Places to see in ( Stranraer - UK )
Places to see in ( Stranraer - UK )
Stranraer is a town in Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan, on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town.
Stranraer is an administrative centre for the West Galloway Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway. It is best known as having been a ferry port, previously connecting Scotland with Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland; the last service was transferred to nearby Cairnryan in November 2011. The main industries in the area are the ferry port, with associated industries, tourism and, more traditionally, farming.
Some argue that the name comes from the Scottish Gaelic An t-Sròn Reamhar meaning The Fat Nose, but which more prosaically might be rendered as the broad headland. The most commonly accepted explanation is that it derives its name from the strand or burn which divides the row, raw, of houses on its banks. (The town burn, now under the two Strand streets.) In time Strandraw was named and spelled Stranrawer, and afterwards Stranraer.
The A77 runs north towards Ayr, Prestwick and Glasgow. The A75 runs east from Stranraer to Gretna, with links to the M6 going to Carlisle. The A75 is part of European route E18, but, like all European routes, it is not signposted as such in the United Kingdom. The main national coach providers operate services from Stranraer. National Express offer a service to London, and Scottish Citylink (in association with Ulsterbus) operate services to Edinburgh.
Stranraer railway station is the southern terminus for one of the branch lines of the Glasgow South Western Line. Trains are provided by Abellio ScotRail daily to Ayr, Glasgow Central, and Kilmarnock. From Stranraer connections to the West Coast Main Line, can be made at Glasgow Central, or traveling via Ayr, Kilmarnock, Dumfries to Carlisle. Onward trains from either Glasgow Central or Carlisle connect direct to London Euston and other destinations such as Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and Birmingham New Street.
The Castle of St. John is a medieval tower house, built around 1500 by the Adairs of Kilhilt. It has been used as a home, a court, a prison, and a military garrison, the last during the Killing Times in the 1680s. The Old Town Hall, built in 1776, now houses the Stranraer Museum with its displays of Victorian Wigtownshire and the town's polar explorers, Sir John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross. The town is also home to the North West Castle, built in 1820 and the first hotel in the world with its own indoor curling ice rink.
Local tourist attractions include:
Ardwell Gardens
Castle of St John
Castle Kennedy Gardens – a 75-acre (30 ha) garden between two lochs, noted for its rhododendrons, azaleas and embothriums in the grounds of Lochinch Castle, the seat of the Earls of Stair.
Glenluce Abbey – a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.
Glenwhan Gardens – a 12-acre (4.9 ha) garden near Dunragit.
Logan Botanic Garden, near Port Logan village, one of the four sites of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Mull of Galloway – the most southerly point of Scotland, with a lighthouse, visitor centre and RSPB bird reserve.
Portpatrick
The Robert the Bruce Trail begins at Loch Ryan, near Stranraer.
Southern Upland Way – a 212-mile (341 km) coast-to-coast path between Portpatrick and Cockburnspath.
Stranraer Museum
Whithorn – with its relics of St Ninian.
Wigtown – Scotland's national book town.
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Dean Country Park, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
The country park boasts beautiful woodland walks, adventure playground, urban farm, visitor centre, tearoom, shop and a fantastic 14th century castle housing world class collections including historic weapons, armour and musical instruments.
Explore the park using scenic paths and trails - each season brings with it ever changing plants and wildlife that you might spy along the way. With over 80 hectares of countryside within a very urban area, the park is a great place to get away from the stresses of everyday life and see some fantastic wildlife.
From classic car rallies to mini beast hunts, Dean Castle Country Park offers an extensive and varied events programme throughout the year.
Kilmarnock Rugby Club-Bellsland Bunker.wmv
Gorge Walk Arran 2010
Gorge Walk Arran 2010
Video tour of Cavan View Farmhouse, 23 Tamnamore Road, Killyman, Dungannon
On the market for sale with Maison Real Estate (Dungannon).
Take A Closer Look
A short promotional video from the council’s Invest South Ayrshire team. With a diverse economy, excellent connectivity, development opportunities, funding and incentives, beautiful coastline, thriving tourism, championship golf and offering a superb quality of life, this video shows why South Ayrshire is the best place to visit, invest, work and live.
