Ayrshire
Ayrshire is a region in the southwest of Scotland. It's divided administratively into South, East and North Ayrshire; but for visitors the practical divisions are the coast, the islands, and the inland areas.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ayr and Isle of Arran.
Ayr
Ayr is a town in Ayrshire on the coast of South West Scotland, with a population of 46,260 in 2020.
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock is a town in Ayrshire in southwest Scotland, with a population of 46,970 in 2020.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Irvine and Ailsa Craig.
Irvine
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Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020.
Ailsa Craig
Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Clyde, 9 miles off the coast of Ayrshire.
Largs
Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of Ayrshire, with a population of 10,900 in 2022.
Troon
Troon is a seaside town in Ayrshire in southwest Scotland, with a population of 14,950 in 2020.
Prestwick
Prestwick is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast of Scotland, with a population of 14,880 in 2020.
Kilwinning
Kilwinning is a town near the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, some 21 miles southwest of Glasgow.
West Kilbride
West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022.
Holy Island
Holy Island is a small island just east of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Ayrshire
- County with about 367,000 residents
- …is also known as “Siorrachd Àir”
- Description: county in Scotland
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
55.5° or 55° 30′ north
Longitude of center
-4.5° or 4° 30′ west
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Ayrshire” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Այրշիր”
- Asturian: “Ayrshire”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayrşir”
- Basque: “Ayrshire”
- Belarusian: “Айршыр”
- Belarusian: “Эршыр”
- Catalan: “Ayrshire”
- Cebuano: “Ayrshire”
- Chinese: “埃尔郡”
- Chinese: “埃爾郡”
- Chinese: “艾尔郡”
- Chinese: “艾爾郡”
- Chinese: “艾郡”
- Czech: “Ayrshire”
- Dutch: “Ayrshire”
- French: “Ayrshire”
- German: “Ayrshire”
- Greek: “Έρσαϊρ”
- Hebrew: “איירשייר”
- Hindi: “आयरशायर”
- Ido: “Ayrshire”
- Indonesian: “Ayrshire”
- Irish: “Inbhear Áir”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Àir”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Inbhir Àir”
- Italian: “Ayrshire”
- Japanese: “アイルシャー”
- Japanese: “エアシャー”
- Japanese: “エアシャー地方”
- Japanese: “エアシャイア”
- Korean: “에어셔주”
- Kurdish: “Ayrshire”
- Latin: “Aerensis”
- Latin: “Ayrshire”
- Latvian: “Ēršīra”
- Macedonian: “Ершир”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ayrshire”
- Norwegian: “Ayrshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Æġersċīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ægrscīr”
- Persian: “ایرشایر”
- Polish: “Ayrshire”
- Romanian: “Ayrshire”
- Russian: “Айр”
- Russian: “Айршир”
- Russian: “Эршир”
- Scots: “Ayrshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Àir”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Inbhir Àir”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ayrshire”
- Slovenian: “Ayrshire”
- Spanish: “Ayrshire”
- Swedish: “Ayrshire”
- Turkish: “Ayrshire”
- Ukrainian: “Ершир”
- Urdu: “آئرشائر”
- Venetian: “Ayrshire”
- Welsh: “Swydd Ayr”
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