Auchinleck
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  Auchinleck Location within East Ayrshire | |
| Population | 3,630 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS548223 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CUMNOCK |
| Postcode district | KA18 |
| Dialling code | 01290 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Auchinleck (/ˈæflɛk/ AF-lek; Scots: Affleck IPA: [ˈaflɛk];[2] Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac[2]) is a village 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Mauchline, and 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ a b List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine