Alloway

Alloway is a suburb of , and former village, in , , located on the . It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter".
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Burns Cottage and River Doon.

is the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, who was born at the cottage on 25 January 1759. It is located in Alloway, a current suburb of , and a former village, located in , .

River
Photo: JSL595, Public domain.
The is a river in , . Its course is generally north-westerly. The source of the Doon is , high in the Galloway Hills. It reaches the Firth of Clyde just south of Ayr.

is a cricket ground located in , Scotland. It is the home of Ayr Cricket Club and hosted three One Day Internationals in August 2006 as part of the European Cricket Championship tournament.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doonfoot and Kincaidston.

Suburb
is a suburb in the south-west of , .

Suburb
is a housing scheme in the town of in , . The estate borders to the north, Alloway to the west and the A77 to the south and east.

Suburb
is an area within the south of the town of , , , UK. It was developed for local authority housing before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, around Avenue, Chalmers Avenue and Morton Road.

Alloway

Latitude
55.43301° or 55° 25′ 59″ north
Longitude
-4.63299° or 4° 37′ 59″ west
Population
4,250
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C7QC9M8+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5712469087
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8063580
Wiki­data ID
Q3396445
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Alloway” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Alloway
  • Basque: Alloway
  • Belarusian: Алаўэй
  • Catalan: Alloway
  • Chinese: 阿洛韋
  • Dutch: Alloway
  • French: Alloway
  • Georgian: ალოუეი
  • German: Alloway
  • Hebrew: אלוואי
  • Irish: Allmhaigh
  • Italian: Alloway (Scozia)
  • Italian: Alloway
  • Japanese: アロウェイ
  • Lithuanian: Alovėjus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alloway
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Alloway
  • Norwegian: Alloway
  • Persian: الووی
  • Portuguese: Alloway
  • Russian: Аллоуэй
  • Scots: Allowa
  • Scottish Gaelic: Allmhaigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Alloway
  • Slovenian: Alloway
  • Spanish: Alloway
  • Swedish: Alloway
  • Turkish: Alloway
  • Ukrainian: Алловей
  • Urdu: الووے
  • Welsh: Alloway
  • Western Frisian: Alloway

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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 “Alloway”. Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.