What is Palmerston Park?
<!-- Coordinates of centre of pitch --> {{coord|55|04|11.16|N|3|37|29.80|W|type:landmark|display=title}} [[Image:Palmerston Park main stand.JPG|thumb|right|Palmerston Park]] '''Palmerston Park''' is a multi-use [[stadium]] on [[Terregles]] Street in [[Dumfries]], south-west [[Scotland]]. The site of the ground was formerly a farm called Palmers Toun.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qosfc.com/faq.htm |title=Official Queen of the South Site<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-09-18 |archive-date=2008-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528014209/http://www.qosfc.com/faq.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> This is on the [[Maxwelltown]] side of the [[River Nith]] in Dumfries. It is currently used mostly for [[football (soccer)|football]] matches and is the home ground of [[Queen of the South F.C.]] The stadium holds 6,412 people. It also holds the record of having the tallest free standing floodlights in Scottish football, standing at 85 feet. ==References== {{reflist}} {{SFD}} {{multistub|sport|UK}} [[Category:Football stadiums in Scotland]]