Hawking Craig Cave

Hawking Craig Cave is a cave in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Hawking Craig Cave is situated nearby to the forest Happincraig Plantation, as well as near Hunterston Pier.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hunterston Castle and Portencross Castle.

Hunterston Castle

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Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 1 mile northeast of Hawking Craig Cave.

Portencross Castle

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Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride. Portencross Castle is situated 1 mile south of Hawking Craig Cave.

Hunterston B nuclear power station

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Hunterston B nuclear power station is a shut-down AGR nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located about six miles south of Largs and about 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of West Kilbride on the Firth of Clyde coast. Hunterston B nuclear power station is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Hawking Craig Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.

West Kilbride

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West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.

Seamill

Village

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Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Hawking Craig Cave.

Millport

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.

Hawking Craig Cave

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.71445° or 55° 42′ 52″ north

Longitude

-4.90057° or 4° 54′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C7QP37X+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3016096649

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Happincraig Plantation and Hunterston Pier.

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