Fosterhill

Fosterhill is a residential area in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Fosterhill is situated nearby to the forest Farfield Plantation, as well as near the village Moscow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loudoun Castle and Loudoun Kirk.

Loudoun Castle

Castle

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Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the "Windsor of Scotland" located near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around existing structures dating to the 15th and 17th centuries. Loudoun Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fosterhill.

Loudoun Kirk

Church

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Loudoun Kirk is a disused church located about one mile west of Loudoun Castle, East Ayrshire. It served as Loudoun's parish church until some point after 1600, when this function moved to the church in nearby Newmilns. Loudoun Kirk is situated 1¼ miles south of Fosterhill.

Barr Castle

Castle

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Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. Barr Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Fosterhill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moscow and Galston.

Moscow

Village

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Moscow is a hamlet in East Ayrshire in Scotland. It is on the A719 road some 4 miles east of Kilmarnock. In 2006 its population was reported as 118. It is represented in the "Galston West and Hurlford North" ward of East Ayrshire Council.

Galston

Town

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Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. Galston is situated 2 miles southeast of Fosterhill.

Hurlford

Village

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Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. Hurlford is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fosterhill.

Fosterhill

Type: Residential area
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.62525° or 55° 37′ 31″ north

Longitude

-4.4066° or 4° 24′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C7QJHGV+39

OpenStreetMap ID

way 833802867

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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