Overview for Racecourse Place, IRVINE, KA12 8BG
Introduction
Irvine is a town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire.
Irvine is the administrative centre and the seat of the North Ayrshire Council administration which has its headquarters based at Cunninghame House. Irvine was the site of Scotland's 12th century military capital and former headquarters of the Lord High Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the capital of Cunninghame and was, at the time of David I, Robert II and Robert III, one of the earliest capitals of Scotland.
The town was once a haunt of Robert Burns, after whom two streets in the town are named: Burns Street and Burns Crescent. He is known to have worked in a flax mill on the Glasgow Vennel. Despite being classed as a new town, Irvine has had a long history stretching back many centuries and was classed as a Royal Burgh. There are also conflicting rumours that Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed briefly at Seagate Castle. There is still a yearly festival, called Marymass, held in the town. Marymass refers to Mary Queen of Scots and is celebrated for around a week starting from the 15th of August, and was therefore Mary's Mass hence Marymass.
Irvine is the birthplace of two former First Minister's of Scotland, Jack McConnell (2001–2007) and Nicola Sturgeon (2014–2023). Fiona Hyslop, former Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs and current Minister for Transport in the Scottish Government, was also born in Irvine.
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Member of UK Parliament
This postcode is in the Central Ayrshire parliamentary constituency.
Central Ayrshire is a constituency in Scotland. The seat has been held by Dr Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party) since May 2015.
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Historical Weather Summary
| Clear | 7.38% |
| Cloudy | 60.46% |
| Rain | 17.26% |
| Windy | 14.76% |
| Other | 0.14% |
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18 Apr 2024 Added Traffic Camera Views from Traffic Scotland to Roadworks within Scotland |
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15 Apr 2024 Schools Data updated for April 2024 |
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3 Apr 2024 Sold House Price data updated for February 2024 |
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30 Mar 2024 Energy Performance Certificates (England and Wales) updated February 2024 |
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The Rural/Urban classification is based upon data collected during the 2011 Census and released in August 2013 and is categorised into 6 distinct classes.
[A] Urban Major conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the major conurbation settlement category.
[B] Urban Minor conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the minor conurbation settlement category.
[C] Urban City and town: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the city and town settlement category.
[D] Rural Town and fringe
[E] Rural Village
[F] Rural Hamlet and isolated dwelling
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation.
The index is based on 39 separate indicators across seven distinct domains (Income; Employment; Health and Disability; Education, Skills and Training; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment) to provide an overall measure of multiple deprivation and is calculated for every neighbourhood.
The index is relative rather than an absolute scale and so a neighbourhood with a score of 10 is more deprived than one rated 20, but this does not equate to being twice as deprived.
Please note: Different indices are used in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and so comparison of scores from neighbourhoods in different countries should not be undertaken.
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The estimates are derived from the Annual Population Survey (APS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts.
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