Laigh Milton Viaduct

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Laigh Milton Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Laigh Milton mill to the west of Gatehead in East Ayrshire, Scotland, about five miles west of Kilmarnock. It is probably the world's earliest surviving railway viaduct on a public railway, and the earliest known survivor of a type of multi-span railway structure subsequently adopted universally. ()

Opened: 1812 (212 years ago)Coordinates: 55°35'56"N, 4°34'2"W

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Laigh Milton Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dundonald Castle, Kilmaurs Place, Dick Institute, Palace Theatre.

1.9 miSW
Monolithic medieval hilltop castle ruins
Dundonald Castle, Dundonald
49 min walk • Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III.
3 miNE
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Kilmaurs Place, Kilmaurs
78 min walk • Kilmaurs Place, The Place or Kilmaurs House, is an old mansion house and the ruins of Kilmaurs Tower grid reference NS41234112 are partly incorporated, Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
3.1 miE
Specialty museum, Library, Museum
Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
79 min walk • The Dick Institute is a museum and library in Kilmarnock, Scotland. It is an important cultural venue in the south-west of Scotland, featuring the largest museum and art gallery space in Ayrshire as well as the central library for East Ayrshire.
2.9 miE
Concerts and shows, Town, Theater
Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
75 min walk • The Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock was originally opened as a corn exchange in 1863 and converted to a theatre in 1903. The red-sandstone Italianate tower, by James Ingram, dominates the cross at London Road and Green Street.
2.8 miE
Church
Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock
73 min walk • The Laigh Kirk is a church in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Auchans Castle, Dundonald
59 min walk • Auchans Castle, House, House of Auchans or Old Auchans, is a mock military mansion, Category A listed, T-plan building of a late 16th-century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century; its ruins stand about 1 km W of Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.6 miE
Park
Howard Park, Kilmarnock
66 min walk • Howard Park is a public park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was previously known as Barbadoes Green. The roots of Kilmarnock Football Club may be traced back to the park.
3.1 miE
Memorial
Kilmarnock War Memorial, Kilmarnock
79 min walk • The Kilmarnock War Memorial is a war memorial located in Kilmarnock Scotland. Built in 1927, it pays tribute to all those who fought in the First World War, Second World War, Korean War & the Northern Ireland Conflict.
1.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Galrigs Loch, Dundonald
43 min walk • The Galrigs Loch was a substantial freshwater loch situated in low lying area between Newfield and Dundonald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was drained in the early 18th century.
3.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Littlestane Loch
84 min walk • Littlestane Loch, was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland near Stanecastle, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is nowadays only visible as an area of permanent water in the Scottish Wildlife Trust Sourlie Nature Reserve.
3 miE
Bridge
Kilmarnock railway viaduct, Kilmarnock
76 min walk • Kilmarnock railway viaduct, known locally as The Viaduct, is a railway viaduct crossing the town centre of Kilmarnock, and was constructed between 1843–1850. The bridge begins at Kilmarnock railway station and leads to destinations in England.