Kilbirnie

Kilbirnie is the largest of a cluster of small towns in , at the head of the Garnock Valley 20 miles southwest of .
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  • Type: Town with 7,640 residents
  • Description: town in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Kilbirnie, Ayrshire” and “Kilbirnie, Scotland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie and Glengarnock railway station.

Ruins
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The substantial remains of the old castle and sixteenth century manor house of Kilbirnie lie west of the town of Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Glengarnock Hills, in the old Barony of Kilbirnie.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the village of , , , serving the towns of and Kilbirnie. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
is a freshwater Loch situated in the floodplain between Kilbirnie, and , , Scotland. It runs south-west to north-east for almost 2 km, is about 0.5 km wide for the most part and has an area of roughly 3 km2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beith and Glengarnock.

Town
Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small town in the Garnock Valley, , approximately 20 miles south-west of . The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "Hill o' Beith" after its Court Hill.

Village
is a small village in that lies near the west coast of . It forms part of the Garnock Valley area and is about 18 miles from , the nearest city.

Kilbirnie

Latitude
55.7551° or 55° 45′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.6855° or 4° 41′ 8″ west
Population
7,640
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Named after
Brendan the Navigator
United Nations Location Code
GB XKI
Open location code
9C7QQ847+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262661829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645712
Wiki­data ID
Q1016743
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Kilbirnie” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kilbirnie”
  • Basque: “Kilbirnie”
  • Belarusian: “Кілбірні”
  • Bengali: “কিলবির্নি”
  • Bulgarian: “Килбирние”
  • Cebuano: “Kilbirnie”
  • Chinese: “奇布尔尼”
  • Chinese: “奇布爾尼”
  • Dutch: “Kilbirnie”
  • French: “Cille Bhraonaidh”
  • French: “Kilbirnie”
  • German: “Kilbirnie”
  • Gujarati: “કિલબર્ની”
  • Hebrew: “קילברני”
  • Irish: “Cill Bhreannain”
  • Irish: “Cille Bhraonaidh”
  • Italian: “Kilbirnie”
  • Japanese: “キルバーニー”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಲ್ಬಿರ್ನಿ”
  • Korean: “킬브리니”
  • Lithuanian: “Kilbirnis”
  • Persian: “کیلبیرنی”
  • Polish: “Kilbirnie”
  • Portuguese: “Kilbirnie”
  • Russian: “Килберни”
  • Russian: “Килбирни”
  • Scots: “Kilbirnie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Bhreannain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Bhraonaidh”
  • Silesian: “Kilbirnie”
  • Spanish: “Kilbirnie (Ayrshire)”
  • Spanish: “Kilbirnie”
  • Swedish: “Kilbirnie”
  • Tamil: “கிளிப்இரண்யே”
  • Telugu: “కిల్బిర్నే”
  • Urdu: “کیلبیرنیی”
  • Welsh: “Cill Bhreannain”
  • Welsh: “Kilbirnie”
  • “Kilbirnie - Cill Bhreannain”

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