Birkhill

Birkhill is a garden in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Birkhill is situated nearby to the fort Castle Hill, as well as near the garden Gowanbank.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loudoun Castle and Darvel transmitting station.

Loudoun Castle

Castle

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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 2½ miles west of Birkhill.

Darvel transmitting station

Darvel transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located near Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The site is owned by Arqiva. Darvel transmitting station is situated 2½ miles south of Birkhill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newmilns and Darvel.

Newmilns

Town

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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.

Darvel

Town

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Darvel is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon". The town's Latin motto, Non sibi sed cunctis, means "Not for ourselves, but for others".

Galston

Town

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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. Galston is situated 3 miles west of Birkhill.

Birkhill

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.61025° or 55° 36′ 37″ north

Longitude

-4.30936° or 4° 18′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C7QJM6R+37

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1493310372

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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