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Fenwick

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Worth seeing in and around Fenwick

4 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.

  1. 01
    Rowallan Castle

    Rowallan Castle is an ancient castle located in Scotland. The castle stands on the banks of the Carmel Water, which may at one time have run much closer to the low eminence upon which the original castle stood, justifying the old name Craig of Rowallan.

    3 km · castle in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Craufurdland Castle

    Craufurdland Castle is a rebuilt tower house, originating in the 16th century, about 2.5 miles north east of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, north of the Craufurdland Water.

    2.6 km · 16th century tower house near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Polkelly Castle

    Polkelly Castle, also Pokelly, was an ancient castle located near Fenwick, at NS 4568 4524, in the medieval free Barony of Polkelly, lying north of Kilmarnock, Parish of Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle is recorded as Powkelly, Pockelly, Pow-Kaillie, Ponekell, Polnekel, Pollockelly, Pollockellie, Pokellie, Pothelly, Pathelly Ha' and Polkelly.

    2.1 km · castle in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Dalmusternock

    Dalmusternock was a dower house built and occupied by William Mure after his marriage and prior to inheriting the family seat of Rowallan Castle. The property is located near Fenwick, in the Barony of Rowallan, lying 3 miles north of Kilmarnock and 18 miles south of Glasgow, Parish of Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

    1.7 km · dower house in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Fenwick

Airports
Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 19 km · Glasgow (GLA), 24 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 74 km
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Fenwick
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £8–10
  • Belfast → Fenwick
    151 km · quickest by road, 14h 21m · £75–95
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Fenwick
    195 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · £24–32
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fenwick

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 Fenwick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBus 11 runs every 12 min from Ardrossan (for Arran ferry), taking 75 min via Saltcoats, Stevenston, Kilwinning and Irvine.
  • Get inThis continues beyond Kilmarnock as A77 to Prestwick, Ayr, Girvan, Cairnryan (for Ulster ferries) and Stranraer.
  • Go nextArdrossan has ferries to the Isle of Arran.

From Wikivoyage: Kilmarnock, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    44 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    64 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    93 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    170 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    187 km

If you know how people move in Fenwick – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Fenwick

Fenwick is 26 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Watersidevillage in Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK2.2 km