Outerwards Reservoir

Outerwards Reservoir is a reservoir in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Outerwards Reservoir is situated nearby to the locality Martin Glen, as well as near the hamlet Meigle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knock Castle.

Knock Castle

Castle

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knock Castle is a private residence on the outskirts of Largs, on the west coast of Scotland. It was built by a member of the shipbuilding Steele family in 1851, with a further wing added in the early twentieth century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largs and Skelmorlie.

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.

Skelmorlie

Village

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire in the southwest of Scotland. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde, and has a PA zone postcode unlike the rest of Ayrshire which is in the KA zone.

Wemyss Bay

Village

Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the traditional county of Renfrewshire.

Outerwards Reservoir

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

55.8492° or 55° 50′ 57″ north

Longitude

-4.8271° or 4° 49′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C7QR5XF+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 38620597

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Martin Glen and Meigle.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Outerwards Roman Fortlet and Peat Hill.

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