Balancing Pond

Balancing Pond is in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Balancing Pond is situated nearby to the village Glengarnock, as well as near the hamlet Longbar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glengarnock railway station and Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie.

Glengarnock railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glengarnock railway station is a railway station in the village of Glengarnock, North Ayrshire, Scotland, serving the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie

Ruins

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The substantial remains of the old castle and sixteenth century manor house of Kilbirnie lie west of the town of Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Glengarnock Hills, in the old Barony of Kilbirnie.

Kilbirnie Loch

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Kilbirnie Loch is a freshwater Loch situated in the floodplain between Kilbirnie, Glengarnock and Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It runs south-west to north-east for almost 2 km, is about 0.5 km wide for the most part and has an area of roughly 3 km2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilbirnie and Beith.

Kilbirnie

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilbirnie is the largest of a cluster of small towns in Ayrshire, at the head of the Garnock Valley 20 miles southwest of Glasgow.

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.