Brackenbank Plantation

Brackenbank Plantation is a forest in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Brackenbank Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Hunterston Estate, as well as near Thirdpart Holdings.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portencross Castle and Hunterston Castle.

Portencross Castle

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

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.

Castle Knowe

Archaeological site

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Castle Knowe is a prominent mound located slightly to the west of North Kilruskin Farm on the Kilruskin Toll Road, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The mound may have served several different functions over the ages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Kilbride and Millport.

West Kilbride

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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.

Fairlie

Village

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland.

Brackenbank Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.715° or 55° 42′ 54″ north

Longitude

-4.8899° or 4° 53′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C7QP476+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 297873869

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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