Shewalton Sandpits Wildlife Reserve

Places of Interest

Irvine railway station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 30 miles south west of Glasgow Central.

The Big Idea

Museum

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Big Idea was a science centre located in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located on the former Nobel Explosives manufacturing site on the Ardeer Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors.

Scottish Maritime Museum

Museum

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The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton, with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage.

Places in the Area

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

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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.

Kilwinning

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilwinning is a town near the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, some 21 miles southwest of Glasgow. It's run-down and post-industrial, with a population in 2020 of 16,100.

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