Belmont
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Belmont, Ayr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belmont Academy and Ayr railway station.
Belmont Academy
School
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Belmont Academy is an 11–18 non-denominational secondary school located in the Belmont area of Ayr, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The school is operated by South Ayrshire Council, with Kevin Boyd serving as the Head Teacher of Belmont Academy since 2022.
Ayr railway station
Railway station
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Ayr railway station serves the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated in Smith Street, off Burns Statue Square. The station, which is managed by ScotRail, is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 41+1⁄2 miles south-west of Glasgow Central.
Gaiety Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gaiety Theatre is a category B listed performing arts venue in Ayr, Scotland. It is noted for its interior rococo features, its atmosphere and its acoustics.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kincaidston and Alloway.
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.
Alloway
Town
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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".
Ayr
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayr is a town in Ayrshire on the coast of South West Scotland, with a population of 46,260 in 2020. Its chief attraction for visitors is the nearby village of Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns.
Belmont
- Category: locality
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.44741° or 55° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.61902° or 4° 37′ 9″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9C7QC9WJ+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 552050424OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“Belmont” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Belmont (Ayr)”
- Basque: “Belmont”
- Burmese: “ဘဲလမောင့် (အဲယ)”
- Burmese: “ဘဲလမောင့်”
- Dutch: “Belmont, Ayr”
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