ayrshire

Here’s a spot, almost a year to the day apart. In August, I decided to revisit a place I’d first went to, when I was new to exploring. This place is completely disconnected and blocked off from the mainline network, and I have been informed this is entirely private land. Correct me if I’m...

Hi, long time lurker first time poster. I saw another thread here about Killoch Colliery, a place I’ve been a few times. A few weeks ago, I went to visit the substation building. Since the last post I saw here, the building appears to have had a form of removal crew in. Parts of the building...

Background History The Arran Mall started life in the late 1960s as the Dalblair Arcade and was built on the site of the Hotel Dalblair (previously Dalblair House), which was demolished in 1967. The arcade opened around the start of the retail boom which Ayr was to enjoy for the next few...

Another little watermill, interesting because it has a water turbine. Googling yielded nothing about the history although maps show a mill at this location by 1770. It was driven by a stream which now seems to have been diverted away from the mill although there’s still a trickle running past...

A small post on a roadside shell, but it had a water turbine so worth a look. I don’t think I realised when I marked it up years ago, but Millmannoch is a fairly well know place because of its association with the poet Robert Burns - it even has its own wikipedia page Millmannoch - Wikipedia...

Another pair of mills on a Scottish river. I went looking for water-related machinery (wheels, turbines) but didn’t find anything except a modern hydro plant - which I would’ve known had I bothered to do any research beforehand. Instead the buildings here, although originally corn mills...

Background History Auchinleck Academy was constructed in the early 1970s on a hilltop at the edge of the of small town of Auchinleck in East Ayrshire and opened on the 31st of March 1971. It provided secondary education for the towns and villages of Auchinleck, Muirkirk, Catrine, Drongan...

Hey everyone, I have been on and off urban exploring for the last 10 years including areas around Kent, Essex, and France. I have recently moved to North Ayrshire and currently looking for some exploring buddies to get out and find some cool places. I am an experienced photographer and below are...

Looking for like minded peope to go and explore buildings im from Ayrshire none off my mates are really into it and im fed up getting let down at the last minute my YouTube channel is Scottish exploring just so people know im legit cheers

Hi I've been a lurker here for a while and exploring for longer, I've been somewhere that is slated for demo soon so I thought now was a better time than ever to start posting!

Introduction Whilst searching around a while back for places around Scotland, I came across the Barony A-frame on Google Maps, I then noticed a large derelict building in the trees. After doing some research, I discovered that this was an old power station, or part thereof. The last report on...

Introduction This was one of many sites me and @JakeV50 visited on our recent trip across the border. We didn’t know what to expect with this one, having only seen an external image. Certainly not the most exciting find with lots of graffiti, but the interior is undocumented online so felt it...

Background History Ayr’s Station Hotel opened in 1886 and was built as part of a new main railway station for Ayr. It was designed by Andrew Galloway, chief engineer of the Glasgow and South Western Railway company, and was constructed in a French Renaissance style with a Scottish influence...

Dalquharran castle is built round the corner from another castle bearing the same name, it was built in 1790 and was inhabited until the roof was ripped off in 1967. Not sure it can be called a castle as it really is more of a stately home. We drove down and parked up in Dailly then walked up...

Hey I’m new here , and love exploring abandoned urban places , I’ve been 2 to abandoned places so far and it was amazing seeing them and knowing the history but any one know good abandoned places in Scotland Ayrshire ? Xx