Crosshouse is a village in
East Ayrshire about west of
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to
Irvine Irvine may refer to:
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*Irvine Glacier
*Mount Irvine (Antarctica)
Australia
*Irvine Island
*Mount Irvine, New South Wales
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*Irvine, Alberta
* Irvine Inlet, Nunavut
United Kingdom
*Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotla ...
road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road (the B751) running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. The Carmel Water, a tributary of the River Irvine, flows through the centre of the village. It had an estimated population of in
, who was the fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the village and a plaque commemorating him is located at the road junction to
Knockentiber
Knockentiber (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cnoc an Tobair'', hill of the well) is a village in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland. Knockentiber is west-northwest of Kilmarnock and northeast of Crosshouse. Latitude:55.6193°N Longitude:4.5455°W a ...
.
Health
The village is the location of a major hospital,
Crosshouse Hospital
University Hospital Crosshouse, known locally as Crosshouse Hospital or simply Crosshouse is a large district general hospital at Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, Scotland. It provides services to the North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire areas and is ma ...
, which was built to replace the Kilmarnock Infirmary.
Transport
Crosshouse is served by the Stagecoach Group, running through from Kilmarnock to Irvine and
Ardrossan.
From 1873 until 1966 Crosshouse possessed a railway station situated at Knockentiber north of the village centre along the Kilmaurs road. It was the point at which the railway line from Kilmarnock divided, to Dalry to the north-west and Irvine to the west. The latter line has been converted into a walkway and cycleway.
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Villages in East Ayrshire
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