Houdston
Houdston is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Houdston is situated nearby to the hamlet Fauldribbon Cottage, as well as near Enoch.Places of Interest
Highlights include Girvan railway station and Girvan Community Hospital.
Girvan railway station
Railway station
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Girvan railway station is a railway station serving the town of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all passenger services from there.
Girvan Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Girvan Community Hospital is a health facility in Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Penkill Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penkill Castle is a 16th-century castle with later additions. It is around 1⁄2 mile south of Old Dailly, northeast of Girvan in south Ayrshire, Scotland. Penkill Castle is situated 2 miles east of Houdston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Girvan and Turnberry.
Girvan
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Girvan is a seaside town in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. It has a long, sandy beach and expanded as a resort when the railway arrived in Victorian times.
Turnberry
Village
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turnberry is a village 6 miles north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses. In 1991 it had a population of 149. Turnberry is situated 4½ miles north of Houdston.
Dailly
Village
Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dailly is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, five miles south of Maybole, and three miles east of Old Dailly. Dailly is situated 5 miles northeast of Houdston.
Houdston
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.24353° or 55° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
-4.83464° or 4° 50′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C7Q65V8+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 845668976OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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