Hunterston Bird Sanctuary
Hunterston Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Hunterston Bird Sanctuary is situated nearby to Fairlie railway station, as well as near the peak Diamond Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fairlie railway station and Fairlie Castle.
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 railway station is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Hunterston Bird Sanctuary.
Fairlie Castle
Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Fairlie Castle is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Hunterston Bird Sanctuary.
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. Kelburn Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Hunterston Bird Sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairlie and Millport.
Fairlie
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland.
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.
Largs
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.
Hunterston Bird Sanctuary
- Type: Protected area
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.74664° or 55° 44′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.8642° or 4° 51′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C7QP4WP+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 333978734
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