Galston, East Ayrshire

Galston
Town
Aerial view
Galston is located in East Ayrshire
Galston
Galston
Location within East Ayrshire
Population4,710 (2022)[1]
LanguageEnglish
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
OS grid referenceNS569200
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGalston
Postcode districtKA4
Dialling code01563
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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UK
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55°36′01″N 4°22′47″W / 55.60037°N 4.3798°W / 55.60037; -4.3798

Galston (Lowland Scots: Gauston, Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Gall) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 5,001 (2001)[2] and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name.

It is situated in wooded countryside four miles (six kilometres) upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. To the north of the town is the ruin of Loudoun Castle, the site of Loudoun Castle theme park from 1995 to 2010. In 1874 the population was 4,727.[3]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Scotland's Census Results OnLine Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Douglas, William Scott (1874). In Ayrshire. A Descriptive Picture of the County of Ayr. Kilmarnock : McKie & Drennan. Reprint. ISBN 978-1-4097-1645-7. p. 16