--- title: "Prestwick South Ayrshire – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Prestwick South Ayrshire from Glasgow, Ingliston, Edinburgh and Belfast: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Prestwick…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/prestwick-south-ayrshire" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/prestwick-south-ayrshire.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Gardens%2C_Prestwick_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5508125.jpg" --- ![Prestwick South Ayrshire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Gardens%2C_Prestwick_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5508125.jpg) # Prestwick South Ayrshire Prestwick is a town and former royal burgh in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. [Plan a trip to Prestwick South Ayrshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Prestwick%20South%20Ayrshire) [From Glasgow](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Glasgow&to=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire) ## Every way there - Glasgow → Prestwick South Ayrshire 46 km · quickest by road, 48 min · £5–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/glasgow-to-prestwick-south-ayrshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Glasgow&to=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire) - Ingliston, Edinburgh → Prestwick South Ayrshire 93 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ingliston-edinburgh-to-prestwick-south-ayrshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ingliston%2C+Edinburgh&to=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire) - Belfast → Prestwick South Ayrshire 131 km · quickest by road, 12h 46m · £195–310 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/belfast-to-prestwick-south-ayrshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Belfast&to=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Prestwick South Ayrshire, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Prestwick South Ayrshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/prestwick-south-ayrshire) What Prestwick South Ayrshire has - Y Scheduled flights Prestwick, South Ayrshire (PIK), 2 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - Y Ferries Brodick, 7 km, Caledonian MacBrayne; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Paisley, 39 km. 55.496°, -4.614° 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. Get in ## Getting to Prestwick South Ayrshire Glasgow Airport (GLA IATA) is some 30 miles north but is almost always the best airport for reaching Prestwick and the county of Ayrshire, because of its range of UK, European and long-haul destinations. Take the airport bus to Glasgow Buchanan bus station, then bus or train south towards Ayr as described below. 1. Prestwick Airport 2. Prestwick Town station is north side It has a staffed ticket office and machines, toilets and a waiting room. See ## Worth seeing 1. St Ninian's is an Episcopal 2. Bruce's Well Maryborough Rd, Prestwick KA9 1SD (adjacent to St. Do ## Things to do Prestwick Golf Course, Links Rd KA9 1QG (by town railway station),. The Links Old Course hosted the first Eat ## 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. How locals move ## Getting around Prestwick South Ayrshire the local way - Get in Change at Kilwinning for Ardrossan (for ferry to Arran), West Kilbride and Largs (for ferry to Great Cumbrae). - Go next Ardrossan has ferries to the charming island of Arran. - Go next Ferries to Cumbrae sail from Largs, and to Bute from Wemyss Bay. From [Wikivoyage: Prestwick](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Prestwick), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestwick) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Prestwick), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/prestwick-south-ayrshire, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt