Dunlop, East Ayrshire

Dunlop
Main Street, Dunlop
Dunlop is located in East Ayrshire
Dunlop
Dunlop
Location within East Ayrshire
Population1,170 (2022)[1]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKilmarnock
Postcode districtKA3
Dialling code01560
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55°42′N 4°32′W / 55.7°N 4.54°W / 55.7; -4.54

Dunlop (/dʌnˈlɒp/; Scots: Dunlap,[2] Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lob[3] or Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lùib)[4] is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland.[5] It lies on the A735, north-east of Stewarton, seven miles (eleven kilometres) from Kilmarnock. The road runs on to Lugton and the B706 enters the village from Beith and Burnhouse.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "The Online Scots Dictionary". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. pp.472-473. https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee01wils#page/472/mode/2up