Dreghorn
Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenwood Academy and Trindlemoss Loch.
Greenwood Academy
School
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenwood Academy is an 11–18 state secondary school in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Between 2019 and 2020, the pupil roll was 1,263 with an average attendance rate of 88.47%.
Trindlemoss Loch
Park
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trindlemoss Loch, Scott's / Scot's Loch or the Loch of Irvine was situated in a low-lying area running from Ravenspark to near Stanecastle and down to Lockwards, now represented only by the playing fields off Bank Street in the Parish of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Trindlemoss Loch is situated 2 miles west of Dreghorn.
Dundonald Castle
Castle
Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III. Dundonald Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Dreghorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irvine and Dundonald.
Irvine
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Irvine is a town in Ayrshire 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.
Dundonald
Village
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundonald is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald is situated 2½ miles south of Dreghorn.
Crosshouse
Village
Photo: Ian Rainey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about 3 kilometres west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. Crosshouse is situated 2½ miles east of Dreghorn.
Dreghorn
- Type: Village with 3,640 residents
- Description: village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.60965° or 55° 36′ 35″ northLongitude
-4.6165° or 4° 36′ 59″ westPopulation
3,640Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9C7QJ95M+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 439821946OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650996Wikidata ID
Q5306868
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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 “Dreghorn”. Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.