New Cumnock

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New Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It expanded during the coal-mining era from the late 18th century, and mining remained its key industry until its pits were shut in the 1960s. The town is 5.7 miles south-east of Cumnock, and 21 miles east of Ayr. ()

Alternative names: Population: 2.8 thous.Coordinates: 55°23'48"N, 4°10'48"W

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New Cumnock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dumfries House, Terringzean Castle, Woodroad Viaduct, Glaisnock Viaduct.

6.5 miNW
Architecture, History museum, Museum
Dumfries House, Cumnock
165 min walk • Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around two miles west of Cumnock.
5.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Terringzean Castle, Cumnock
137 min walk • Terringzean Castle, also Taringzean, pronounced 'Tringan', is a Category B listed castle ruin lying above the River Lugar and the Terringzean Holm in the policies of Dumfries House, Parish of Cumnock, Scotland.
5.2 miNW
Bridge
Woodroad Viaduct, Cumnock
134 min walk • The Woodroad Viaduct, also known as Bank Viaduct or Templand Viaduct, is a viaduct carrying the Glasgow South Western Line over the Lugar Water at Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
4.7 miNW
Bridge
Glaisnock Viaduct, Cumnock
120 min walk • The Glaisnock Viaduct or Caponacre Viaduct is a viaduct over the Glaisnock Water, on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway. It is located in Cumnock, East Ayrshire.
6.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lochlea
158 min walk • Lochlea or Lochlie was situated in a low-lying area between the farms and dwellings of Lochlea and Lochside in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was natural, sitting in a hollow created by glaciation. The loch waters ultimately drained via Fail Loch, the Mill Burn, and the Water of Fail.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Halket Loch
151 min walk • Halket Loch' also known as Halkhead or Halketh, was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland near Lugton.
6.7 miNW
Village
Auchinleck
170 min walk • Auchinleck is a village 5 miles southeast of Mauchline, and 2 miles northwest of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.