Prestwick
Prestwick is a town and former royal burgh in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland.
Prestwick is a town and former royal burgh in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about two miles south, and the small village of Monkton to the north. It had a population of 14,570 in 2022. The town was the first home of the Open Golf Championship, which was played on the Prestwick Old Course from 1860 to 1872.
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Worth seeing in and around Prestwick
10 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.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway
The Diocese of Galloway is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland. The pre-Reformation Diocese of Galloway, founded by Ninian in the fifth century, had broken allegiance with Rome in 1560, and disappeared in 1689 in the Church of Scotland but continued in the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
5.3 km · since 1878, diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia - 02Ayr Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Margaret, also known as Ayr Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Ayr, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Galloway, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.
3.5 km · church in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Somerset Park
Somerset Park is a football stadium located in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has been the home of Scottish Championship team Ayr United since the club was founded in 1910.
2.9 km · football stadium in Scotland · Wikipedia - 04Crosbie Castle and the Fullarton estate
Crosbie Castle and the Fullarton estate lie near Troon in South Ayrshire. The site was the home of the Fullarton family for several centuries.
5.7 km · castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr
The Good Shepherd Cathedral in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland was the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.
3 km · cathedral in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Ayr Town Hall
Ayr Town Hall is a municipal building in New Bridge Street, Ayr, Scotland. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Ayr Burgh Council, is a Category A listed building.
3.7 km · municipal building in Ayr, Scotland · Wikipedia - 07Prestwick South Parish Church
Prestwick South Parish Church is located in South Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland and within the Presbytery of Ayr.
500 m · church in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Macrae's Monument
James Macrae was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor of the Madras Presidency, modern-day Chennai. He encountered the pirate Edward England and was noted for reforming the administration of Madras Presidency on behalf of the British East India Company.
3.2 km · monument in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Auchincruive House
Auchincruive is a former country house and estate in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located 4 kilometres east of Ayr, on the north bank of the River Ayr.
4.3 km · country house in Auchincruive, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Shaw Monument
The Shaw Monument is an 18th-century structure that has been interpreted as a folly and stands about 1 mile East of Prestwick, overlooking Prestwick Airport in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
1.9 km · monumental tower in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01St Ninian's is an Episcopal
- 02Bruce's Well
Maryborough Rd, Prestwick KA9 1SD (adjacent to St.
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Things to do
Prestwick Golf Course, Links Rd KA9 1QG (by town railway station),. The Links Old Course hosted the first
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Where to eat
A strip of cheap eats along Monkton Rd and Main Street includes Mamma Mia, Spice Cube, Lido, Scruffy Duffy's, and Vito's. Clock Tower at 59 Main St is open M-W 9AM-5PM, Th-Su 9AM-midnight. The Vine, 132 Main Street KA9 1PB,. Sun-Thu 9AM-midnight, Fri Sat 9AM-1AM. Good for light bites, but gets great reviews for its full meals. Taj, 141 Main Street KA9 1LA,. Sun-Wed 2-10:30PM, Thu noon-10:30PM, Fri Sat noon-midnight.
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Getting to Prestwick
- Airports
- Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 2 km · Glasgow (GLA), 43 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 93 km
- Stations
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport, 2 km · Ayr railway station, 4.2 km · Troon railway station, 5.8 km · Prestwick Town railway station, 600 m · Newton-on-Ayr railway station, 2.5 km
- Glasgow → Prestwick48 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Prestwick94 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–13
- Belfast → Prestwick129 km · quickest by road, 14h 27m · £70–95
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Prestwick
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 Prestwick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inChange at Kilwinning for Ardrossan (for ferry to Arran), West Kilbride and Largs (for ferry to Great Cumbrae).
- Go nextArdrossan has ferries to the charming island of Arran.
- Go nextFerries to Cumbrae sail from Largs, and to Bute from Wemyss Bay.
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Next door to Prestwick
Prestwick is 47 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Mossblownvillage in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK5.5 km
- Monktonvillage in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Belmontsuburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom5 km
- Montgomeriestonvillage in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK3.8 km
- St Quivoxhamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK2.9 km