Beith
Sign in to saveBeith (locally ) is a town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith" (hill of the birches) after its Court Hill''.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Beith
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Beithe
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- A737, Beith - geograph.org.uk - 2196716.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A737 road, Beith
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS349542
- UK place.post_town
- BEITH
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA15
- UK place.dial_code
- 01505
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- North Ayrshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Cunninghame North
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Encyclopedic overview
49 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Saint Inan
- Alexander Montgomerie
- Smugglers
- Morrishill and James Montgomery
- Rev. John Witherspoon
- Robert Tannahill
- Henry Faulds
- Robert Aitken
- Industry
- Textiles
- Furniture making
- DM Beith
- Regional industries
- Beith today
- Deprivation and regeneration
- Town landmarks
- The Auld Kirk
- The Townhouse
- Places of worship
- Scapa Cottage
- Local landmarks
- Kilbirnie Loch
- Spier's school
- Geilsland House
- Crummock House
- The Court Hill
- Boghall Loch
- Beith Rocking Stone
- Willowyards (Angel's Share fungus)
- Demographics
- Social and cultural life
- Saint Inan's Fete
- Friends of Spiers (FoS)
- Youth Making Beith Better (YMBB)
- Beith Theatre Group
- Transport
- Leisure and sport
- Football
- Beith Astro
- Rugby
- Golf
- Cinema
- People from Beith
- Gallery and other images
- See also
- References
- External links
Beith (locally ) is a town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith" (hill of the birches) after its Court Hill''.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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