Symington
Symington is a conservation village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located in Symington parish, covering 0.41 square kilometres, and lies close to the A77 road from Ayr to Glasgow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,050 residents
- Description: village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Symington, South Ayrshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dundonald Castle and Macrae Monument.
Dundonald Castle
Castle
Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III. Dundonald Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Symington.
Macrae Monument
Monument
Photo: Ian Rainey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
James Macrae was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor of the Madras Presidency, modern-day Chennai. Macrae Monument is situated 2½ miles southwest of Symington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundonald and Loans.
Dundonald
Village
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundonald is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald is situated 2½ miles northwest of Symington.
Loans
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loans is a village in South Ayrshire near Troon, Scotland. It is located in Dundonald parish on the A759 at the junction with the B746 and a minor road to Dundonald. Loans is situated 2½ miles west of Symington.
Monkton
Village
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monkton is a small village in the parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The town of Prestwick is around 1+1⁄2 miles south of the village, and it borders upon Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Monkton is situated 3 miles southwest of Symington.
Symington
- Category: locality
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.54987° or 55° 32′ 60″ northLongitude
-4.56347° or 4° 33′ 49″ westPopulation
1,050Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SYXOpen location code
9C7QGCXP+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 256784995OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Symington”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.