Alloway
Sign in to saveAlloway (, ) is a suburb of Ayr, and former village, in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located on the River Doon. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter". Tobias Bachope, the mason responsible for the construction of Hopetoun House, Craigiehall, and Kinross House, also hailed from Alloway. Some historic parts of the village make up a conservation area.
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- Locality
- Ayr
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.type
- Suburb and former village
- UK place.official_name
- Alloway
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Allmhaigh
- UK place.population
- 4245
- UK place.static_image_name
- Alloway Village Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 534714.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Shops in Alloway village.
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS333184
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- South Ayrshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Ayr
- UK place.post_town
- AYR
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA7
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01292
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Alloway
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4245
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Alloway Village Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 534714.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alloway
- OS grid reference
- NS333184
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- historic county
- Ayrshire
- P12749
- Turritella
- native label
- Alloway
- postal code
- KA7 4
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Alloway (gälisch: Allmhaigh) ist eine ehemals eigenständige Ortschaft in der schottischen Council Area South Ayrshire. Ehemals Hauptort eines gleichnamigen Parishs ist Alloway heute Teil des Stadtgebiets von Ayr. Es liegt am Südrand von Ayr nahe der Mündung des in den Firth of Clyde.
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