Auchinleck

Auchinleck

:"For the World War II Field Marshal see Sir Claude Auchinleck."

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Auchinleck
scots_name=
gaelic_name= Achadh nan Leac
population= 3,512 [cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title =Comparative Population Profile: Auchinleck Locality | url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=auchinleck&mainLevel=Locality | date = 2001-04-29| accessdate =2008-08-31 ] (2001 census)
est. 3,650 [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data] (2006)
os_grid_reference= NS548223
map_type=Scotland
latitude=55.473349
longitude=-4.298517
unitary_scotland= East Ayrshire
lieutenancy_scotland=
constituency_westminster=
constituency_scottish_parliament=
post_town= CUMNOCK
postcode_district = KA18 2xx
postcode_area= KA
dial_code= 01290

Auchinleck (pronounced either "ochinlek" or in an anglified form as IPA: /ˈæflɛk/ - "affleck"; Gaelic: "Achadh nan Leac- field of the flag stones) is a small town situated five miles south-east of Mauchline, and a couple of miles north-west of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Near the village (Auchinleck Estate) is Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.

Auchinleck has much been associated with the coal mining industry but the closure of the High House mine in 1983 and nearby Barony mine in 1989 as well as the closure of the Curries soft drinks factory almost wiped out Auchinleck's reason for existence.Visitors to the town coming in the 1990's described it as a throwback from twenty years before with youth culture and drugs taking over the place.

Auchinleck is slowly rebuilding itself with new investment and housing. Police and public community interaction on gangs and known trouble makers is bringing normality and a decent standard of life back into the village.

The famous Junior Football club, Auchinleck Talbot, play at Beechwood park in the village.

It is derived from "Achadh nan Leac", Scottish Gaelic for "Field of the Flag Stones

ee also

*List of places in East Ayrshire
*Auchinleck railway station

References

External links

* [http://www.auchinleck.org.uk/ Auchinleck Community Website]
* [http://www.east-ayrshire-forums.co.uk/ East Ayrshire Forums - Tenants Portal]


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