Dalmellington (Scots: Dawmellinton, Scottish Gaelic: Dail M'Fhaolain) is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001 the village had a population of 1,407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of Scotland from the Central Lowlands. Dalmellington sits at the issue of a river from the uplands into Dalmellington Moss plain.
The town has a history as a rest area, market town, weaving centre and mining village. The Chalmerston open cast coal mine to the north of the village covered some 742 hectares, but the operations have now ceased and the first phase of the site restoration has been completed. The town used to have a working museum to record the history of the area, but it was closed in January 2017.
There are many Sites of Special Scientific Interest around Dalmellington, the most notable being the nearby Loch Doon.
Selection of local views The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory was located near Dalmellington and is within the northern edge of the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park, however it was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of 23 June 2021.
The village has two schools within the "Doon Campus": Dalmellington Primary School and Doon Academy.
Dalmellington Craigengillan Curling Club is the oldest constituted club in Dalmellington; it was formed on 3 December 1841 in the Black Bull Hotel and has continued unbroken since. In 2004 the members reinstated the outside curling pond at Craigengillan, this is the only self leveling curling pond in Scotland.
Distance between:
London to Dalmellington318 Miles / 512 Kms Liverpool to Dalmellington145 Miles / 233 Kms
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