Portland Avenue Industrial Estate

Portland Avenue Industrial Estate is in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Portland Avenue Industrial Estate is situated nearby to Scottish Maritime Museum, as well as near Irvine railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scottish Maritime Museum and Irvine railway station.

Scottish Maritime Museum

Museum

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The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton, with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage. Scottish Maritime Museum is situated 1,300 feet north of Portland Avenue Industrial Estate.

Irvine railway station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 30 miles south west of Glasgow Central. Irvine railway station is situated 1,900 feet north of Portland Avenue Industrial Estate.

The Big Idea

Museum

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Big Idea was a science centre located in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located on the former Nobel Explosives manufacturing site on the Ardeer Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors. The Big Idea is situated 3,900 feet west of Portland Avenue Industrial Estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irvine and Dreghorn.

Irvine

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.

Dreghorn

Village

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Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. Dreghorn is situated 2½ miles east of Portland Avenue Industrial Estate.