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The Best Attractions In Stevenston
Stevenston is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the Three Towns along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.
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The Best Attractions In Stevenston
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1. Stevenston Beach Stevenston
Stevenston is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the Three Towns along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.
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3. Falkirk Wheel Falkirk
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The lift is named after Falkirk, the town in which it is located. It reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project. The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals and reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight. The wheel raises boats by 24 metres , but the Union Cana...
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4. Inveraray Castle Inveraray
Inveraray Castle is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on the shore of Loch Fyne, Scotland’s longest sea loch.. It is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It has been the seat of the Dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell, since the 18th century.
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5. The Kelpies & The Helix Falkirk
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures featuring kelpies, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse powered heritage across Scotland.The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extensio...
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7. Doune Castle Doune
Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling district of central Scotland. The castle is sited on a wooded bend where the Ardoch Burn flows into the River Teith. It lies 8 miles north-west of Stirling, where the Teith flows into the River Forth. Upstream, 8 miles further north-west, the town of Callander lies at the edge of the Trossachs, on the fringe of the Scottish Highlands. Recent research has shown that Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence, before being rebuilt in its present form in the late 14th century by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany , the son of King Robert II of Scots, and Regent of Scotland from 1388 until his death. Duke Robert's stronghold has survived rela...
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8. The Kelpies Falkirk
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures featuring kelpies, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse powered heritage across Scotland.The sculptures were opened to the public in October 2013 . As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extensio...
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North Ayrshire Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit North Ayrshire? Check out our North Ayrshire Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in North Ayrshire.Top Places to visit in North Ayrshire:
Dalgarven Mill, Portencross Castle, Scottish Maritime Museum, Eglinton Country Park, Caledonian MacBrayne, Cathedral of the Isles, Irvine Beach, Saltcoats Beach, Kilwinning Abbey Tower, Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Seamill Beach, Newton Beach, The Pencil, Stevenston Beach, Wellwood Burns Centre & Museum
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Places to see in ( Saltcoats - UK )
Places to see in ( Saltcoats - UK )Saltcoats is a small town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore the coats is there as coats made out of salt originated from the town. It is part of the Greater Ardrossan or Three Towns conurbation along with Ardrossan and Stevenston.
The harbour was designed by James Jardine in 1811. Saltcoats is served by regular bus and railway services. Primary bus services are provided by Stagecoach West Scotland, while rail services are operated by SPT. Although Saltcoats currently only has a single railway station, the town was once served by a second railway station located in the north of the town, originally as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway. This station ceased regular passenger services on 4 July 1932, and there is no trace of the station today; bar a nearby bridge.
Saltcoats is part of the Ayrshire North & Arran constituency in the House of Commons and Cunninghame North constituency in the devolved Scottish Parliament. Both seats are held by the Scottish National Party. In the late-eighteenth century, several shipyards operated at Saltcoats, producing some sixty to seventy ships. The leading shipbuilder was William Ritchie, but in 1790 he moved his business to Belfast. By the early-nineteenth century, the town had stopped producing ships.
( Saltcoats - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Saltcoats . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Saltcoats - UK
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The abandoned science centre in North Ayrshire...
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A Taste of Saltcoats Rock - 2010
Saltcoats (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Salainn) is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with Ardrossan and Stevenston.This is day two of a two-day event which started at 12noon on Saturday 17 July 2010 and with tribute acts to major stars such as Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond and Abba, it continued on Sunday 18th July.
And that's not all - further along the shore from the Main Stage, there were fun events on offer including fairground rides, stalls, face painting and sporting activities and a great demonstration of Zumba.
It was organised North Ayrshire Council
This film from Coast-TV Scotland and produced by Radiovision Networks
Steveston, BC (aka Storybrooke in ABC's Once Upon a Time)
Steveston, BC is a small town south of Richmond, BC close to the US border. Recently its downtown has become synonymous with the fictional town of Storybrooke, Maine in Once Upon a Time. Some of the stores that changed their signs for filming, have kept them up, actually changing the name of their business. At 1:40 you can see the Town Library on the right. The clock tower is added in post-production. Other buildings from the show can be seen along the stretch.
Abandoned Railway Depots in Herne, Germany May 2012, URBAN EXPLORE
2 abandoned railway depots in Herne and Herne Wanne-Eickel in Germany.2 Industrieruinen, Bahnbetriebswerk Herne und der Überrest des alten
Bahnbetriebswerkes Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof.
