town is set in rolling countryside. The railway came in 1863, with Lochmaben a stop on the Dumfries to Lockerbie line, and brought easy communication both north and south. It closed to passengers in 1952 and to freight in 1966. Governance Lochmaben is in the parliamentary constituency of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, David Mundell of the Conservative Party is the current Member of Parliament (MP). It is part of the South Scotland region in the Scottish Parliament, being in the constituency of Dumfriesshire. Oliver Mundell of the Conservatives is the MSP. Before Brexit, for the European Parliament its residents voted to elect MEP's for the Scotland constituency. Healthcare Lochmaben Hospital was opened in 1905 as an infectious diseases hospital but, with the virtual demise of these diseases, it is now a modern 16-bed community facility caring for both physical and psychiatric problems. Education The town has its own school: Lochmaben Primary School. Recreation It also has an 18-hole golf course surrounding the Kirk loch on the edge of the town. Lochmaben has 3 main lochs: Kirk Loch, Castle Loch and the Mill Loch. It also has 2 smaller lochs: The Blind Loch and the Upper Loch. The town's lochs thrive with both sailing and fishing taking place throughout the year. In some years in winters of prolonged frost curling has taken place on the frozen lochs, mostly the Kirk Loch. A long-distance walking route called Annandale Way running through Annandale (from the source of the River Annan to the sea) was opened in September 2009. The route passes through Lochmaben and along the bank of Castle Loch. It offers interesting walking from Lochmaben on a day walk basis. Economy Arla Foods owns a factory in the town. Notable people Angus Douglas (1889-1918) - Scottish international footballer David Harvey (footballer, b. 1948) - resides in Lochmaben John 'Jock' Jardine (shipbuilder, 1798 to 1884) - founded a shipbuilding community near the mouth of the Richibucto River (1816), now known as Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada. Robert Jardine (1793-1846?) - Shipbuilding partner with John 'Jock' Jardine in New Brunswick, Canada. John (1812-1892) and Thomas (1818-1909) Jardine - nephews of John 'Jock' Jardine, worked with Jock and then formed their own shipbuilding firm in New Brunswick. William Jardine (merchant 1784 to 1843) - co-founder of the Hong Kong based conglomerate Jardine, Matheson & Co Sir William Paterson (banker, 1658 to 1719) - one of the