Heathfield is a major district of

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. Heathfield is on the borders of Ayr and

Prestwick Prestwick () is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about southwest of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about south, and the small vi ...

and is located beside the A77 Ayr by-pass. The Whitletts roundabout in Heathfield is the main roundabout connecting Ayr with other towns and cities. Heathfield has a lot of aviation history especially during World War II where there was an RAF base called RAF Heathfield. Heathfield Primary School - geograph

Shopping

Heathfield Retail Park, which opened in 1994, is built in the southerly reaches of the site of the RAF station. This was originally marked by a replica

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at the entrance to the park. The road into the park is named ''Liberator Drive'', in recognition of the large numbers of Consolidated Liberator bombers that were serviced in the area during World War II. It is the central out of town shopping complex, with outlets including

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, Subway, and

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as well as

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and

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hotel is also now open as well as a

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Heathfield Hospital

Heathfield was once the site of the Burgh Fever Hospital, which evolved to become Heathfield Hospital, and then Heathfield Clinic before closing in 2014.

Newton Loch

Newton Loch was situated in a low-lying area near Newton-on-Ayr, just south of the old South and West Sanquhar Farms. It is now only (2016) visible as remnant heath land and surface darkening in pastureland, situated mainly in the Parish of

and partly in St Quivox. The original outflow of Newton Loch was directly into the sea at Newton-on-Ayr via the Half Mile Burn and another outflow was the lade that ran down the Newton-on-Ayr Main Street to the Newton Mill or Malt Mill that was located on the bank of the

River Ayr The River Ayr (pronounced like ''air'', ''Uisge Àir'' in Gaelic) is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland. At it is the longest river in the county. The river was held as sacred by pre-Christian cultures. The remains of several prehistoric sacrificial ...

near where the New Bridge of Ayr is located. The last remnant in 1947Ayrshire Sheet XXXIII.NW. Probable Publication date: ca. 1947
/ref> was a patch of marsh land located just to the south of Heathfield Hospital, an area now covered by a housing estate.

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Sources and further reading

# Brash, Ronald W. (1986). ''Round Old Ayr - A Guided Walk''. Ayshire Archaeological & Natural History Society. # Dunlop, Annie I. (1953). ''The Royal Burgh of Ayr''. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. # Wilson, James Pearson. ''The Last Miller. The Cornmills of Ayrshire.'' Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. . {{Portal, Scotland Newton History of South Ayrshire Newton Freshwater lochs of Scotland Areas of Ayr Geography of South Ayrshire