Straiton is a village on the River Girvan in

South Ayrshire South Ayrshire ( sco, Sooth Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir a Deas, ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. On 30 Jun ...

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, mainly built in the 18th century, but with some recent housing. It was the main location for the film '' The Match,'' where two rival pubs played against each other in an annual football match as a challenge. However, since the village has only one pub, a house was used as a pub for filming. It lies in the hills between Kirkmichael,

Dalmellington Dalmellington ( sco, Dawmellinton, gd, Dail M'Fhaolain) is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001 the village had a population of 1,407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of ...

, Crosshill, and

Maybole Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is bypass ...

. Local attractions include: * Blairquhan House, open to visitors in spring and summer, was the historic home of the Hunter-Blair Baronets. *

Tairlaw Linn Tairlaw Linn is a waterfall of Scotland, near Straiton, South Ayrshire.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map series, sheets 309-470 File:The Start Of Tairlaw Linn - geograph.org.uk - 421490.jpg, The start of Tairlaw Linn, the first of a se ...

, a local

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several ...

Community public toilets

The village's public toilets were closed by South Ayrshire Council in 2008 and subsequently re-opened under the management of the village community. Donations are invited to cover the £3,500 annual running costs.

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* Villages in Carrick, Scotland {{SouthAyrshire-geo-stub