Ayr Town Centre
Introduction
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Ayr Town Centre
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 24 May 2014
The cairn at the far end of Ayr High Street marks Ayr’s 1995 Town Centre Award. Sponsored by Strathclyde Regional Council and the British Council of Shopping Centres, the award recognised traffic calming measures and the general town centre environment. The partial pedestrianisation certainly still works but Ayr is no longer the shopping centre that it was. Like many other towns, the development of out-of-town shopping, the popularity of large supermarkets and the growth of internet business have taken their toll. The credit crunch didn’t help things.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.460423
Longitude
-4.6284