Avenue Gate
Avenue Gate is in Scotland, United Kingdom. Avenue Gate is situated nearby to the forest Netherton Wood, as well as near Nuclear Emergency Gate.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hunterston Castle and Castle Knowe.
Hunterston Castle
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 1,800 feet southwest of Avenue Gate.
Castle Knowe
Archaeological site
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Castle Knowe is a prominent mound located slightly to the west of North Kilruskin Farm on the Kilruskin Toll Road, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The mound may have served several different functions over the ages. Castle Knowe is situated 1 mile southeast of Avenue Gate.
Hunterston B nuclear power station
Photo: Jonathonchampton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 4,000 feet southwest of Avenue Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kilbride and Millport.
West Kilbride
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.
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.
Seamill
Village
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3 miles south of Avenue Gate.
Avenue Gate
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Hunterston Gate” and “Hunterston North Pillars”
- Category: tourism
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.72767° or 55° 43′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.87527° or 4° 52′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7QP4HF+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3051094541OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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