Coylton
Coylton is a village and civil parish in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Coylton is a village and civil parish in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is five miles east of Ayr and 2+1⁄2 miles west of Drongan, on the A70. Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly dates to the 13th century. A rocking stone stands atop the Craigs of Kyle near Coylton. It weighs about 30 tons and rests upon two stones. A large standing stone known as Wallace's Stone stands nearby. The village is also home to a parish church of the Gothic style, built in 1832.
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Worth seeing in and around Coylton
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Martnaham Loch
Martnaham Loch is a freshwater loch lying across the border between East and South Ayrshire Council Areas, two kilometres from Coylton, in the parishes of Coylton and Dalrymple, three miles from Ayr. The loch lies along an axis from northeast to southwest.
2.6 km · lake in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, outflows west to Perclewan Burn · Wikipedia - 02Sundrum Castle
Sundrum Castle is a Scottish medieval castle located 1.5 kilometres north of Coylton, South Ayrshire, by the Water of Coyle river. It was built in the 14th century for Sir Duncan Wallace, Sheriff of Ayr.
1.8 km · tower house near Coylton, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Loch Fergus
Loch Fergus is a freshwater post-glacial "Kettle Hole" sometimes recorded as Fergus Loch. It is quite visible and is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road between the farms and dwellings of Trees, Lochfergus and Bowmanston in the Parish of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
1.9 km · lake in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, outflows west via a watercousrse to Snipe Loch · Wikipedia - 04Lochend Loch
Lochend Loch, which once had nearly three acres in surface area is now only a small freshwater loch remnant. It lies in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying on the hill above Joppa, between Gallowhill and Lochend Farm.
800 m · lake in Coylton, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Snipe Loch
Snipe Loch or Loch Snipe is a freshwater loch. It is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road next to Clocaird Farm in the Parish of Coylton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
3.1 km · lake in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, outflows south-east to Martnaham Loch · Wikipedia
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Getting to Coylton
- Airports
- Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 7 km · Glasgow (GLA), 48 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 91 km
- Stations
- Drongan railway station, 3.8 km · Trabboch railway station, 3.5 km
- Glasgow → Coylton49 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Coylton91 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–14
- Belfast → Coylton130 km · quickest by road, 14h 16m · £70–95
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No local-transport research exists yet for Coylton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Coylton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries to Ireland no longer sail from Ayrshire, you need to go to Cairnryan near Stranraer for the car ferries to Belfast and Larne.
- Get inFerries from Ardrossan sail to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.
- Get inYou can cross that island by road for the ferry from Lochranza to Claonaig, near Tarbert in Kintyre.
- Get inJust north of Ayrshire, frequent ferries sail from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.
- Get inYou can similarly cross Bute and take a ferry to the Cowal peninsula, then a further ferry onward to Tarbert.
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Next door to Coylton
Coylton is 50 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Annbankvillage in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK3 km
- Dronganvillage in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK3.8 km
- Joppavillage in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK1.7 km
- Millmannochvillage in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK2.6 km