Mauchline
Sign in to saveMauchline (; ) is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census Mauchline had a recorded population of 4,105. It is home to the National Burns Memorial.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Mauchline
- UK place.static_image_name
- Mauchline Cross - geograph.org.uk - 297617.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Mauchline Cross Junction of the B743 from Ayr to the village of Sorn, with the A76(T) road from Kilmarnock to Dumfries.
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Maghlinn
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS498272
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 70
- UK place.edinburgh_direction
- SW
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 380
- UK place.london_direction
- SSE
- UK place.map_alt
- Map showing Mauchline in the south west of Scotland
- UK place.post_town
- MAUCHLINE
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA5
- UK place.dial_code
- 01290
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Ayrshire
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Scottish Reformation
- Trade
- Mauchline ware
- Curling stones
- Robert Burns
- The Wondrous Mauchline Quern
- Kirkyard
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Mauchline (; ) is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census Mauchline had a recorded population of 4,105. It is home to the National Burns Memorial.
==Location== The town lies by the Glasgow and South Western Railway line, east-southeast of Kilmarnock and northeast of Ayr. It is situated on a gentle slope about from the River Ayr, which flows through the south of the parish of Mauchline.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mauchline” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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