Irvine Harbour

Irvine Harbour is a quarter in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Irvine Harbour is situated nearby to the suburb Fullarton, as well as near the quarter Tarryholme.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scottish Maritime Museum and Irvine railway station.

Scottish Maritime Museum

Museum

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton, with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage.

Irvine railway station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 30 miles south west of Glasgow Central.

The Big Idea

Museum

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Big Idea was a science centre located in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located on the former Nobel Explosives manufacturing site on the Ardeer Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irvine and Dreghorn.

Irvine

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.

Dreghorn

Village

Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. Dreghorn is situated 2½ miles east of Irvine Harbour.