Adders - Kirkconnell Flow
We took part in a walk round Kirkconnell nature reserve in April to look for Reptiles , We had a great time and came across these Adders and also common Lizards.
Arran AFC v Killie Athletic AFC Match Highlights
Edited highlights of game played in Brodick, Isle of Arran, on Sunday 28th October 2018.
* PLEASE NOTE: SWEARING THROUGHOUT *
Kilmarnock Ramblers Family Walk Whitelee Wind farm Dec 27th 2014
We get out after the christmas festivities to blow away the cobwebs with a walk at the Whitelee windfarm.
Music. Cool Vibes by Kevin McLeod
Loading of Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Incident Welfare Unit POD
Incident Welfare Unit being uploaded at causeyside street in paisley
Places to see in ( Troon - UK )
Places to see in ( Troon - UK )
Troon is a town in South Ayrshire. It is situated on the west coast of Scotland, about 8 miles north of Ayr and 3 miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon is a port with freight services at its yacht marina.
Troon is home of the Royal Troon golf course, one of the hosts to the Open Golf Championship. The course is chosen to host this annual event roughly every seven years. Troon Harbour played a notable part in the development of the town for many years. It was home to the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, which constructed many vessels for worldwide customers but mainly small passenger and various merchant vessels.
Troon Harbour is now a fishing port, yachting marina, seasonal passenger ferry port and Ro-Ro ferry terminal for timber and containers. The shipbuilding industry at Troon Harbour ended in 2000. The town is served by Troon railway station. Troon (old) railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland as part of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. A line had been there previously used by the Duke of Portland for the transport of coal from the collieries in East Ayrshire but was upgraded to run Steam locomotives.
Troon is the birthplace of C. K. Marr, who left a funds upon his death to the people of Troon, which was used to construct Marr College, the town's only secondary school. Troon hosts an annual music Festival held in the autumn known as Live@Troon. The event is run by a charitable trust for the promotion of the town and local musical talent.
Fullarton House was built by William Fullarton of that ilk in 1745 and altered by his son, however it was demolished in 1966 by the council who had been unable to maintain the building after purchasing it in 1928.
Robert II granted the old Crosbie estate to the Fullartons in 1344 and by the 18th century the old castle was partly demolished and converted into an ice house for Fullarton House, with a doocot nearby. In 1969 more of the ice house was demolished to make it safe. The building had been known as Crosby Place and later became Fullarton House, not long before the new building of the same name replaced it
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Big Kilmarnock Bonnet/Hiking Song/Keep Right on to the End of the Road
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36 Favourite Scottish Songs
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Mountain Warehouse, 183/185 High Street, Ayr KA7 1QT
Visit singervielle.com for further information on this reversionary retail investment situated within High Street, Ayr. The unit is let to Mountain Warehouse until 2019 and offers the opportunity to extend the lease and increase the passing rent. The property sits within the prime stretch of Ayr High Street and is immediately adjacent to the Kyle Shopping Centre which is scheduled to be redeveloped shortly. The passing rent for the property is £42,500pa and we are seeking offers in excess of £450,000 showing an attractive net yield of 9.07%
Journey begins for latest Performance School kids
The latest intake of Scottish FA Performance School pupils got a glimpse of the future today, as they were welcomed in to the programme at Oriam, Scotland’s new Sports Performance Centre.
The 47 boys and girls heard from Hibernian’s John McGinn about his journey in to the Scotland national team, while former Performance School pupils Aaron Reid and Johnny Mitchell shared their experiences as part of the first group to graduate from the programme.
Aaron (Heart of Midlothian) and Johnny (Falkirk) are amongst 15 graduates to have secured professional contracts, also including Kieran Freeman and Jordan Elliot at English Premier League sides Southampton and Swansea respectively.
The Bonnie Land O' Ayr
Song by Robert Wilson.
Dailly Parish - Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dailly Parish is a small, rural parish located in the valley of the Water of Girvan in southwest Scotland. To the average visitor Dailly is a pretty country parish. For me, it is where my Wasson ancestors came from.
The parish features a handful of castles and estates, the ruins of a church that dates back to about 1200 AD, historic sites and a number of walking paths, some featuring views that reach Ailsa Craig, an island 10 miles offshore in the Firth of Clyde. Ailsa Craig is actually part of Dailly Parish; the landlocked parish was once much larger and extended to the coast, but parish lands were used to create Girvan and Barr parishes.
