East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear |
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Administrative headquarters | Kilmarnock |
surface | 1,262 km² (14.) |
Residents | 122,720 (16.) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-EAY |
ONS code | 00QK |
Website | www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk |
East Ayrshire ( Gaelic Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear ) is one of 32 Council Areas in Scotland . Together with South Ayrshire and North Ayrshire (excluding the Isle of Arran ) it is part of the traditional county of Ayrshire .
geography
East Ayrshire is a fertile and flourishing stretch of land with lush pastureland and numerous fields that is part of the Scottish Lowlands. Numerous smaller forest areas and hedges (especially gorse ) loosen up the hilly landscape optically. In the south, on the border with Dumfries and Galloway , the landscape gradually takes on a moor-like character. East Ayrshire is one of the few counties in Scotland with no direct access to the sea.
climate
Like the weather in western Scotland as a whole, the Atlantic Gulf Stream determines the weather in East Ayrshire. Summers are moderately warm with temperatures that rarely rise well above 20 ° C. The winters, on the other hand, are mild with only a few and then mostly short periods of frost. Due to the constant Atlantic winds, the weather is altogether changeable.
places
Attractions
Palaces and castles
- Barr Castle , Galston
- Caprington Castle , near Kilmarnock
- Carnell Castle , at Craigie
- Cessnock Castle , Galston
- Craufurdland Castle , near Kilmarnock
- Dean Castle , Kilmarnock
- Kilmaurs Place , Kilmaurs
- Kingencleugh Castle , at Mauchline
- Loch Doon Castle
- Loudoun Castle , near Galston
- Mauchline Castle , Mauchline
- Newmilns Tower , Newmilns
- Rowallan Castle , at Kilmaurs
- Sorn Castle , Sorn
- Terringzean Castle , at Cumnock
Museums and theaters
- The Baird Institute , Cumnock
- Burns House Museum , Mauchline
- Dean Castle and Country Park , Kilmarnock
- The Dick Institute , Kilmarnock
- Doon Valley Museum , Dalmellington
- Grand Hall , Kilmarnock
- Kilmaurs Museum , Kilmaurs
- National Burns Memorial , Mauchline
- Palace Theater , Kilmarnock
Further
- Keir Hardie Memorial , Cumnock
- Kay Park , Kilmarnock
- Dalmellington Mote , Dalmellington
- Loudoun Hill , Irvine Valley
- see also: List of Category A structures in East Ayrshire
Personalities
- Johnnie Walker sold his "Walker's Kilmarnock Whiskey" in Kilmarnock . The whiskey became world famous under the name "Johnnie Walker's". A statue in Kilmarnock's city center commemorates him.
- Andrew Fisher spent his early years as a miner in his native Crosshouse and later became Prime Minister of Australia .
- James Keir Hardie , founder of the Labor Party , lived in Cumnock for many years . A bust in front of the Cumnock Town Hall commemorates him.
- Alexander Fleming , the discoverer of penicillin and later Nobel Prize winner , was born on a farm near Darvel and completed his schooling here and at Kilmarnock Academy. A bust in Hastings Square in Darvel commemorates him.
- Bill Shankly , a well-known British football coach, was born in Glenbuck .
- John Boyd Orr was a Scottish doctor and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1949. He was born in Kilmaurs .
politics
The East Ayrshire Council has 32 seats distributed among the parties as follows:
Political party | Seats |
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Scottish National Party | 14th |
Scottish Labor | 9 |
Scottish Conservatives | 6th |
Independently | 2 |
The Rubbish Party | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid-2012 Population ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ^ Information from the East Ayrshire Council