Seamill is a village in
North Ayrshire on the west coast of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
, about 5 miles north of
Ardrossan
Ardrossan (; ) is a town on the North Ayrshire coast in southwestern Scotland. The town has a population of 10,670 and forms part of a conurbation with Saltcoats and Stevenston known as the ' Three Towns'. Ardrossan is located on the east shore ...
and 8 miles south of
Largs
Largs ( gd, An Leargaidh Ghallda) is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" (''An Leargaidh'') in Scottish Gaelic.
A popular seaside resort with a pier, the town mark ...
, on the east coast of the
Firth of Clyde
The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the west coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles (it is 164 metres deep at its deepest). The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic ...
.
It is sometimes considered part of
West Kilbride
West Kilbride ( gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Iar) is a village and historic parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the west coast by the Firth of Clyde, looking across the Firth of Clyde to Goat Fell and the Isle of Arran. West Kilbride and adjoinin ...
, 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
A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf. Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety ...
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. 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