Kirn
Kirn is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 5,200 residents
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kirn, Argyll” and “Kirn, Dunoon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cowal Community Hospital and Kirn Primary School.
Cowal Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowal Community Hospital is a community hospital in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.
Kirn Primary School
School
Kirn is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde.
Dunoon Grammar School
School
Dunoon Grammar School is a secondary school in Dunoon, on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It was founded in 1641. It is currently a non-denominational comprehensive school which covers all stages from S1 to S6.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hunters Quay and Dunoon.
Hunters Quay
Village
Photo: Dave Conner, CC BY 2.0.
Hunters Quay is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Situated between Kirn to the south and Ardnadam to the north, Hunters Quay is the main base of Western Ferries, operating between Hunters Quay and McInroy's Point.
Dunoon
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunoon is the ferry port and only town on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands. It's 30 miles from Glasgow yet cut off by Loch Long to the east and Loch Fyne to the west.
Strone
Village
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strone is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands at the point where the north shore of the Holy Loch becomes the west shore of the Firth of Clyde. The village lies within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Strone is situated 1½ miles north of Kirn.
Kirn
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.96223° or 55° 57′ 44″ northLongitude
-4.91335° or 4° 54′ 48″ westPopulation
5,200Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C7QX36P+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4906681173OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645192Wikidata ID
Q6415924
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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 “Kirn”. Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.