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Riverside Museum
Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the Clyde, packed with classic cars, a recreated cobbled street of vintage vehicles, and the tall ship Glenlee moored outside.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Newmilns is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Galston, 37km from Electric Brae.
Newmilns is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 2,980, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Newmilns sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Newmilns to your route.
Newmilns (Scottish Gaelic: Am Muileann Ùr) is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley through whichRead more
the River Irvine runs and, with the neighbouring towns of Darvel and Galston, forms an area known as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley).
As the name suggests, the burgh exists in two parts – Newmilns to the north of the river and Greenholm to the south. The river also divides the parishes of Loudoun and Galston, which is why the burgh, although generally referred to as Newmilns, has retained both names.
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Newmilns is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.6075 latitude, -4.3242 longitude.
Newmilns has a population of approximately 2,980 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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museum
Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the Clyde, packed with classic cars, a recreated cobbled street of vintage vehicles, and the tall ship Glenlee moored outside.
29 km · about 35 min drive
famous road
Famous optical-illusion stretch of the A719 on the Ayrshire coast where cars appear to roll uphill. Drivers have pulled over to test the gravity-defying slope since the 1930s.
37 km · about 45 min drive
national park
The UK's first Dark Sky Park, crossed by the A712 Queen's Way, with some of the darkest measured skies in Britain.
51 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A red sandstone castle and country park above Brodick Bay on Arran, with woodland gardens and a rhododendron collection.
52 km · about 60 min drive
cafe
A popular stopping point on the A82 beside Loch Lomond, where road trippers heading to the Scottish Highlands pause to take in one of Scotland's most beautiful lochs.
55 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Arran's highest peak at 874m, climbed from Brodick, with views over the Firth of Clyde and to Ireland on clear days.
55 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Britain's largest freshwater lake by surface area, where Highland mountains meet Lowland shores in a landscape immortalised in song.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Two 30-metre steel horse-head sculptures towering over the canal at Falkirk, a striking modern landmark off the M9.
58 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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