Seamill is a village in
North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Àir a Tuath, ) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. The council area borders Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire to the northeast, and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and so ...
on the west coast of
Scotland, about 5 miles north of
Ardrossan and 8 miles south of
Largs, on the east coast of the
Firth of Clyde.
It is sometimes considered part of
West Kilbride, and sometimes considered as a village in its own right. The local authority has sought to consolidate it with West Kilbride by signposting it as "West Kilbride incorporating Seamill", however its location on the major
A78 trunk road (West Kilbride proper is bypassed) means that it is still locally identified as an entity in its own right.
It is named after one of its oldest buildings, the Sea Mill, a grain watermill that appears in
Johannes Blaeu's Atlas of Scotland published in Amsterdam in 1654. Seamill village has a
golf club known as ''West Kilbride Golf Club'', with a
putting practice green and a course with eighteen holes.
It also has a hotel called the ''Seamill Hydro'' which has a
swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...
. The Seamill Hydro first opened in 1880, during the boom period of
hydropathic establishments. These commenced as mostly as therapeutic establishments, but over time morphed into hotel format, with Seamill Hydro being one of the few such surviving facilities from that era.
See also
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Portencross
References
External links
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The old mill at Seamill
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Villages in North Ayrshire
Firth of Clyde