Largs
Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of Ayrshire, with a population of 10,900 in 2022. It’s where Viking power in Scotland was broken, at the Battle of Largs in 1263, and the Vikingar Exhibition is the town’s main attraction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Largs railway station and Brisbane Aisle.
Largs railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 43 miles south west of Glasgow Central.
Brisbane Aisle
Historic site
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
The Brisbane Aisle is a small 17th century free-standing burial vault, built for the Shaws of Kelsoland and situated in the grounds of the 'Largs Old Kirk', Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Clark Memorial Church
Church
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Clark Memorial Church is an active place of worship for the Church of Scotland in Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was designed by William Kerr in 1890–1892, and is a category A listed building, having been listed in 1971.
Largs
- Type: Town with 11,300 residents
- Description: coastal town in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7949° or 55° 47′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.8695° or 4° 52′ 10″ westPopulation
11,300Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LGSOpen location code
9C7QQ4VJ+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 25935219OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Largs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لارغس”
- Armenian: “Լարգս”
- Asturian: “Largs”
- Basque: “Largs”
- Belarusian: “Ларгс”
- Bengali: “লার্জস”
- Bulgarian: “Ларгс”
- Catalan: “Largs”
- Cebuano: “Largs”
- Chinese: “拉格斯 (英國)”
- Chinese: “拉格斯”
- Czech: “Largs”
- Dutch: “Largs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لارجس”
- French: “Largs”
- Georgian: “ლარგზი”
- German: “Largs”
- Greek: “Λαργκς”
- Gujarati: “લાર્ગ્સ”
- Hebrew: “לארגס”
- Irish: “An Leargaidh Ghallda”
- Italian: “Largs”
- Japanese: “ラーグス”
- Japanese: “ラーグズ”
- Kannada: “ಲಾರ್ಸ್”
- Korean: “라그스”
- Lithuanian: “Largsas”
- Luxembourgish: “Largs”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Largs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Largs”
- Norwegian: “Largs”
- Persian: “لارگز”
- Polish: “Largs”
- Portuguese: “Largs”
- Russian: “Ларгс”
- Scots: “Largs”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Leargaidh Ghallda”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Leargaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Largs”
- Slovenian: “Largs”
- Spanish: “Largs”
- Swedish: “Largs, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Largs”
- Tamil: “லார்க்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “లార్గ్స్”
- Ukrainian: “Ларгс”
- Urdu: “لارجس”
- Welsh: “Largs”
- Western Panjabi: “لارگس”
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