Ayr

Ayr is a town in on the coast of Scotland, with a population of 46,260 in 2020. Its chief attraction for visitors is the nearby village of Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns.
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  • Type: Town with 46,800 residents
  • Description: town, port and former Royal Burgh situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland
  • Also known as: “Inbhir Àir”, “Inverayr”, and “Port of Ayr”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Somerset Park and Ayr railway station.

Stadium
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is a football located in Ayr, , . It has been the home of Scottish Championship team Ayr United since the club was founded in 1910.

Railway station
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serves the town of Ayr in , . 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.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the Newton on Ayr neighbourhood in the town of Ayr, , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prestwick and Alloway.

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in on the Clyde coast of Scotland, with a population of 14,880 in 2020. It became a beach and golf resort in Victorian times, but is best known for its airport.

Town
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is a suburb of Ayr, and former village, in , , located on the . It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter".

Suburb
is an area within the south of the town of Ayr, , , UK. It was developed for local authority housing before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, around Avenue, Chalmers Avenue and Morton Road.

Ayr

Latitude
55.4628° or 55° 27′ 46″ north
Longitude
-4.6303° or 4° 37′ 49″ west
Population
46,800
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB AYR
Open location code
9C7QF979+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21051417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656708
Wiki­data ID
Q654216
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Ayr” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ayr”
  • Arabic: “آير”
  • Armenian: “Էր”
  • Asturian: “Ayr”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eyr şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eyr”
  • Basque: “Ayr”
  • Bavarian: “Ayr”
  • Belarusian: “Айр”
  • Belarusian: “Эр”
  • Bengali: “আয়ির”
  • Breton: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Bulgarian: “Еър”
  • Catalan: “Ayr”
  • Catalan: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Cebuano: “Ayr”
  • Chinese: “艾尔”
  • Chinese: “艾爾”
  • Cornish: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Croatian: “Ayr”
  • Croatian: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Czech: “Ayr”
  • Czech: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Danish: “Ayr”
  • Dutch: “Ayr”
  • Dutch: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آير”
  • Esperanto: “Ayr”
  • Esperanto: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Estonian: “Ayr”
  • Estonian: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Finnish: “Ayr”
  • French: “Ayr”
  • French: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Galician: “Ayr”
  • German: “Ayr”
  • German: “Inbhir Air”
  • German: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Gujarati: “આયર”
  • Hebrew: “אייר”
  • Hindi: “आयर”
  • Irish: “Inbhir Áir”
  • Irish: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Italian: “Ayr”
  • Italian: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Japanese: “エア”
  • Kannada: “ಐರ್”
  • Korean: “에어”
  • Latvian: “Ēra (pilsēta)”
  • Latvian: “Ēra”
  • Latvian: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Lithuanian: “Ayr”
  • Lithuanian: “Eras”
  • Lithuanian: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Low German: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ayr”
  • Luxembourgish: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Macedonian: “Ер”
  • Malagasy: “Ayr”
  • Manx: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Manx: “Inver Ayre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ayr”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ayr”
  • Norwegian: “Ayr”
  • Persian: “ایر (اسکاتلند)”
  • Persian: “ایر”
  • Polish: “Ayr”
  • Polish: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Portuguese: “Ayr”
  • Portuguese: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Romanian: “Ayr”
  • Russian: “Айр”
  • Russian: “Эр”
  • Scots: “Ayr”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ayr”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ayr, Škotska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ayr”
  • Silesian: “Ayr”
  • Slovak: “Ayr”
  • Slovenian: “Ayr”
  • Slovenian: “Inbhir Àir”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایر”
  • Spanish: “Ayr”
  • Spanish: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Swedish: “Ayr”
  • Swiss German: “Ayr”
  • Swiss German: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Tamil: “ஆயர்”
  • Tatar: “Эр (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Эр”
  • Telugu: “ఐర్”
  • Turkish: “Ayr”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейр”
  • Ukrainian: “Ер”
  • Urdu: “آئر”
  • Urdu: “ایر”
  • Welsh: “Ayr”
  • Welsh: “Inbhir Àir”
  • Western Panjabi: “آئر”
  • “Ayr”
  • “Ayr - Inbhir Àir”
  • “Inbhir Àir”
  • “Port of Ayr”

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