Stevenston

Stevenston
Town
Stevenston High Kirk and town from Stevenston Burrows
Stevenston is located in North Ayrshire
Stevenston
Stevenston
Location within North Ayrshire
Population9,050 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS265425
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTEVENSTON
Postcode districtKA20
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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55°38′42″N 4°45′29″W / 55.645°N 04.758°W / 55.645; -04.758

Stevenston (Scots: Stinstoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Steaphain)[2][3] is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats it is one of the "Three Towns", all of similar size, on the Firth of Clyde coast; the easternmost parts of Stevenston are about 12 mile (800 metres) from western parts of Kilwinning, the A78 trunk road runs between the settlements.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Names in Scots - Personal". scotslanguage.com/. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic". Newsnetscotland.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2012.