Kilbirnie (Gaelic Cill Bhraonaigh) is a small town of 7642 inhabitants situated in the Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around 20 miles (30 km) south-west of Glasgow and approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Paisley and Irvine respectively. Historically, the town built up around the flax and weaving industries before iron and steelmaking took over in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The suburb of Kilbirnie in the New Zealand capital of Wellington is named after the town.
Population: 6,972
Latitude: 55° 45' 2.95" N
Longitude: -4° 41' 16.48" W
The Kilmarnock War Memorial is a war memorial located in Kilmarnock Scotland. Built in 1927, It pays tribute to all those who fought in the First World War The building is accessible to the public, although access is restriced to a degree. The key i…
Kilmarnock Infirmary was a former general hospital in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
Kay Park is a 30 acres (12 ha) park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was purchased, laid out, and given to the town of Kilmarnock by insurance broker Alexander Kay. It opened in 1879, and is the home of a large monument to Robert Burns. Th…
The Irvine New Town Trail is a recreational cycle and foot path around Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The route is 19 kilometres (12 mi) long.
Inkerman was a small hamlet set up in 1858 in the Abbey Parish of Paisley to house ironstone miners. Later employment came from ancillary operations, including shale coal and oilworks. There were seven pits in all in Inkerman. The hamlet was named a…
Hurlford railway station was a railway station serving the village of Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Howard Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland was previously known as Barbadoes Green.
Houston and Killellan is a civil parish in the county and council area of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It contains the villages of Houston and Crosslee, as well as a number of smaller settlements including Barochan and Kill…
Halket Loch (locally pronounced 'Whoreket'), also known as Halkhead or Halketh, was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland near Lugton. It is visible as a surface depression in pastureland, sometimes partially flooded, situated in a low lying area cl…
The Gryffe Reservoirs (also 'Gryfe', see name of the River Gryfe) are two reservoirs, known as Gryffe No. 1 and Gryffe No.
Girgenti House (OS grid reference: NS 36502 43575) was a small, rather eccentric mansion built on part of the old Barony of Bonshaw in the parish of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Georgetown railway station was a railway station serving the village of Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway and later owned by the Caledonian Railway.
Geilston Garden is a property of the National Trust for Scotland, north-west of Cardross, Argyll and Bute.
Garnock Rugby Club is an amateur rugby union club based in Glengarnock in Scotland.
Dumbarton East is an area of the town of Dumbarton, Scotland. It mainly consists of Victorian era sandstone buildings built by the Denny shipbuilding company to house its workers.
Cunninghamhead railway station was a railway station serving Cunninghamhead Estate, the village of Crossroads (renamed to Cunninghamhead), North Ayrshire and the town of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Crosslet is in the central part of Dumbarton, Scotland, behind Silverton, and next to St.
Crosshouse railway station was a railway station serving the village of Knockentiber and nearby Crosshouse, East Ayrshire, Scotland.