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Golspie has award-winning safe bathing beaches [11] to the north and south of the tidal pier and there is also a public swimming pool in the centre of the village. The Kart Race Track is a mile or two down Ferry Road. The golf course has a mix of links, parkland and heath and there are central facilities for tennis and bowling, football and ...
The village has a pub called the Pitcairngreen Inn, [3] a village hall and a green around which the village is built. Originally intended for industrial purposes, such as bleaching, the green now features impressive stands of oak and beech trees, as well as play facilities for the local children.
Football is the main sport with Ness FC playing their home matches on Fivepenny Machair. 'Spors Nis' is a new (2007) Community Sports Centre with all the modern facilities you would expect including a two lane 10 pin bowling alley. Lionel School also has a swimming pool which is open to the public when not in use by the school.
Neilston (Scots: Neilstoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nèill, pronounced [paləˈnɛːʎ]) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. . It is in the Levern Valley, two miles (three kilometres) southwest of Barrhead, the last remaining town in greater Glasgow to operate trams, 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (6 kilometres) south of Paisley, and 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (9.5 ...
Hopeman (Scots: Houpmin, Scottish Gaelic: Hudaman) is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. According to the 2011 census, Hopeman has a population of 1,724 and approximately 701 households. [2]
The village of Linton is of ancient origin. [5] Its name derives from a Celtic element (cognate with the modern Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, and modern Welsh "Llyn") meaning a lake or pool, a pool in a river, or a channel (as in Loch Linnhe, part of which is called An Linne Dhubh, the black pool, or Dublin, an Anglicisation of dubh and linn, meaning black pool) and the Gaelic "dun ...
Prestwick (Scottish Gaelic: Preastabhaig) is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about 30 miles (50 kilometres) 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 two miles (three kilometres) south, and the small village of Monkton to the north.
Bettyhill (Scottish Gaelic: Am Blàran Odhar) is a village in the parish of Farr, on the north coast of Scotland. [1] Bettyhill lies on the A836 road 32 miles (51 km) west of Thurso and 12 miles (19 km) from Tongue. It lies 5 miles (8 km) from the village of Skerray; its former fishing port was called Navermouth. The Free Church at Bettyhill