Ayton
Ayton is a small village located in the historic county of Berwickshire, today part of the Scottish Borders region. It is on the Eye Water, from which it is said to take its name: Ayton means 'Eye-town'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 557 residents
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ayton, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ayton Parish Church and Ayton Castle.
Ayton Parish Church
Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton and Burnmouth Parish Church is a member church of the Church of Scotland, serving the communities of Ayton and Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders.
Ayton Castle
Building
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton Castle is located to the east of Ayton in the Scottish Borders. It is 9 kilometres north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the former county of Berwickshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnmouth and Eyemouth.
Burnmouth
Village
Photo: A15773, Public domain.
Burnmouth is a small fishing village located adjacent to the A1 road on the east coast of Scotland. It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing the border with England. Burnmouth is situated 2 miles east of Ayton.
Eyemouth
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eyemouth is a harbour town in the Scottish Borders. With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.
Reston
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reston is a village located in the southeast of Scotland, in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders region. The village lies on the western bank of the Eye Water. Reston is situated 2½ miles west of Ayton.
Ayton
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.84236° or 55° 50′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.12288° or 2° 7′ 22″ westPopulation
557Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C7VRVRG+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 429825936OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656697Wikidata ID
Q793327
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Ayton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ayton”
- Bulgarian: “Айтон”
- Cebuano: “Ayton”
- Chinese: “艾頓”
- Chinese: “艾顿”
- Dutch: “Ayton”
- French: “Ayton”
- German: “Ayton”
- Irish: “Baile Eighe”
- Japanese: “エイトン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ayton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ayton”
- Norwegian: “Ayton”
- Persian: “آیتون اسکوتیش بوردرز”
- Polish: “Ayton”
- Portuguese: “Ayton”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ayton”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Eighe”
- Spanish: “Ayton”
- Swedish: “Ayton”
- Welsh: “Ayton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ayton Community Hall and Ayton Post Office.
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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 “Ayton”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.