Visitors Centre

Visitors Centre is a building in North Ayrshire, Scotland which is located on Hunterston ‘B’ Service Road. Visitors Centre is situated nearby to Hunterston A nuclear power station, as well as near Hunterston B nuclear power station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hunterston B nuclear power station and Hunterston A nuclear power station.

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 1,000 feet east of Visitors Centre.

Hunterston A nuclear power station

Photo: Jonathonchampton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hunterston A nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station located at Hunterston in Ayrshire, Scotland, adjacent to Hunterston B. The ongoing decommissioning process is being managed by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services. Hunterston A nuclear power station is situated 830 feet south of Visitors Centre.

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 3,700 feet east of Visitors Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Millport and West Kilbride.

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.

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.

Fairlie

Village

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. Fairlie is situated 2½ miles northeast of Visitors Centre.

Visitors Centre

Type: Building
Address: Hunterston ‘B’ Service Road
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.72285° or 55° 43′ 22″ north

Longitude

-4.89661° or 4° 53′ 48″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C7QP4F3+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 299744478

OpenStreetMap feature

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Highlights include Hillhouse East and Hunterston Marsh.

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