Visit Bloak Places

Welcome to Visit Bloak Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bloak

  

Bloak Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bloak

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Bloak history

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Bloak was once part of the “Lands of Kirkwood” that formed a small estate in the Parish of Stewarton, East Ayrshire lying between Stewarton and Dunlop. The 1779 estate map of the Lainshaw Estate shows the hamlet of Bloak with fields of South Crofts and North Crofts lying below Bowhouse Farm.

Bloak School

Jenny Gillies lived there according to the 1851 census and was a mason’s widow aged 74, dying in 1859 at the age of 81 . The school had been built by the Cunninghams of Lainshaw and the schoolmaster’s only salary was the fees paid by the parents .

Bloak Castle

West Bloakhillhead was a dairy farm . Circa 1825 the ruins of Bloak Castle were completely removed by the farm’s tenant, Mr. Nairn .

Cartographic evidence

A hamlet of around eight dwellings and a school are shown in 1858 with further dwellings at Bloakholmes . A path is shown running from the hamlet, shown as Bloak and Bloakcrofts, to the Linn Spout and Kirkwood Farm . The school building is shown until 1958, but no longer marked as such .

You can visit Bloak places with Walkfo Bloak to hear history at Bloak’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bloak has 18 places to visit in our interactive Bloak 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 Bloak, 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 Bloak places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bloak & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Bloak places in an interactive Bloak map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bloak Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Bloak historic spots	Bloak tourist destinations	Bloak plaques	Bloak geographic features
Walkfo Bloak tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bloak

  

Best Bloak places to visit

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

Lainshaw Castle Lainshaw Castle was a 15th century castle about 1.0 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland, to the north of Annick Water . The castle was incorporated into Lainsaw House over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries .

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