Visit Broomlands Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Broomlands

  

Broomlands Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Broomlands

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Broomlands history

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In Broomlands, the remains of a late 17th-century railway path can still be discerned. The remaining features take the form of road and path networks which are still in use after several hundred years.

You can visit Broomlands places with Walkfo Broomlands to hear history at Broomlands’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Broomlands has 38 places to visit in our interactive Broomlands map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Broomlands, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Broomlands places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Broomlands & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 38 audio facts unique to Broomlands places in an interactive Broomlands map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Broomlands Places Map
38 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Broomlands tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Broomlands

  

Best Broomlands places to visit

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Broomlands has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Broomlands’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Broomlands’s information audio spots:

Dreghorn Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock . It is sited on a ridge between two rivers and is 3.5km east of Irvine town centre . Archaeological excavations have found a significant neolithic settlement dated to around 3500 BC .

Bourtreehill Bourtreehill is a large housing estate built by the Irvine Development Corporation in the late 1970s . It is part of the Irvine New Town in North Ayrshire, Scotland . Along its southern border runs the Broomlands estate .

Tanzie Well The Tanzie Well, also known as Saint Anne’s Well, the Washing House Well or the Spoot is located beside the River Irvine . It has been suggested that ‘Tanzie’ may be a corruption of St Inan’s Well . The old Irvine Pouther House of 1801 is located nearby .

Annick Water The Annick Water (previously also spelled as Annack, Annoch or Annock) is the largest tributary of the River Irvine . The name may derive from the Gaelic for ‘overflowing’ and is prone to flooding .

The Chapel Well The Chapel Well, sometimes known as Saint Mary’s Well, is located beside the River Irvine at the end of the Chapel Lane path that links to the Kirk Vennel in Irvine, North Ayrshire .

Eglinton Country Park Eglinton Country Park is located in the grounds of the old EGLinton Castle estate, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The ruined castle was once home to the family of the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglint, and chiefs of the Clan Montgomery.

Lands of Doura The Lands of Doura, Dawra, Dowrey Dowray, Dourey or Douray formed a small estate, at one time part of the Barony of Corsehill and Doura. It is situated near the Eglinton Estate in the Parish of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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