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Electric Brae
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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Prestwick is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Mossblown, 14km from Electric Brae.
Prestwick is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 14,880, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Prestwick (Scottish Gaelic: Preastabhaig) is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about 30 miles (50 kilometres) southwest of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about two miles (three kilometres) south, and the smallRead more
village of Monkton to the north. It had a population of 14,901 at the 2011 census.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport is on the town's outskirts, providing passenger flights to European and historically, transatlantic destinations, as well as international cargo flights.
The town was the first home of the Open Golf Championship, which was played on the Prestwick Old Course from 1860 to 1872.
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Prestwick is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.4833 latitude, -4.6167 longitude.
Prestwick has a population of approximately 14,880 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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