Gatehead, East Ayrshire

Gatehead
Gatehead
	Gatehead Location within East Ayrshire
OS grid reference	NS393364
Civil parish	Kilmaurs;
Council area	East Ayrshire;
Lieutenancy area	Ayrshire and Arran;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KILMARNOCK
Postcode district	KA2
Dialling code	01563
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Kilmarnock and Loudoun;
Scottish Parliament	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley;

The village or hamlet of Gatehead is lin East Ayrshire, Kilmaurs, Scotland. It is one and a quarter miles from Crosshouse and one and a half miles from Kilmarnock. In the 18th and 19th centuries the locality was a busy coal mining district. The settlement runs down to the River Irvine where a ford and later a bridge was located.

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