Monkton Icarus
Monkton Icarus is a work of art in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Monkton Icarus is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Prestwick Holiday Park, as well as near Monkton Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prestwick International Airport railway station and Prestwick Town railway station.
Prestwick International Airport railway station
Railway station
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestwick International Airport railway station serves Glasgow Prestwick Airport, near the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is 37+3⁄4 miles south west of Glasgow Central, on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Prestwick International Airport railway station is situated 3,900 feet south of Monkton Icarus.
Prestwick Town railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mbreckers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prestwick Town railway station is a railway station serving the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Prestwick Town railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Monkton Icarus.
Macrae Monument
Monument
Photo: Ian Rainey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
James Macrae was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor of the Madras Presidency, modern-day Chennai. Macrae Monument is situated 1 mile east of Monkton Icarus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monkton and Prestwick.
Monkton
Village
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monkton is a small town in the parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The town of Prestwick is around 1+1⁄2 miles south of the village, and it borders upon Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Prestwick
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestwick is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast of Scotland, with a population of 14,880 in 2020. It became a beach and golf resort in Victorian times, but is best known for its airport.
Loans
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loans is a village in South Ayrshire near Troon, Scotland. It is located in Dundonald parish on the A759 at the junction with the B746 and a minor road to Dundonald. Loans is situated 2 miles north of Monkton Icarus.
Monkton Icarus
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Category: tourism
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.51956° or 55° 31′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.61798° or 4° 37′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C7QG99J+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 3958658581OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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