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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.

[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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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 / 55.310879; -4.8325950