Troon (

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: ''An Truthail'') is a town and

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, situated on the west coast of

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in Scotland, about north of

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and northwest of

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. Troon has a port with ferry and freight services, and a yacht

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. Up until January 2016, P&O operated a seasonal ferry service to

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. In May 2006, a ferry service to

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was added, although this was withdrawn the following year. Since March 2024,

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have operated a ferry service to

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on the

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. In the 2001 census the population of Troon, not including the nearby village of

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but including the Barassie area, was estimated at 14,766, a 4.77% increase on the 1991 estimate of 14,094. The population in 2024 is just over 15,000.

Name

The name ''Troon'' is likely from a Brythonic or

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name cognate with

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("nose, cape"). When

became the main language, it is possible that the Gaelic form (; "the nose") was used for the name Troon. Since the words ''sròn'' and ''trwyn'' are cognate, it could have been easily adapted from one language to the other. This is similar to the Gaelic name of Stranraer (''An t-Sròn Reamhar'', the fat nose), which lies further south on the coast. However, it is not certain if ''An t-Sròn'' was the Gaelic name, as its usage cannot be traced back any further than Johnston's ''Place-names of Scotland'' (1932). It is more likely that a gaelicized respelling, such as ''An Trùn'', was used. The name ''An Truthail'' was used by Gaelic speakers on nearby

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up until the 20th century.

History

Early history

In 1808, the 3rd Duke of Portland added docks to the existing natural harbour on the north side of the headland, under powers granted by an act of Parliament, the ( 48 Geo. 3. c. xlvii). The harbour opened in 1812 to serve the

Kilmarnock and Troon Railway The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was an early railway line in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was constructed to bring coal from pits around Kilmarnock to coastal shipping at Troon Harbour, and passengers were carried. It opened in 1812, and was the f ...

. Later improvements increased the protection afforded by the headland with an artificial "ballast bank" made from the dumped ballast of incoming merchant ships.

Troon Lifeboat Station Troon Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Lifeboat (rescue), lifeboats at Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It opened in 1871 and operates both all-weather and inshore lifeboats. History Lifeboat stations ...

opened at the harbour in 1871 on land donated by the Duke of Portland. Troon Harbour played a notable part in the development of the town for many years. It was home to the

Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Troon and Ayr, Ayrshire. History The company was founded in 1885 by Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa, along with Peter James Wallace and Alexander McCredie. In 19 ...

, which constructed many vessels for worldwide customers but mainly small passenger and various merchant vessels. The fishing fleet from Ayr moved to Troon Harbour and a revitalisation of the abandoned section of the harbour started. An approach road was constructed to connect to a P&O terminal which operates a service to Ireland. The Seacat high speed ferry service briefly operated from Troon Harbour. It is now a fishing port, yachting marina, seasonal passenger ferry port and Ro-Ro ferry terminal for timber and containers. Shipbuilding at Troon Harbour ended in 2000.

Economic growth

From 1812 Troon was the terminus of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, a horse-drawn railway connecting it to the duke's coal mines around Kilmarnock. This was not licensed for passengers, a minor technicality evaded by weighing those wishing to travel and charging them freight rates. Troon (old) railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland, formed in 1839 when the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was upgraded to run

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as part of the

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) was a railway in Scotland that provided train services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr. It opened its first line, between Glasgow and Ayr, in stages from 1839 to 1840. The section b ...

. The town is now served by Troon railway station. Troon is the birthplace of C. K. Marr, who left a fund to the people of Troon which was used to construct

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, the town's secondary school. The artist's impression and the theoretical master plan for Troon that the Duke of Portland had drawn up was almost on as grand a scale, relative to its size, as that of Edinburgh's New Town. The broad streets with a grid network and ample space for civic amenities created for a thriving community built around the industry of the harbour. Troon's prosperity allowed this confident plan to be proposed. The drawing shows two spires, the taller spire was of that proposed by Troon Parish Church. Although the new building was erected in 1895 the spire was never completed. To the right a smaller spire indicates Portland Street United Free Church, which sat behind where WH Smith is today. The first railway in Scotland (Troon to Kilmarnock 1811) is clearly showing in the background. It was the

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in 1892 who altered this plan by building a loop to bring passengers closer to the beach and town. The park never came to pass but public spaces on the promenade, (where the bandstand was built), the ballast bank and Fullarton ground allow residents and visitors scope for leisure. The industrial units to the right of the harbour line towards Barassie were the gas works and slaughter house.

