Mauchline

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.

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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Wikidata facts

Population: 4010
Official website: www.mauchlinevillage.co.uk
Image: National Burns Memorial.jpg
Dialing code: 01294

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Commons category: Mauchline
OS grid reference: NS498272
P8168: Arta Prefecture
P12749: Oskar Kuhn

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Contents

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.