Alloway
Alloway is a suburb of Ayr, and former village, in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located on the River Doon. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burns Cottage and River Doon.
Burns Cottage
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burns Cottage 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 Ayr, and a former village, located in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
River Doon
River
Photo: JSL595, Public domain.
The River Doon is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland. Its course is generally north-westerly. The source of the Doon is Loch Doon, high in the Galloway Hills. It reaches the Firth of Clyde just south of Ayr.
Cambusdoon New Ground
Cambusdoon New Ground is a cricket ground located in Ayr, 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.
Kincaidston
Suburb
Kincaidston is a housing scheme in the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The estate borders Belmont to the north, Alloway to the west and the A77 to the south and east.
Belmont
Suburb
Belmont is an area within the south of the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. It was developed for local authority housing before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, around Belmont Avenue, Chalmers Avenue and Morton Road.
Alloway
- Type: Town with 4,250 residents
- Description: village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.43301° or 55° 25′ 59″ northLongitude
-4.63299° or 4° 37′ 59″ westPopulation
4,250Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9C7QC9M8+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5712469087OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8063580Wikidata ID
Q3396445
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Satellite Map
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alloway Post Office and Burns Cottage.
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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.