Galston
Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,710 residents
- Description: town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Galston, East Ayrshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barr Castle and St Sophia’s Church (Galston).
Barr Castle
Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns.
Loudoun Castle
Castle
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Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the "Windsor of Scotland" located near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around existing structures dating to the 15th and 17th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newmilns and Moscow.
Newmilns
Town
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Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. Newmilns is situated 2 miles east of Galston.
Moscow
Village
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moscow is a hamlet in East Ayrshire in Scotland. It is on the A719 road some 4 miles east of Kilmarnock. In 2006 its population was reported as 118. It is represented in the "Galston West and Hurlford North" ward of East Ayrshire Council. Moscow is situated 2½ miles northwest of Galston.
Hurlford
Village
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. Hurlford is situated 3 miles west of Galston.
Galston
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.60041° or 55° 36′ 2″ northLongitude
-4.37975° or 4° 22′ 47″ westPopulation
4,710Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 193935741OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Galston” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Galston”
- Basque: “Galston”
- Cebuano: “Galston”
- Chinese: “高尔斯顿”
- Chinese: “高爾斯頓”
- Dutch: “Galston”
- French: “Galston”
- German: “Galston”
- Hebrew: “גלסטון”
- Irish: “Baile nan Gall, Comhairle Siorrachd Àir an Ear”
- Irish: “Baile nan Gall”
- Italian: “Galston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galston”
- Polish: “Galston”
- Russian: “Галстон”
- Russian: “Голстон”
- Scots: “Gawstoun”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile nan Gall”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Galston”
- Slovak: “Galston”
- Spanish: “Galston”
- Swedish: “Galston, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Galston”
- Ukrainian: “Галстон”
- Ukrainian: “Ґалстон”
- Welsh: “Galston”
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