Fullarton House

Fullarton House was built by William Fullarton of that ilk in 1745 and altered by his son, however it was demolished in 1966 by the council who had been unable to maintain the building after purchasing it in 1928. The entrance route had been changed by the Duke of Portland and the house design altered so that the back became the front, with grand views opened up of the Isle of Arran and Firth of Clyde.Millar, A. H. (1885). ''The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire''. Glasgow : Grimsay Press. . p. 80 After centuries of occupation the Fullarton lines possession had thus come to an end when the 3rd Duke of Portland purchased the property in 1805. He lived here for a while as his principal residence in Scotland, however he had a greater interest in developing Troon harbour and the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The grounds are now a park with some signs of the old house still apparent, such as the magnificent stable block, the ornamental pediments, walled gardens, doocot and an ice house.

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was located near Lochgreen House and was used latterly as a curling pond.

The Fullarton family

The name is thought to come from the office of 'Fowler to the King', the purpose of which was to supply wild-fowl to the King as required. The dwelling which came with the post was called Fowlertoun and the family may have eventually adopted the name. The Fullarton's of Angus had been required by

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to supply him with wild-fowl at his castle of Forfar. Alanus de Fowlertoun was in possession of the lands shortly before his death in 1280 and the family continued in a nearly unbroken line from father to son. William Fullarton, the builder of the house, inherited the estate from his grandfather in 1710, he having inherited it from his brother in turn. Colonel Fullarton died in 1808, the last Fullarton of that Ilk laird. He wrote in 1793 the seminal ''A General View of the Agriculture in the County of Ayr'' and was one of the few on record to praise

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's skills as a farmer, commenting favourably on a method of dishorning cattle which the poet had demonstrated. Burns is said to have visited Fullarton.

Crosbie Castle

Robert II granted the old Crosbie estate to the Fullartons in 1344 and by the 18th century the old castle was partly demolished and converted into an ice house for Fullarton House, with a doocot nearby.Love, Dane (2003), ''Ayrshire: Discovering a County''. Ayr: Fort Publishing. . p. 225 In 1969 more of the ice house was demolished to make it safe. The building had been known as Crosby Place and later became Fullarton House, not long before the new building of the same name replaced it. Over the centuries the castle was rebuilt three times, in the same typical square design as seen at Dundonald Castle. The remains today mainly represent the Castle's dungeon. Many of Crosbie Castle's stones were used in the construction of the first Fullarton House. The dungeon, had an underground stream, making it the ideal cold storage cellar or ice house.Troon History
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Crosbie church and cemetery

First recorded in 1229, the present structure dates from 1691. Tradition claims that the roof blew off on the day in 1759 that Robert Burns was born and it was left to become a ruin. One of the graves is that off David Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, son of James, alleged assassin of the Regent Moray, bastard son of

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. This event occurred in 1570 and David died in 1619. David Fullarton of that Ilk had married David's sister. Constructed on the site of the original chapel, the name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word 'Crossbye', signifying the dwelling of the cross; a fairly common placename. The cemetery dates from circa 1240 and was held in secular times by Fullarton of Crosbie in the 14th century after being passed on from relatives. Records indicate that this ground was used by a holy order before the Fullartons arrived in the area. The chapelry of Crosbie, together with that of Richardstoun ( Riccartoun) were attached to Dundonald and were granted by the second Walter Stewart to the short-lived Gilbertine Convent which he had founded at Dalmulin before 1228. The convent was dis-established in 1238 and the chapel passed to the monks of

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. The cemetery was the burial ground for Troon until 1862 and family lairs were still in use until after the First World War. On the other side of the road, the remains of the church manse can still be seen (2009). The 'Wrack Road' was the Fullarton Estate estate road used by tenants who took their carts down to the shore to collect seaweed or wrack as fertilizer and it was the main road from Troon for funerals going to Crosbie.

Politics and governance

Troon is part of the

Scottish parliamentary constituency which has been represented by

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(SNP) MSP

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since the

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. The constituency also incorporates the towns of

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 ...

. At Westminster, Troon has formed part of the

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constituency since 2005. It is represented by

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: the constituency extends south into Prestwick and rural South Ayrshire and north into

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and part of

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. Councillors serving Troon
Four

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currently represent the Troon ward as part of

Council:

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, which is the meeting place of Troon Community Council, was completed in 1932. On 18 September 2014 a

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was held on

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from the United Kingdom. The South Ayrshire Council area voted against Scotland becoming an independent country at 58% No 42% Yes whilst Troon (which was counted with the rest of South Ayrshire) voted overwhelmingly against independence at 65% No 35% Yes.

