Tourism
Getting to East Ayrshire is quick and easy...
...by Road
From the M6/M74 corridor up the west side of Britain and across Central
Scotland it is an easy and scenic drive to East Ayrshire from any of the
following exits:
From the south |
- follow the A76 to Dumfries, and from there choose between continuing
on the A76 up the Nith Valley to Cumnock, Mauchline and Kilmarnock;
or the A713 tourist route through Galloway to the Doon Valley
- follow the A70 to Muirkirk, Cumnock and Mauchline
- follow the A71 to the Irvine Valley and Kilmarnock
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| From the north |
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- follow the M77/A77 to Kilmarnock
- follow the A736 or A735 to Stewarton and Kilmarnock
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...by Rail
The rail route from Carlisle to Glasgow Central via Dumfries stops at
the East Ayrshire stations of New Cumnock, Auchinleck, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs,
Stewarton and Dunlop. (In the summer this train provides through travel
from Newcastle on Tyne to Glasgow Central. In the winter this journey
requires a change at Carlisle).
...by Air
There are regular Ryanair flights into Glasgow Prestwick Airport, 10 miles
from Kilmarnock, from London Stansted, Paris Beauvais, Frankfurt Hahn,
Brussels Charleroi and Oslo. From Glasgow Prestwick there is quick, easy
bus, train and road transport into East Ayrshire.
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