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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenwood Academy and Trindlemoss Loch.

Greenwood Academy

School

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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, 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

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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

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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

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Dundonald is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald is situated 2½ miles south of Dreghorn.

Crosshouse

Village

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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″ north

Longitude

-4.6165° or 4° 36′ 59″ west

Population

3,640

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Open location code

9C7QJ95M+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 439821946

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2650996

Wikidata ID

Q5306868

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Dreghorn” goes by many names.

Basque: “Dreghorn”
Bulgarian: “Дрегхорн”
Cebuano: “Dreghorn”
Chinese: “德雷霍恩”
Croatian: “Dreghorn”
Dutch: “Dreghorn”
French: “Dreghorn”
Hebrew: “דרגהורן”
Irish: “Dreghorn”
Japanese: “ドレグホーン”
Spanish: “Dreghorn”
Swedish: “Dreghorn”

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