Hunterston Castle
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.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Address: Castle Avenue, West Kilbride, KA23 9QG
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Knowe and Hunterston B nuclear power station.
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. Castle Knowe is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Hunterston Castle.
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 2,700 feet west of Hunterston Castle.
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 3,500 feet west of Hunterston Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.
West Kilbride
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 south of Hunterston Castle.
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 Castle
- Categories: castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.72301° or 55° 43′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.87878° or 4° 52′ 44″ westLevels
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roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Hunterston Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hunterston gaztelua”
- German: “Hunterston Castle”
- Turkish: “Hunterston Kalesi”
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