Townhead
Townhead is a locality in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Townhead is situated nearby to the locality Dipple, as well as near the village Turnberry.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 Townhead.
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 2½ miles northwest of Townhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turnberry and Maidens.
Turnberry
Village
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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 Townhead.
Girvan
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Girvan is a seaside town in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. With a population of 6330 in 2020, it has a long, sandy beach and expanded as a resort when the railway arrived in Victorian times.
Townhead
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.29498° or 55° 17′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.81935° or 4° 49′ 10″ westElevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
9C7Q75VJ+X7GeoNames ID
13273850
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