Cumnock (Cumnag in Gaelic) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just outside the town boundaries, Craigens, Logan and Netherthird, with the former ironworks settlement of Lugar also just outside the town, contributing to a population of around 13,000 in the immediate locale. A new housing development, Knockroon, was granted planning permission on 9 December 2009 by East Ayrshire Council.
Population: 9,189
Latitude: 55° 27' 16.02" N
Longitude: -4° 15' 59.18" W
Lugar is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. Lugar is in Auchinleck Parish, Kyle District, Ayrshire. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) ENE of Cumnock, and about 1-mile (1.6 km) from Cronberry and 2 miles (3.2 km) from Gasswater. Lugar is a …
In September 1950 one of the worst mining accidents in the history of British coal mining occurred in the Ayrshire village of New Cumnock.
Kirkmichael (Gaelic: Cille Mhìcheil, "the church of St. Michael") is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located between Patna, Maybole and Straiton.
Kilmarnock Academy is a comprehensive school, one of several in Kilmarnock, in western Scotland.
Auchinleck House is an 18th-century mansion in Scotland. It is situated near the town of Auchinleck near Cumnock and Ayr in East Ayrshire. The Auchinleck Estate has been inhabited since the 13th century, and the remains of Auchinleck Castle and Auch…
Troon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Kilmaurs Place, The Place or Kilmaurs House, is an old mansion house or fortalice at grid reference NS41234112 in Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
University Hospital Crosshouse is a large district general hospital just outside Kilmarnock, Scotland, built to replace the old Kilmarnock Infirmary. It is run by NHS Ayrshire and Arran providing services to the North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire area…
The old Alloway Kirk is a ruin in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland (grid reference NS33191805), celebrated as the scene of the witches' dance in the poem Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns.
West Sound is a local radio station in Ayrshire.
Straiton is a village on the River Girvan in South Ayrshire in Scotland, mainly built in the 18th century, but with some recent housing.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway (Latin Dioecesis Candidae Casae o Gallovidianus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
The Gaiety Theatre is a category B listed performing arts venue in Ayr, Scotland.
The Ballochmyle Viaduct is the highest extant railway viaduct in Britain.
University Hospital Ayr is a General Hospital on the outskirts of Ayr, Scotland. It is operated by NHS Ayrshire and Arran and covers a catchment area of approx.
Twist n' Shout is a steel looping roller coaster located at Loudoun Castle Theme Park in Galston, south-west Scotland.
Stair is a village in Ayrshire, Scotland.
The village of Springside is in North Ayrshire, Parish of Dreghorn, Scotland. It is three miles from Irvine, 1 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Crosshouse and four miles from Kilmarnock. In the 18th, 19th and mid 20th centuries the locality was a highly i…