Crosshands

Crosshands is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Crosshands is situated nearby to the locality Lawersbridge, as well as near the hamlet Friendlesshead.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carnell Estate and Mauchline Castle.

Carnell Estate

Park

Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carnell House is a mansion house and estate near the village of Hurlford about 5 miles south-east of Kilmarnock in South Ayrshire, Scotland, 25 miles from Glasgow.

Mauchline Castle, also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower, is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Mauchline Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Crosshands.

East Mossgiel

Building

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Mossgiel is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mauchline and Failford.

Mauchline

Town

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Mauchline is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census Mauchline had a recorded population of 4,105. It is home to the National Burns Memorial. Mauchline is situated 2½ miles southeast of Crosshands.

Failford

Village

Photo: L J Cunningham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Failford is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is 4 kilometres west of Mauchline, where the Water of Fail flows into the River Ayr. Failford is situated 3 miles southwest of Crosshands.

Galston

Town

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Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. Galston is situated 4 miles north of Crosshands.

Crosshands

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.54586° or 55° 32′ 45″ north

Longitude

-4.40271° or 4° 24′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C7QGHWW+8W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10972151414

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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