Visit Mauchline Places

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

  

Mauchline Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Mauchline

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Mauchline history

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In 1165, Walter fitz Alan, Steward of Scotland, granted a charter giving land to the Cistercian monks of Melrose. In those days the parish extended to the border with Lanarkshire at Glenbuck. The monks built an abbey, the ruins of which still exist and are known as Hunters Tower. Mauchline was created a burgh of barony by James IV in 1510.

Scottish Reformation

In 1544 George Wishart, an influential Protestant preacher, visited Mauchline to find the doors of St Michael’s church barred against him . His reaction to this was to preach for over three hours to a large congregation, under the watchful eye of the Sheriff of Ayr and an armed force . John Knox also preached in the town in 1599 after his return from exile in France and Switzerland .

Trade

The village has at some point been a centre for quarrying sandstone, clock making, box-work, and the production of curling stones .

You can visit Mauchline places with Walkfo Mauchline to hear history at Mauchline’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Mauchline has 17 places to visit in our interactive Mauchline 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 Mauchline, 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 Mauchline places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Mauchline & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 17 audio facts unique to Mauchline places in an interactive Mauchline map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Mauchline Places Map
17 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Mauchline places to visit

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

Mauchline Castle Mauchline Castle, also known as Abbot Hunter’s Tower, is a tower house dating from the fifteenth century . The tower once formed part of a group of monastic buildings associated with Melrose Abbey, and today is a category A listed building .

Catrine Catrine is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland . It was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture . Catrine was formerly known as Catrine .

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Visit Mauchline plaques