Ayr

Classification and Statistics

Settlement Type:	town
Population (2011):	46849
(2001):	46431
(1991):	47962
(1981):	49522
(1971):	47896
(1961):	45276
(1951):	42377
(1901):	27531 (Parliamentary Burgh)
(1881):	20821
(1871):	17853
(1861):	18573
(1851):	17624
(1841):	15749
(1831):	7606

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Text of Entry Updated:	19-SEP-2023

Location

Latitude:	55.4616°N	Longitude:	4.6333°W
National Grid Reference:			NS 336 218
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References and Further Reading

Close, Rob (1992) Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Edinburgh
Close, Rob (2001) The Street Names of Ayr. Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Close, Rob and Anne Riches (2012) The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire and Arran. Yale University Press, New Haven and London

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Attractions:	Auld Brig Ayr Auction Mart Ayr Citadel Ayr Ice Rink Ayr Pavilion Ayr Racecourse Ayr Town Hall Ayrshire Coastal Path Barnweil Monument, The Belleisle Park Brig o' Doon Burns Monument Burns' Cottage Cambusdoon Estate Craigie Horticultural Centre Gaiety Theatre	Greenan Castle Heads of Ayr Farm Park Kirk Alloway Kyle Centre Lady Cathcart's House Lorne Arcade Loudoun Hall Maclaurin Art Gallery Rozelle House Sandgate St John's Tower Tam o' Shanter Experience, The Tam o' Shanter Inn Town Buildings Trump Turnberry Resort Wallace Tower
Council Area:	South Ayrshire
Features:	A77 Trunk Road Abbotsford Golf Club Auchendrane Auchendrane House Auchincruive Estate Auchinleck Railway Station Auld Kirk Ayr Academy Ayr Bay Ayr Belleisle Golf Course Ayr Campus of Ayrshire College Ayr Carrick Golf Club Ayr Cemetery Ayr Dalmilling Golf Club Ayr Railway Station Ayr Sheriff Court Ayr, Heads of Ayr, Port of Ayr, River Ayrshire Bank Building Ayrshire Coast Line Barassie Railway Station Belleisle Golf Course Belleisle House Hotel Belmont Academy Brown Carrick Hill Carnegie Library Carrick Castle Hill Cathedral of St Margaret Citadel Leisure Centre Clyde, Firth of County Buildings Craig Tara Holiday Park Craigholm Bridge Diocese of Galloway Fergus Loch Girvan Harbour	Glengarnock Railway Station Harbour Branch Bridge (Former) Irvine Railway Station Johnstone Railway Station Kilmarnock Bus Station Kilmarnock Railway Station Kilwinning Railway Station Knock Old Castle Kyle Kyle Academy Lochwinnoch Railway Station Low Green Martnaham Loch Masonhill Crematorium Milliken Park Railway Station Muck, Glen New Bridge New Cumnock Railway Station Newark Castle North Harbour Paisley Gilmour Street Railway Station Queen Margaret Academy Railway Viaduct River Ayr Way Riverside Campus Scotland's Rural College Seafield Golf Course Snipe Loch Somerset Park Southcraig Campus St Andrew's Roman Catholic Church St Nicholas Rock Stranoch, The Turner's Bridge University of the West of Scotland Victoria Bridge Wellington School Wellington Square
Historical Counties:	Ayrshire
Parishes:	Ayr Coylton Dalrymple Girvan Kirkmichael Maybole	Monkton and Prestwick Ochiltree Stair Straiton Tarbolton
People:	John (Jack) Abbott Jack Alexander King Alexander II Ronni Ancona James Andrew Anderson Moira Anderson Scott Andrews Sir William Arrol Robert Baillie of Jerviswood James Baird Sir William Beardmore (Baron Invernairn) Johnnie Beattie Rev. Robert Blair Andrew Kennedy Boyd William Dunlop Brackenridge George Douglas Brown Robert Burns William Donaldson Clark John Cochrane Oliver Cromwell Adam Alexander Crozier Toni Davidson Michael (Mike) Henry Denness Sydney Devine Karen Dunbar King Edward I Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) Sir Alexander (Alex) Ferguson James Fergusson Andrew Galloway (Drew McIntyre) Gwyneth Guthrie Thomas Symington Halliday (T.S. Halliday) John Home Robertson Kirsty Hume Fiona Hyslop Thomas Francis Kennedy John Loudon MacAdam (John Loudon McAdam) Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose (Lord MacLehose of Beoch) William Maclure Andrew McIlwraith John McIlwraith Sir Thomas McIlwraith Patrick (Paddy) Connolly Meehan	Thomas Meik Glen Michael John Miller Jack Milroy (James Cruden) William Lambie Moffatt (William Moffat) General George Monk (General Monck; 1st Duke of Albemarle) Archibald William Montgomerie (13th Earl of Eglinton; 1st Earl of Wintoun) William Muir (William McDonald McGregor Muir) Stuart Murdoch Sir David Murray Nick Nairn Simon Neil William Thomas Oldrieve (W.T. Oldrieve) Neil Oliver James Paterson Walter Laing MacDonald Perry (Lord Perry of Walton) Andrew Michael Ramsay John Paul Reid (J.P. Reid) King Robert I (Robert the Bruce) William (Willie) Ross (Lord Ross of Marnock) Michael (Mike) Scott James (Jim) Sillars Sir Charles Tennant James Thom (The Ayrshire Sculptor) Sir Alexander Walker William Wallace Kirsty Wark Rev. John Welsh Sir William Whyte John Willcock King William I (William the Lion) John Wilson (Old Jock) George Younger (1st Viscount Younger of Leckie) George Kenneth Hotson Younger (4th Viscount Younger of Leckie)
Settlements:	Alloway Annbank Auchincruive Beith Belmont Belston Brownhill Coylton Craigie Crossroads Culroy Cumnock Dalmellington Dalrymple Doonfoot Drongan Dunure Fisherton Fullarton	Girvan Glasgow Heathfield Irvine Joppa Kilmarnock Kilwinning Maybole Monkton Mossblown New Prestwick Newton on Ayr Prestwick Seafield St Quivox Stair Troon Wallacetown Whitletts