Hunterston Pier

Hunterston Pier is a pier in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Hunterston Pier is situated nearby to Hawking Craig Cave, as well as near the forest Happincraig Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portencross Castle and Hunterston Castle.

Portencross Castle

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Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride. Portencross Castle is situated 1 mile south of Hunterston Pier.

Hunterston Castle

Photo: Dreamer84, CC BY 2.5.

Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Hunterston Pier.

Hunterston B nuclear power station

Photo: Jonathonchampton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hunterston B nuclear power station is a shut-down AGR nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located about six miles south of Largs and about 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of West Kilbride on the Firth of Clyde coast. Hunterston B nuclear power station is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Hunterston Pier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.

West Kilbride

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West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.

Seamill

Village

Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Hunterston Pier.

Millport

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.

Hunterston Pier

Type: Pier
Category: transportation
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.71491° or 55° 42′ 54″ north

Longitude

-4.90487° or 4° 54′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C7QP37W+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 222928111

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pier

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hawking Craig Cave and Happincraig Plantation.

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