Town Feature

It is just over thirty years since we moved to Prestwick with our young family, and four years since I wrote a piece for AM on the subject of why Prestwick makes me happy.

Prestwick singer/songwriter, Ryan Holmes, released his debut album, The Actor (The Director’s Cut), on 30th October.

The town of Prestwick is known for its close-knit, active community, but not everyone is aware of Hope, the not-for-profit Christian charity based at Monkton & Prestwick North Church.

This summer has seen the return of film to Prestwick’s cinema for the first time in 50 years, the continued successful operation of the Broadway Pop-Up Museum and supporting visitor experience

Prestwick is one of Scotland’s oldest burghs, the charter of renewal issued by King James VI in 1600 stating that the burgh had by then been in existence for at least 617 years.

Troon is one of Ayrshire’s most prosperous towns, but it is also one of the newest.

Nestled between Troon and the rolling Ayrshire countryside, Dundonald is one of those places that quietly wins you over.

I had arranged to meet one half of The Heavy Heads at The Burgh Bar in Prestwick.

There are hundreds of competitive member pipe bands registered with the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA), one of which is Ayrshire’s Troon Blackrock Pipe Band.

Dundonald Castle is a massive pile crowning the prominent Castle Hill above the village of the same name.