″N 4°08′02″W / 54.812, -4.134

Borgue (pronounced "Borg") is a village in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 5 miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and 6 miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet.

Approach to Borgue from the east on the B727 road

[edit] Notable people from Borgue

The poet William Nicholson, the 'Bard of Galloway'
John James Pringle (1855-1922), dermatologist
Henry Dalziel (1868–1935), newspaper proprietor and MP
Sir Robin Gray (1931-), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993, who was born in Borgue