Eglinton Castle

Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in , , .
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Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: mansion in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Eglinton Castle, Eglinton Country Park, Irvine”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eglinton Country Park and Eglinton Loch.

Park
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in , , . Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunninghame, and covers an area of 400 ha ( of which are woodland.

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
is a small freshwater loch in the Council Areas, lying in a holm of the near and , within , in the parish of .

Hospital
Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Irvine Central Hospital, is an NHS hospital in , , . It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilwinning and Irvine.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town near the coast of Scotland, some 21 miles southwest of Glasgow. It's run-down and post-industrial, with a population in 2020 of 16,100.

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
is a town in on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.

Village
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to . It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. is situated 3 miles southeast of Eglinton Castle.

Eglinton Castle

Latitude
55.64444° or 55° 38′ 40″ north
Longitude
-4.66636° or 4° 39′ 59″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
9C7QJ8VM+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2956452704
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2650183
Wiki­data ID
Q5348070
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Eglinton Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Eglinton gaztelua”
  • Dutch: “Eglinton Castle”
  • German: “Eglinton Castle”
  • Japanese: “エグリントン・キャッスル”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Eglinton”
  • Turkish: “Eglinton Kalesi”

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