Knowes Farm

Knowes Farm is a locality in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Knowes Farm is situated nearby to the locality Brownmuir, as well as near West Auchengowan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lochwinnoch railway station and Lowes Loch.

Lochwinnoch railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lochwinnoch railway station is a railway station serving the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Lowes Loch, The Lochs or Loch of Hill is now a small natural freshwater loch in the North Ayrshire Council Areas, Scotland, lying in a glacial kettle hole, once of greater extent, lying below Brownmuir and Lochland Hills on the Threepwood Road, near Beith, in the Parish of Beith.

Barr Castle

Castle

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barr Castle is a late medieval tower house. It can be seen today as a ruin on a low ridge to the south of the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Barr Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Knowes Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochwinnoch and Beith.

Lochwinnoch

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Lochwinnoch is situated 2 miles northwest of Knowes Farm.

Beith

Town

Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beith is a town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately 20 miles south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "Hill o' Beith" after its Court Hill. Beith is situated 2 miles southwest of Knowes Farm.

Hessilhead hamlet

Hamlet

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Hessilhead hamlet or Haselet is a small settlement or clachan in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated to the east of the town of Beith and stands on the course of the Dusk Water that once drove the local mill. Hessilhead hamlet is situated 2½ miles southeast of Knowes Farm.

Knowes Farm

Type: Locality
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.77427° or 55° 46′ 27″ north

Longitude

-4.59969° or 4° 35′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C7QQCF2+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8244641967

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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