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Saltcoats
Sign in to saveSaltcoats (; Scots: Saulcuts) is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore. It is part of the 'Three Towns' conurbation along with Ardrossan and Stevenston and is the third largest town in North Ayrshire.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Saltcoats
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_caption
- From top, left to right: Saltcoats Prom, and townscape, the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre, Saltcoats Pier, Saltcoats sea front, Saltcoats War Memorial
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile an t-Salainn
- UK place.local_name
- Saltcoats
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.population_density
- 3,489/sq km
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS245415
- UK place.post_town
- SALTCOATS
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA21
- UK place.dial_code
- 01294
- 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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- History
- Origins, 1200s
- Burgh status, 1528
- Recent history
- Governance
- Transport
- Notable people
- In popular culture
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Saltcoats (; Scots: Saulcuts) is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore. It is part of the 'Three Towns' conurbation along with Ardrossan and Stevenston and is the third largest town in North Ayrshire.
==History== ===Origins, 1200s=== The history of Saltcoats can be traced back to when the monks of Kilwinning Abbey discovered easily accessible coastal coal seams at Saltcoats in the 1200s, it expanded from small scattering of buildings. The coal proved an efficient source of heat for evaporating saltwater for the manufacturing of salt, and by the 1500s, King James V-funded sheds along the shoreline, leading to a successful salt pans industry. This sector of the economy is where Saltcoats gets its name.