Irvine is on Scotland's West Coast, 25 miles south of Glasgow and 10 miles north of Prestwick Airport, and is only 90 minutes drive from Edinburgh. Irvine is served by a half-hourly train service from Ayr or Glasgow, and the Burns Club is within walking or taxi distance of the station.

Irvine is only a thirty-minute journey from Burns Cottage and the Burns National Heritage Park at Alloway, so you can easily include us in an Ayrshire tour. Also in Irvine, just ten minutes' walk away, is the Heckling Shed where Burns worked and the house where he stayed in 1781. Those interested in ships may also wish to make time for the Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine harbour.

(and some Irvine)

For more information about Robert Burns,

• The World Burns Club, an extensive resource on everything about Robert Burns,
• the National Library of Scotland section on Burns,
• Burns Country, the Official Robert Burns site,
• The Bard (from Scotland On-Line),
• The Robert Burns Club of Milwaukee (which also offers many useful links).
• We also suggest Scotlit, a guide to books and literature on the web.
• Try also Dalry Burns Club, another old Burns club in North Ayrshire,
• Mauchline Burns Club, south of here,
• Paisley Burns Club, and
• Alexandria Burns Club,
• Alamo Burns Club of Paisley, a recent arrival on the Web.
• Places to visit include the Burns Heritage Park
• and Ellisland Farm.

For an artist inspired by the works of Robert Burns,

• Maureen Monteath of Edinburgh

For more information about Irvine in general,

• Irvine Ayrshire links page (includes other Ayrshire links),
• the Irvine Herald, one of the local papers,
• the Magnum Leisure Centre,
• the Harbour Arts Centre,
• Irvine Incorporated Trades,
• The Irvine Carters Society (for Marymass).

Opening Times
Easter to September - Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat 2.30 -4.30
October to March - Saturdays 2.30 - 4.30
Admission free

Postal address Irvine Burns Club, "Wellwood", 28 Eglinton St. Irvine KA12 8AS Web site www.irvineburnsclub.org OR www.irvineayrshire.org/ burns e-mail: burns@irvineayrshire.org Group Bookings We welcome pre-booked visits by interested groups. To arrange a visit write to the Secretary at the address above.

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