Gatehead
Gatehead is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Gatehead is situated nearby to the village Earlston, as well as near the quarter Annandale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rugby Park and Laigh Milton Viaduct.
Rugby Park
Stadium
Photo: Martin Le Roy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rugby Park, also known as The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium which is the home of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock F.C. and is situated in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock. Rugby Park is situated 2 miles east of Gatehead.
Laigh Milton Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Laigh Milton Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Laigh Milton mill to the west of Gatehead in East Ayrshire, Scotland, about five miles west of Kilmarnock.
Caprington Castle
Castle
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caprington Castle is a 15th century keep, incorporated in a castellated mansion, about 2 miles south west of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, south of the River Irvine. The castle is still occupied.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crosshouse and Knockentiber.
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.
Knockentiber
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Knockentiber is a village in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland. Knockentiber is two miles west-northwest of Kilmarnock and 1⁄2 mile northeast of Crosshouse. Knockentiber is situated 2 miles north of Gatehead.
Dundonald
Village
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundonald is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald is situated 2 miles southwest of Gatehead.
Gatehead
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.59477° or 55° 35′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.55344° or 4° 33′ 12″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C7QHCVW+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 6042154652OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262189
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In Other Languages
“Gatehead” goes by many names.
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port-nah-Abhainne”
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