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
Buiston Loch (NS 416 433) (locally pronounced /ˈbɪstən/), also known as Buston, Biston, and Mid Buiston was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland at an altitude of 90 m OD. It is visible as an often flooded surface depression in pastureland situated…
Brucehill is a medium-sized council estate in Dumbarton, in the West Dunbartonshire area of Scotland
Branchton (Scots: Branchtoun, Scottish Gaelic: Brainsdean) is an area within the Scottish town of Greenock, in Inverclyde. Tenements used to dominate the area, which acquired a reputation as socially disadvantaged, but a recent cash injection means …
Bouverie is an area of the town of Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland.
Boglestone (named after the Bogal Stone) is located around the top of the Clune Brae, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland.
Beith High Church and Beith Trinity Church are linked congregations of the Church of Scotland in the Parish of Beith in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
The Barony of Peacockbank was in the old feudal Baillerie of Cunninghame, near Stewarton in what is now East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Auchenback is an area of Barrhead in East Renfrewshire, part of Greater Glasgow.
Abbey or sometimes Abbey Paisley is a civil parish in Renfrewshire, Scotland traditionally centred on the towns of Paisley and Johnstone and including the smaller settlements of Elderslie, Inkerman, Hurlet, Nitshill, the Dovecothall area of Barrhead…
Westcliff is a Council housing estate situated in the western part of Dumbarton, Scotland, across from Castlehill. It is one of the towns poorer areas and like the other housing estates in Dumbarton, it too has its share of drugs and crime. Westclif…
Townend is a moderate to large housing scheme in Dumbarton. It stretches from Dumbarton Central Station to Barloan roundabout, and to Round Riding Rd to the east. It has a mix of residential houses, private and council lets. In the area is the set o…
The Eileans are two small, low lying islands located in Newtown Bay, Millport on the island of Great Cumbrae, Scotland.
St Columba's College was an independent preparatory Marist college at Landour House, 118 Greenock Road, Largs, Ayrshire. It served as a (boarding and fee-paying) prep school feeder for Catholic boarding schools throughout the United Kingdom with lin…
St Benedict's High School is a Roman Catholic High School in Linwood, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland.
Springside railway station was a railway station serving the village of Springside, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
Silverton is a large housing scheme in Dumbarton East Scotland, located between Dumbarton Rock and Dumbuck Hill and Round Riding Road to the north.
The River Calder (Scottish Gaelic: Caladar) is a river mainly within Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK.
Riccarton and Craigie was a railway station serving the village of Riccarton and the distant hamlet of Craigie, both in East Ayrshire, Scotland.