Skelmorlie
Sign in to saveSkelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire in the southwest of Scotland. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde, and has a PA zone postcode unlike the rest of Ayrshire which is in the KA zone. The dividing line is the Kelly Burn, which flows into the Firth of Clyde just south of the Rothesay ferry terminal. Despite their proximity, the two villages have historically been divided, Skelmorlie in Ayrshire and Wemyss Bay in Renfrewshire.
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Vinony's link graph records 125 inbound references to Skelmorlie, and connects out to Shiskine, Scotland and tea.
It is catalogued under topics including Firth of Clyde and Villages in North Ayrshire.
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- Locality
- Skelmorlie
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,990
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Skelmorlie
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.static_image_name
- Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 441561.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay Parish Church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS195688
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- North Ayrshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Cunninghame North
- UK place.post_town
- SKELMORLIE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PA17
- UK place.postcode_area
- PA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01475
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2060
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Red sandstone house - geograph.org.uk - 171503.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Early Skelmorlie
- History
- Skelmorlie Measured Mile
- Further reading
- References
Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire in the southwest of Scotland. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde, and has a PA zone postcode unlike the rest of Ayrshire which is in the KA zone. The dividing line is the Kelly Burn, which flows into the Firth of Clyde just south of the Rothesay ferry terminal. Despite their proximity, the two villages have historically been divided, Skelmorlie in Ayrshire and Wemyss Bay in Renfrewshire.
Skelmorlie itself is divided into two sections, Lower and Upper Skelmorlie. There is one primary school in the village, with secondary age pupils going to Largs Academy in North Ayrshire. In common with this part of the Clyde foreshore, the rich red sandstone is a prominent feature of the landscape and housing in Skelmorlie.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skelmorlie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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