Whiting Bay

Whiting Bay
Village
Floral display and beach, Whiting Bay
Whiting Bay is located in North Ayrshire
Whiting Bay
Whiting Bay
Location within North Ayrshire
Population650 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS045255
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF ARRAN
Postcode districtKA27
Dialling code01770
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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Scotland
55°29′06″N 5°05′38″W / 55.485°N 5.094°W / 55.485; -5.094

Whiting Bay (Scottish Gaelic: Eadar Dhà Rubha, "between two headlands") is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland four miles (six kilometres) south of Lamlash and eight miles (thirteen kilometres) south of Brodick. With more than 600 inhabitants it’s the third largest village on the island of Arran, behind Lamlash and Brodick.

It is called after the bay near the southern end of Arran's east coast that the settlement sits on.[2]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Whiting Bay". Undsicovered Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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