Bachelors' Club, Ayr

Name: Bachelors' Club
Address: Sandgate St, Ayr, KA5 5RB, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1292 541940

#9 among attractions in Ayr

Museum, Historical place

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The Bachelors' Club is a National Trust for Scotland museum located at 1 Sandgate Street, Tarbolton, KA5 5RB. The upstairs room was the largest in Tarbolton and was used for a number of social events. It was probably the first rural debating society in Scotland and the prototype for many Burns Clubs the world over. This 17th-century building is thatched and has period furnishings. ()

Built: XVIII centuryCoordinates: 55°30'47"N, 4°29'10"W

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Sandgate StAyr KA5 5RB United Kingdom

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+44 1292 541940

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Nearby attractions include: The Prestwick Pioneer, Craigie Castle, Fail Monastery, Lochend Loch.

5 miW
Church
The Prestwick Pioneer, Prestwick
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Forts and castles
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1.1 miNW
Monastery
Fail Monastery
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4.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lochend Loch, Coylton
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4.1 miE
Forts and castles
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Memorial
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1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Fail Loch
30 min walk • Fail Loch or Faile Loch was situated in a low-lying area near the old monastery of Fail in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Lochlea Loch lies nearby and its waters still feed into Fail Loch via the Mill Burn.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Wallace's Cave
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5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Clevens Loch
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4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Peden's Cave
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4.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Trabboch Castle
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