IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
East Road, IRVINE, KA12 0BP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to East Road, KA12 0BP by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (132 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Irvine High Street
This is the old part of Irvine, which still retains its traditional buildings. The New Town was grafted on to the original one.
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 9 Mar 2016
0.04 miles
2
Traditional Housing in Townhead, Irvine
These houses in the old part of Irvine have hardly changed on the outside since they were built. No doubt they are different inside nowadays.
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 12 May 2018
0.05 miles
3
The Heckling Shop
Robert Burns worked here.
Image: © wfmillar
Taken: 4 Oct 2006
0.06 miles
6
Thatched Cottage Glasgow Vennel - Irvine
Image: © Ian Rainey
Taken: 10 Jul 2017
0.07 miles
7
The Heckling Shop - Irvine
About midsummer of 1781 Robert Burns (1759-1796) went to Irvine and remained until the spring of 1782.
In his autobiography, has written, "My twenty third year to me was an important era. Partly through whim and partly that I wished to set about doing something in my life, I joined a flax-dresser in a neighbouring town to learn his trade. This was an unlucky affair, and, to finish the whole, as we were giving a welcome carousel to the New Year, the shop took fire, and burnt to ashes; and I was left, like a true poet, not worth a sixpence".
In Irvine Burns made friends with a young sailor Richard Brown. "He was" says Burns, "The only man I ever saw who was a greater fool than myself where women was the presiding star". He adds that Brown's friendship encouraged him to become a poet.
Image: © Raibeart MacAoidh
Taken: 5 Dec 2017
0.07 miles
9
Glasgow Vennel, Irvine
Haunt of Robert Burns.
Image: © wfmillar
Taken: 4 Oct 2006
0.07 miles
10
Cottage on Glasgow Vennel -Irvine
This cottage is where Robert Burns the famous poet lodged and the story goes that he somehow set fire to the thatched roof it had during his time. There is a Plaque on the wall by the Irvine Burns Club which states that he was there 1781-1782
Image: © Ian Rainey
Taken: 10 Jul 2017
0.08 miles