Balkenna Hill

Balkenna Hill is a hill in South Ayrshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 180 feet. Balkenna Hill is situated nearby to the locality Townhead, as well as near Dipple.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trump Turnberry and Turnberry Castle.

Trump Turnberry

Golf course

Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Trump Turnberry is a golf resort in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, located on the Firth of Clyde in southwest Scotland. It comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star James Miller-designed hotel from 1906, along with lodge and cottage accommodations. Trump Turnberry is situated 2 miles north of Balkenna Hill.

Turnberry Castle

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

Turnberry Castle is a fragmentary ruin on the coast of Kirkoswald parish, near Maybole in Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated at the extremity of the lower peninsula within the parish, it was the seat of the Earls of Carrick. Turnberry Castle is situated 2 miles north of Balkenna Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Turnberry and Maidens.

Turnberry

Village

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Turnberry is a village 6 miles north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses. In 1991 it had a population of 149.

Maidens

Village

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

Maidens is a village in the Kirkoswald parish of Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated on the coast of the Firth of Clyde at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay, a series of rocks known as the "Maidens” form a natural harbour. Maidens is situated 2½ miles north of Balkenna Hill.

Girvan

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Girvan is a seaside town in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. It has a long, sandy beach and expanded as a resort when the railway arrived in Victorian times.

Balkenna Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 180 feet
Category: landform
Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.29644° or 55° 17′ 47″ north

Longitude

-4.83082° or 4° 49′ 51″ west

Elevation

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

9C7Q75W9+HM

GeoNames ID

12624210

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Townhead and Dipple.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brest Rocks and Turnberry Golf Course.

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