Loudoun Castle
Loudoun Castle was a theme park set around the ruins of the 19th century Loudoun Castle near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The park opened in 1995, and closed at the end of the 2010 season. The park's mascot was Rory the Lion.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Theme park
- Description: former British amusement park
- Also known as: “Loudoun Castle (theme park)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loudoun Castle and Barr Castle.
Loudoun Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the "Windsor of Scotland" located near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around existing structures dating to the 15th and 17th centuries. Loudoun Castle is situated 950 feet west of Loudoun Castle.
Barr Castle
Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Barr Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Loudoun Castle.
Loudoun Academy
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loudoun Academy is a secondary school in the outskirts of Galston, East Ayrshire, in Scotland serving the Loudoun district which includes the Irvine Valley, Kilmarnock, and surrounding rural areas of East Ayrshire. Loudoun Academy is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Loudoun Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galston and Newmilns.
Galston
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Newmilns
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. Newmilns is situated 1½ miles east of Loudoun Castle.
Moscow
Village
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moscow is a hamlet in East Ayrshire in Scotland. It is on the A719 road some 4 miles east of Kilmarnock. In 2006 its population was reported as 118. It is represented in the "Galston West and Hurlford North" ward of East Ayrshire Council. Moscow is situated 2 miles northwest of Loudoun Castle.
Loudoun Castle
- Categories: amusement park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.61129° or 55° 36′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.36827° or 4° 22′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7QJJ6J+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 454519031OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q15242976
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Loudoun Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Loudoun Castle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “Loudoun Castle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لودون كاستل”
- French: “Loudoun Castle”
- German: “Loudoun Castle (Freizeitpark)”
- German: “Loudoun Castle”
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