Glengarnock
Glengarnock is a small village in North Ayrshire that lies near the west coast of Scotland. It forms part of the Garnock Valley area and is about 18 miles from Glasgow, the nearest city.Places of Interest
Highlights include Glengarnock railway station and Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie.
Glengarnock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glengarnock railway station is a railway station in the village of Glengarnock, North Ayrshire, Scotland, serving the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.
Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie
Ruins
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The substantial remains of the old castle and sixteenth century manor house of Kilbirnie lie west of the town of Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Glengarnock Hills, in the old Barony of Kilbirnie.
Kilbirnie Loch
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Kilbirnie Loch is a freshwater Loch situated in the floodplain between Kilbirnie, Glengarnock and Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It runs south-west to north-east for almost 2 km, is about 0.5 km wide for the most part and has an area of roughly 3 km2.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilbirnie and Beith.
Kilbirnie
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilbirnie is the largest of a cluster of small towns in Ayrshire, at the head of the Garnock Valley 20 miles southwest of Glasgow.
Beith
Town
Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beith is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately 20 miles south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "Hill o' Beith" after its Court Hill. Beith is situated 2 miles east of Glengarnock.
Dalry
Town
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dalry is a small town in the Garnock Valley in Ayrshire, Scotland. Drakemyre is a northern suburb. Dalry is situated 2½ miles southwest of Glengarnock.
Glengarnock
- Type: Village
- Description: village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.7411° or 55° 44′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.68021° or 4° 40′ 49″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GGCOpen location code
9C7QP8R9+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3824998516OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648479Wikidata ID
Q3776624
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Glengarnock” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glengarnock”
- Dutch: “Glengarnock”
- French: “Glengarnock”
- Irish: “Gleann Gairneig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Gairneig”
- “Glengarnock - Gleann Gairneag”
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