Horse Isle
Horse Isle is an uninhabited island located in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland near the seaside town of Ardrossan. It is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stuart McMahon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Horse Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ardrossan Harbour railway station and Ardrossan Town railway station.
Ardrossan Harbour railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ardrossan Harbour railway station is one of three remaining railway stations in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail but unusually it is not owned by Network Rail, but instead owned by Peel Ports.
Ardrossan Town railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ardrossan Town railway station is one of three remaining in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the oldest operational railway stations in Ayrshire, although services and facilities are severely cut back from the station's peak in the early 20th century.
Ardrossan Castle
Castle
Photo: TravisNygard, CC BY 3.0.
Ardrossan Castle is situated on the west coast of Scotland in the town of Ardrossan, Ayrshire. The castle, defended by a moat, stands on a ridge above the town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardrossan and Saltcoats.
Ardrossan
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardrossan is a port in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast of Scotland. It's part of the "Three Towns" conurbation of Greater Ardrossan, which also includes Saltcoats and Stevenston.
Saltcoats
Town
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardrossan is a port in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast of Scotland. It's part of the "Three Towns" conurbation of Greater Ardrossan, which also includes Saltcoats and Stevenston.
Seamill
Village
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.
Horse Isle
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.64569° or 55° 38′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.84367° or 4° 50′ 37″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C7QJ5W4+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1210700843OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2646567Wikidata ID
Q3140791
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Horse Isle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Isle”
- Dutch: “Horse Isle”
- French: “Horse Isle”
- Irish: “Eilean nam Eich”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horse Isle”
- Scots: “Horse Isle”
- Spanish: “Horse Isle”
- Swedish: “Horse Isle”
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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 “Horse Isle”. Photo: Stuart McMahon, CC BY-SA 2.0.