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   Glenbuck (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Buic) is a small, remote village in East Ayrshire. It is nestled in the hills 3 miles (5 km) east of Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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3. www.thelostvillages.co.uk › background › glenbuckGlenbuck | The Lost Villages

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   Glenbuck is a remote former mining village in Muirkirk parish located at the North-Eastern edge of Ayrshire, close to the border of Lanarkshire. It had an ironworks (1796) and several small coal mines in the vicinity in the nineteenth century.

4. www.tripadvisor.co.uk › Attraction_Review-g1584569GLENBUCK HERITAGE VILLAGE (2024) All You Need ... - Tripadvisor

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   An extraordinary experience to come to an entire once thriving village of industrial archaeology and sporting history and realise the ENTIRE place has been razed with no sign there was anything there before. Interesting interpretive panels and ground layout if church and Shankley house plot.

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5. www.muirkirk.org.uk › glenbuck-heritage-villageGlenbuck Heritage Village | Muirkirk in the hills of Ayrshire

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   Like many mining villages, Glenbuck experienced times of mixed fortune. Its population peaked at the start of the twentieth century, when coal mining flourished, but most of its residents had moved away by the end of the century, following the demise of mining in the area around that time.

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   So much so, that what once was a thriving coal mining community in Ayrshire, the small remote village of Glenbuck was home to pioneers of the game, producing fifty professional footballers, six Scottish internationals, four FA Cup winners and, most famously, Liverpool manager Bill (Willie) Shankly.

7. www.cumnockchronicle.com › news › 24246368East Ayrshire lost villages: Glenbuck, Benquhat maps

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Maps of the deep coal mines which lay at the heart of a host of 'lost villages' in East Ayrshire are among almost 5,000 now available on the research website ScotlandsPeople.

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   What happened to Glenbuck?

   • Glenbuck was once a thriving coal mining community, but the last mine closed in 1931. The village was unable to provide jobs for the unemployed miners and suffered economic decline as a result. There is an informative collection of memories of Glenbuck here .

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   Where is Glenbuck in Ayrshire?

   • Glenbuck is a small, remote village in Ayrshire, today all but abandoned. It nestles in the hills 3 miles east of Muirkirk. The village was an industrial centre, busy with coal mining and iron smelting, but the Great Depression of the 1930s struck it cruelly, closed the mine and the life of the village vanished with it.

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   Where is Glenbuck?

   • Glenbuck ( Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Buic) is a small, remote village in East Ayrshire. It is nestled in the hills 3 miles (5 km) east of Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The site of the village was slightly to the north-west of Glenbuck "Loch", on the River Ayr, and was surrounded on three sides by South Lanarkshire.

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   Is Glenbuck a good village?

   • Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more. Glenbuck - nice but could be better. Heritage village is a bit of a misnomer. Whilst there are some boards giving good information about the former village nothing remains of the village itself.

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9. wikishire.co.uk › wiki › GlenbuckGlenbuck - Wikishire

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   Glenbuck is a small, remote village in Ayrshire, today all but abandoned. It nestles in the hills 3 miles east of Muirkirk. The village was an industrial centre, busy with coal mining and iron smelting, but the Great Depression of the 1930s struck it cruelly, closed the mine and the life of the village vanished with it.