Straiton
Village in South Ayrshire, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the village in South Ayrshire. For the village near Edinburgh, see Straiton, Loanhead.
Straiton is a village on the River Girvan in South Ayrshire in Scotland. It lies in the hills between Kirkmichael, Dalmellington, Crosshill, and Maybole.
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Location within South Ayrshire | |
OS grid reference | NS381048 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MAYBOLE |
Postcode district | KA19 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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55.3114°N 4.5515°W / 55.3114; -4.5515 |
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Straiton was mainly built in the 18th century to house mill workers and weavers working in Glasgow and Paisley. In 1846 it had 1363 inhabitants.[1]
Straiton Parish Church was built in 1758.[2] Traboyack House, the former manse, was built in 1759.[3]
Local attractions include:
- Blairquhan Castle, open to visitors in spring and summer, was the historic home of the Hunter-Blair Baronets.
- Colonel Hunter Blair's Monument, a stone obelisk on Highgate Hill[4]
- Tairlaw Linn, a local waterfall.
Straiton was the main location for the film The Match, where two rival pubs played against each other in an annual football match as a challenge. However, since the village has only one pub, a house was used as a pub for filming.