The Photos (in order)
E10A3485 - Dalquharran Castle was completed in 1790; when it passed out of the family, the roof was removed and the place left to fall to ruin in order to reduce the tax burden; the castle ruins sit on a hill just to the south of the village of Dailly
E10A3517 - The current parish church in the village of Dailly was built in 1766, replacing an earlier church built in 1690; church records report the births, marriages and deaths of my Watson/Wason ancestors and relatives
U12A0264 - Old Dailly Parish Church was established around 1200 AD, but was left to fall to ruins in the late 1600s when a new parish church was built in what is today the village of Dailly; some of my Watson/Wason ancestors are buried in graves at the left side of the photo
U12A0248 - A view of the small village of Old Dailly; the round island in the distant right is Aisla Craig; the white house at the left was once the site of the village smithy; my Watson ancestors were blacksmiths there dating back to the end of the 1600s
U12A0411 - Much of the open lands in the parish are used for grazing
U12A0450 - Kilkerran Estate is one of the great manors and castles in Dailly Parish; historically, Kilkerran is home to Clan Fergusson; however, this is not the original location of Kilkerran; this was once the site of Barclanachan, a Kennedy family estate; Drumellan estate was absorbed into Kilkerran in the 1800s, and the Drumellan castle was torn down; for a time my Watson ancestors were farm workers at Drumellan
U12A0210 - Maxwellston Hill dominates the southwestern part of the parish; the remains of a Pictish fort are located at the summit, an ideal location given its outstanding panoramic views; the walking trail from the village of Dailly to the summit is rough and quite boggy in places
U12A0556 - I took this picture of the village of Dailly on a hike up to the top of Maxwellston Hill; the Firth of Clyde and the mountains of the Scottish Highlands can be seen in the distance
The Old Auchincruive Waggonway, Ayrshire - A Photographic Record
The Auchencruive Waggonway once carried coal etc from scores of pits to Ayr Harbour. This survey covers the 1865 extensions from Oswald's Bridge at Auchincruive to the Brockle Bridge near Wallace's Seat and Tarholm on the River Ayr. The line was probably horse drawn at first with stone sleepers and iron rails.
Dji spark at MONTROSE SCOTLAND
Dji spark
Fenwick, East Ayrshire
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Fenwick is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.In 2001, its population was 863.Fenwick is the terminus of the M77 following its extension which was opened in April 2005, at the beginning of the Kilmarnock bypass.The Fenwick Weavers' Society was founded in Fenwick in 1761 and is considered one of the first co-operatives in the world.
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Ultimate Pub Crawl - A Tour of Ayr's Inns, Bars & Real Ale Houses
Which is your favourite pub? Please leave your answer in the comments below, thanks!
OK I missed a few, but this is my guide of the auld toon's most central hostelries, both ancient and modern, thatched and spiritual, CAMRA award winning to spit-and-sawdust local boozer, sports bar to karaoke lounge, tasty bar meals to pork scratchings. Whether you prefer to worship at the altar of fine hand pulled ales, or your happy to stand shoulder to shoulder with the footie crowd with a pint of something cheap and gassy, there's a pub to suit everyone, even lovers of cask conditioned craft beers so beloved of the Campaign for Real Ale people. I'll let you guess which is which! Hostelries featured:
Market Inn, O'Briens, Firehouse, Matha Dickies, Burowfields Bar, Rabbies, The Twa Dugs, Meridian, Ayrshire and Galloway Hotel, Ayr Brewing Company at the Glen Park Hotel, Malt Cross, Bar Libertine, Willie Wastle, Billy Bridges Bar, West Kirk Wetherspoons, McArthurs, McCabes, Wellington Bar, Cactus Jacks Rodeo Bar, Wee Windaes, Boswells Bar and Smiths.
BTW Cactus Jacks is becoming something of a stand-up comedy mecca on certain nights. Will we see the likes of Jason Manford, Michael MacIntyre, Kevin Bridges, Tim Minchin, Marcus Brigstocke, Frankie Boyle, Robin Ince, Janey Godley, Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon? Ooh and what about Ricky Gervais after his golden globes 2011 wickedness. Nothing wrong with hoping.
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