Troon
Troon is a seaside town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Troon is a seaside town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with ferry and freight services, and a yacht marina. Up until January 2016, P&O operated a seasonal ferry service to Larne. In May 2006, a ferry service to Campbeltown was added, although this was withdrawn the following year. Since March 2024, Caledonian MacBrayne have operated a ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran.
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Worth seeing in and around Troon
8 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.
- 01Dundonald Castle
Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
5.7 km · castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Crosbie 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.
0 m · castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Auchans Castle
Auchans Castle, House, House of Auchans or Old Auchans, is a mock military mansion, Category A listed, T-plan building of a late 16th-century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century; its ruins stand about 1 km W of Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Parish of Dundonald.
5.1 km · castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Lady Isle Lighthouse
Lady Isle is a small, uninhabited island, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It was once home to a chapel dedicated to Saint Mary.
4.9 km · lighthouse in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Macrae'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.
4.9 km · monument in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Council Offices, Kirk Street, Prestwick
Prestwick Burgh Hall, also known as Prestwick Freeman's Hall and Prestwick Freemen's Hall, is a municipal building in Kirk Street, Prestwick, Scotland. The structure, which served as the meeting place of Prestwick Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.
5.2 km · building in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · 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.
5.4 km · church in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Town Hall, South Beach, Troon
Troon Town Hall is a municipal building in Ayr Street, Troon, Scotland. The structure, which serves as the meeting place of Troon Community Council, is a Category B listed building.
300 m · hall in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Town centre is Victorian red sandstone low-rise. St Meddan or Our Lady of the Assumption (RC) was completed in 1911. Town Hall is cod-Georgian, completed in 1932. Troon Old Parish Church was built in 1894-5. The building is impressive, featuring flying buttresses, and the architect was Hippolyte J Blanc. Beaches have grand views over the Firth of Clyde.
- 01Dundonald Castle
Winehouse Yett, Dundonald KA2 9HD (Bus 10),.
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Things to do
- 01Royal Troon Golf Course
Two famous 18-hole golf courses, the Old Course and the Portland, and the 9-hole Craigend.
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Where to eat
Brodie's Deli, 39 Ayr St KA10 6EB,. Mon-Wed 9:30AM-4PM, Thu-Sat 9:30AM-5PM. Grand little cafe for light bites.
- 01Maharani Indian Restaurant
Reliable place for Indian food, slick service.
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Getting to Troon
- Airports
- Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 7 km · Glasgow (GLA), 40 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 93 km
- Stations
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport, 5.3 km · Troon railway station, 400 m · Prestwick Town railway station, 5.2 km · Gailes railway station, 5 km · Barassie railway station, 2.4 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Troon93 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
- Belfast → Troon132 km · quickest by road, 14h 32m · £75–95
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Troon203 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · £23–31
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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 Troon
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 Troon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy bus: Citylink 922 runs four times a day from Glasgow Buchanan Station, taking an hour and connecting with the Arran ferry.
- Get inBy boat: some ferries to Arran sail from Troon during the interminable repairs to Ardrossan the usual mainland port.
- Go nextLargs is a similar seaside town, with a short ferry crossing to Great Cumbrae.
- Go nextArdrossan is only worth visiting to take the ferry to the charming Isle of Arran.
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Next door to Troon
Troon is 44 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.