Economy

Troon is home to the Royal Troon golf course, one of the hosts of the

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. The course is chosen to host this annual event roughly every seven years, and will do so again for the

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SeaCat SeaCat was the marketing name used by Sea Containers Ferries Scotland for its services between Northern Ireland, Scotland and England between 1992 and 2004. The company was originally based in Stranraer later moving to Belfast. The name ori ...

opened passenger services from Troon in 1999, with catamaran ferries to Ireland. They were followed by

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in 2003. SeaCat closed the following year. Up until 2015,

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operated seasonal sailings with the high speed catamaran HSC ''Express'': the term 'SeaCat' is often used to refer to the P&O service. P&O announced on 13 January 2016 that the Troon–Larne service was to close with immediate effect. The former SeaCat terminal is currently fenced off and is being used as log storage. During a period of expansion and renovation work to the ferry terminal at

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#Scotland, Three Towns'. Ardrossan is loca ...

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, the ferry terminal at Troon has been used by ferry operator

for the

sailings to the

. In March 2024, Caledonian MacBrayne confirmed plans to trial berthing the vessel '' MV Isle of Arran'' at Troon Harbour, and if successful, the vessel would commence further trials from sailing from Troon to Brodick.

Education

Troon has five primary schools. Four (Troon Primary School, Muirhead Primary School, Struthers Primary School and Barassie Primary School) are non-denominational, and one primary school provides Catholic educational provision: St. Patrick's Primary School. Early years education is provided with a mix of private establishments and local authority establishments attached to primary schools which are operated by South Ayrshire Council. Troon is served by one secondary school,

, which is operated by South Ayrshire Council. Pupils who access Catholic educational provision usually transfer to Queen Margaret Academy in nearby

as Troon currently has no separate secondary school that accommodates this provision. After school care provision in Troon is again a mix of private establishments and one local authority operated after school care club, which is based in and operated from Muirhead Care Club in the Muirhead area of the town.

Early Years Centres

Local authority

*Troon Early Years Centre *Barassie Early Years Centre *Muirhead Early Years Centre *Struthers Early Years Centre

Partnership centres

*Granny Smiths Nursery *Meadowgreen Pre-School *Marina View Nursery

Primary schools

*Troon Primary School *Barassie Primary School *Muirhead Primary School *Struthers Primary School *St. Patrick's Primary School

Secondary schools

Sport and culture

Troon is perhaps most famous for its golf courses, but there is also a healthy sporting culture in other disciplines such as windsurfing and kitesurfing. Troon Handball Club is a handball club that is located in Troon. The club was founded in 2008 when Ayrshire Handball Club disbanded into Ayr HC, Belmont HC, Grange HC (formerly Kilmarnock HC), Kyle Academy HC and Troon Handball Club. The club has two senior teams, a men's team and a woman's team, both coached by head coach Stephen Neilson, a former Scottish and British handball player. Both the men and woman's teams compete in the top tier of the Scottish Handball Association league system. The club also has a thriving junior section that is coached by men's first team player Chris Kerr. The club also works closely with Marr College, the local secondary school, and has been crowned Scottish schools and junior Scottish Cup champions on several occasions.

Troon F.C. Troon Football Club (also known as The Seasiders or The Seagulls) are a Scottish football team based in Ayrshire. They compete in the West of Scotland Football League. Formed in 1946, they are based at Portland Park in the town of Troon in Ay ...

is the senior football side in the area, representing the town in the

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, and play at Portland Park, close to the town's heart in Portland Street. The prominent sports team in the village is Troon Dundonald A.F.C. The club was formed in 1983 by 3 'ageing' players, at which time they were named Troon Burns A.F.C., and have now surpassed their 30th season in the Ayrshire Amateur Football Association. During this time they have had a few name changes, sometimes due to sponsorship commitments, but in 1998/99 season, they settled on Troon Amateurs Football Club. The club President, Stuart Urquhart, still remains from the original founders of the club and he is as passionate as ever about everything that goes on within the club, as well as with amateur football in general. In the years since their formation, they have enjoyed three promotions in back to back seasons, 1983-1984 through 1985-1986, which saw them go from the fourth division to the first of Ayrshire's Amateur Leagues, which is one of the largest and toughest amateur leagues in Scotland.

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Twin towns - sister cities

Troon is twinned with Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

References

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South Ayrshire Council
{{Portal bar, United Kingdom, Scotland Firth of Clyde Port cities and towns in Scotland Towns in South Ayrshire

Name

History

Early history

Economic growth

Fullarton House

The Fullarton family

Crosbie Castle

Crosbie church and cemetery

Politics and governance

Economy

Education

Early Years Centres

Local authority

Partnership centres

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Sport and culture

Notable people

Twin towns - sister cities

See also

References

Further reading

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