Shewalton Wood Wildlife Reserve
Shewalton Wood Wildlife Reserve is a nature reserve in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Shewalton Wood Wildlife Reserve is situated nearby to the quarter Dundonald Camp, as well as near the village Drybridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dundonald Castle and Auchans Castle.
Dundonald Castle
Castle
Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III.
Auchans Castle
Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Auchans Castle, House, House of Auchans or Old Auchans, is a mock military mansion, Category A listed, T-plan building of a late 16th-century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century; its ruins stand about 1 km W of Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Western Gailes Golf Club
Golf course
Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Western Gailes Golf Club is a golf course.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irvine and Troon.
Irvine
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.
Troon
Photo: fb brillyunt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troon is a seaside town in Ayrshire in southwest Scotland, with a population of 14,950 in 2020. It's about 40 miles from Glasgow so it's one of the closest beach resorts to the city, and is crowded on fine summer weekends.
Dreghorn
Village
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers.
Shewalton Wood Wildlife Reserve
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.5817° or 55° 34′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.6257° or 4° 37′ 33″ westOperator
Scottish Wildlife TrustOpen location code
9C7QH9JF+MPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1037771215OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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