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Stranraer is a busy ferry port in the west of the region. Stranraer and nearby Cairnryan are home to StenaLine and P&O ferries which operate regular ferries to and from Ireland. The town is situated at one end of the Southern Upland Way, a walk which covers 212 miles through southern Scotland, beginning at Portpatrick. The town has many leisure activities, including the Ryan Centre, with fun pool, gym and theatre among it's many features. Various beaches are ... easily accessible from Stranraer.
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Stranraer is a small office with two legal members of staff - the District Fiscal and a fiscal depute. Both are responsible for marking cases. When the depute marks a race crime case, form A of the 'Racial Incident Monitoring Form' is completed and passed to the District Fiscal for checking. This is then passed on to the Area Fiscal for monitoring purposes. If the District Fiscal marks a case the Area Fiscal will check it.
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Although Stranraer boasts a considerable historical pedigree, the town did not receive its status as a royal burgh until 1617 (from James VI), and was not enrolled as a royal burgh until near the end of Charles II's reign. The town's most notable building is probably the Old Castle of St John, which was used by James Graham of Claverhouse in 1632. The North West Castle, meanwhile, was home to the famous Arctic explorer, Sir John Ross, who was born in nearby Inch where his father was the minister. The population of the town was recorded in the 1831 census as 3,329, increasing to 3,877 by 1851, with 523 houses.
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With the league reformation at the end of the 1993-94 season, Stranraer found themselves playing in the new First Division in season 1994-95. Unfortunately, they finished rock bottom with only 17 points from 36 games. Stranraer spent three seasons in the Second Division before winning promotion back to the First Division at the end of the 1997-98 season. Once again, they finished bottom of the league, with the same points total as before and a whopping 29 defeats.
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Stranraer is best known as a ferry port connecting Scotland with Belfast (and previously with Larne) in Northern Ireland. In 2003 Stena Line announced plans to transfer its operations to a new port at Old House Point, north of Cairnryan. Later Stena and P&O announced an agreement to share Cairnryan port. The move north is part of an effort to shorten the journey time of the Stena HSS service (High-speed Sea Service) and increase sailings from four to five per day. The HSS, a high-speed catamaran, is obliged to slow considerably when in Loch Ryan and Belfast Lough due to the large wake which it produces at higher speeds. The sailing time from Cairnryan to Stranraer is approximately ten minutes.
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Stranraer is best known as a ferry port connecting Scotland with Belfast (and previously with Larne) in Northern Ireland. In 2003 Stena Line announced plans to transfer its operations to a new port at Old House Point, north of Cairnryan, sharing with P&O. However, this plan was later scrapped due to increasing costs, securing Stranraer's future as a ferry port for the time being. [1]
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