Largs

Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of , 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Largs railway station and Brisbane Aisle.

Railway station
is a railway station in the town of Largs, , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 43 miles south west of .

Historic site
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
The 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, , .

Church
The is an active place of worship for the Church of Scotland in Largs, , . It was designed by William Kerr in 1890–1892, and is a category A listed building, having been listed in 1971.

Largs

Latitude
55.7949° or 55° 47′ 42″ north
Longitude
-4.8695° or 4° 52′ 10″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LGS
Open location code
9C7QQ4VJ+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25935219
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644860
Wiki­data ID
Q1016169
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Largs”. Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.