Woodhead
Woodhead is a farm in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Woodhead is situated nearby to the coniferous forest Hindberrybank Plantation, as well as near the archaeological site Old Loudoun Castle, Motte.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loudoun Castle and Loudoun Castle.
Loudoun Castle
Theme park
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Loudoun Castle was a theme park set around the ruins of the 19th century Loudoun Castle near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The park opened in 1995, and closed at the end of the 2010 season. The park's mascot was Rory the Lion. Loudoun Castle is situated 3,400 feet west of Woodhead.
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 1 mile west of Woodhead.
Loudoun Academy
School
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Loudoun Academy is a secondary school in the outskirts of Galston, East Ayrshire, in Scotland serving the Loudoun district which includes the Irvine Valley, Kilmarnock, and surrounding rural areas of East Ayrshire. Loudoun Academy is situated 1¼ miles west of Woodhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newmilns and Galston.
Newmilns
Town
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Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow.
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.
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. Moscow is situated 2½ miles northwest of Woodhead.
Woodhead
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.61206° or 55° 36′ 43″ northLongitude
-4.35176° or 4° 21′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7QJJ6X+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 896630596OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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