Summerhill, Dumfries

The suburb consists primarily, but not exclusively, of a mixture of terraced houses and blocks of three storey flats.

Golfers playing the par 4 6th are required to negotiate a burn (small stream) that runs most of the length of the hole.

Laurieknowe Primary School is adjacent to HM Prison Dumfries, located on Nelson Street.

Until its replacement with housing the 90s, there was also a council-maintained grassed recreational field at the west end of Armour Drive and Golf Avenue.

The Community Centre located in Ballochmyle Terrace is also a significant source of recreation for a number of residents in the area, mainly young people.

The Palmerston survived a fire and was renamed on more than one occasion (e.g. Sliquors, The Driveway) before closing its doors for the last time in the 90s.

Its grounds were then used to build additional housing on a newly created street called Simpson Gardens.

[2] Thus the hostelries typically (but not exclusively) used by people from Summerhill based on the pubs' proximity between the suburb and the town centre are The Spread Eagle, The Salutation, The Globe Inn (not to be confused with The Globe Inn on Dumfries High Street associated with Robert Burns) and The Devorgilla Lounge.

However, the nearest premises licensed to sell alcohol for consumption on site is the social club at Queen of the South FC's Palmerston Park.