West Kilbride

West Kilbride is a town in on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.
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  • Type: Town with 4,760 residents
  • Description: village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Cille Bhrìghde an Iar”
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Law Castle and West Kilbride railway station.

Castle
Photo: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated on the lower slopes of on the edge of West Kilbride, in , Scotland. It is around 200 metres from the .

Railway station
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is a railway station that serves the village of West Kilbride, , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

Peak
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is a hill in the town of West Kilbride, overlooking the and the hills of beyond. The summit rises above the village, with nearby a few minutes walk away.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seamill.

Village
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in on the west coast of , about 5 miles north of and 8 miles south of , on the east coast of the .

West Kilbride

Latitude
55.6948° or 55° 41′ 41″ north
Longitude
-4.8573° or 4° 51′ 26″ west
Population
4,760
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Named after
Brigid of Kildare
United Nations Location Code
GB WKB
Open location code
9C7QM4VV+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32821899
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634378
Wiki­data ID
Q1010320
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“West Kilbride” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “West Kilbride”
  • Catalan: “West Kilbride”
  • Cebuano: “West Kilbride”
  • Dutch: “West Kilbride”
  • Esperanto: “Cille Bhrìghde an Iar”
  • Esperanto: “West Kilbride”
  • French: “Cille Bhrìghde an Iar”
  • French: “West Kilbride”
  • German: “West Kilbride”
  • Irish: “Cille Bhríghde an Iar”
  • Irish: “Cille Bhrìghde an Iar”
  • Irish: “West Kilbride”
  • Italian: “West Kilbride”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・キルブライド”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・キルブライド”
  • Persian: “وست کیلبراید”
  • Polish: “West Kilbride”
  • Russian: “Уэст Килбрид”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Килбрид”
  • Scots: “Wast Kilbride”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Bhrìghde an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “West Kilbride”
  • Slovenian: “West Kilbride”
  • Spanish: “Cille Bhrìghde an Iar”
  • Spanish: “West Kilbride”
  • Swedish: “West Kilbride”
  • Welsh: “West Kilbride”

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