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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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Saltcoats is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Kilwinning, 28km from Electric Brae.
Saltcoats is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 12,250, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Saltcoats 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 Saltcoats to your route.
Saltcoats (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Salainn; Scots: Saulcuts) is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore. It is part of the 'ThreeRead more
Towns' conurbation along with Ardrossan and Stevenston and is the third largest town in North Ayrshire.
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Saltcoats is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.6362 latitude, -4.7859 longitude.
Saltcoats has a population of approximately 12,250 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.
28 km · about 30 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Britain's largest freshwater lake by surface area, where Highland mountains meet Lowland shores in a landscape immortalised in song.
51 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.
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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