Turnberry, South Ayrshire

Turnberry
Turnberry
	Turnberry Location within South Ayrshire
Civil parish	Kirkoswald;
Council area	South Ayrshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GIRVAN
Postcode district	KA26
	List of places UK Scotland 55°18′39″N 4°49′57″W / 55.310879°N 4.8325950°W

Turnberry is a village 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses.^[1] In 1991 it had a population of 149.^[2]

History

The name "Turnberry" means "circular place".^[3]

References

^ "Turnberry". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Turnberry Classification and Statistics". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Turnberry Ho Survey of English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

External links

"Turnberry". Ayrshire Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

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[1] "Turnberry". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[2] "Turnberry Classification and Statistics". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[3] "Turnberry Ho Survey of English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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