Whatside Loch

Whatside Loch is a lake in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Whatside Loch is situated nearby to the village Fairlie, as well as near the neighborhood Southannan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kelburn Castle and Fairlie railway station.

Kelburn Castle

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kelburn Castle is a large house near Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. Originally built in the thirteenth century it was remodelled in the sixteenth century.

Fairlie railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fairlie railway station serves the village of Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Fairlie Castle is a restored oblong tower castle located on a natural rounded knoll situated above a precipitous section of the Fairlie Glen near the town of Fairlie in the old Barony of Fairlie, Parish of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largs and Millport.

Largs

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of Ayrshire, with a population of 10,900 in 2022. It’s where Viking power in Scotland was broken, at the Battle of Largs in 1263, and the Vikingar Exhibition is the town’s main attraction.

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.

Whatside Loch

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.7596° or 55° 45′ 35″ north

Longitude

-4.8213° or 4° 49′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C7QQ55H+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 301420000

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Southannan and Fairlie Pier.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whatside Hills and Auchenhary Hill.

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