West Heads

West Heads is a farm in East Ayrshire, Scotland. West Heads is situated nearby to the forest Huggin Craig Plantation, as well as near Hagars Moss.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loudoun Castle and St Sophia’s Church (Galston).

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 2 miles west of West Heads.

St Sophia’s Church (Galston)

Church

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St Sophia’s Church (Galston) is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Heads.

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 2½ miles southwest of West Heads.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newmilns and Darvel.

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.

Darvel

Town

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Darvel is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon". The town's Latin motto, Non sibi sed cunctis, means "Not for ourselves, but for others". Darvel is situated 2 miles southeast of West Heads.

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 2½ miles southwest of West Heads.

West Heads

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.62053° or 55° 37′ 14″ north

Longitude

-4.32674° or 4° 19′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C7QJMCF+68

OpenStreetMap ID

way 906852749

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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Highlights include Huggin Craig Plantation and Hagars Moss.

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