Skares is a village in
East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Skares is located some southwest of
Cumnock
Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cumnag'') is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just o ...
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It used to have a football team called Skares Bluebells.
Skares consisted of an older core of a village and three miners terraces. They were called, The Old Raw, The New Raw and the Tap Raw. These were built as mining expanded in the area, although today the mining has gone, with the most recent mining activity being an opencast mine behind Skares, which closed in the mid 2010s.
From 1872 to 1951 it was served by
Skares railway station
Skares railway station was a railway station serving the former mining village of Skares, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Ayr and Cumnock Branch on the Glasgow and South Western Railway
The Glasgow and So ...
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Villages in East Ayrshire
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