I live in a town in the west coast of Scotland called Kilmarnock. It is a relatively small place, however is the second largest town in Ayrshire. In the town centre, there are over 60 shops there (although now since some have closed down, about 30 of them are now either pound shops or card shops). There is also a cinema as well as a leisure centre called ‘The Galleon’ which has a swimming pool, gym, ice rink and games halls.
There are 12 primary schools and 4 secondary schools spread around the area of Kilmarnock. I attended Kilmarnock Academy for 6 years between 2009-2015. This school is the only in Scotland to have educated two nobel prize winners. There are a few community centres in Kilmarnock where various events and clubs are held.
In Kilmarnock we have both a bus and a train station and so you can travel to anywhere using just public transport! The train is a popular form to travel in when going to Glasgow and they are currently working on a bus route from Kilmarnock to Silverburn shopping centre which is also set to be extremely popular.
The Palace Theatre has been a huge part of Kilmarnock’s community for over 150 years, it opened as a corn exchange a first but then converted to a theatre only 40 years later. Here is where I and countless others have performed in shows. I actually performed in the 150th anniversary of the theatre as part of East Ayrshire Youth Theatre, a drama club for youths in east Ayrshire.
We have many parks in Kilmarnock, the Kay, Dean and Howard. The Kay Park has been done up in the recent years and has since reopened the Burns Monument centre which is a popular place to get married. The Dean park is a great tourist attraction due to the history of the Dean Castle and the range of wildlife and animals it has.
Kilmarnock was the home to Johnnie Walker, the large whiskey producer until the factory got shut down in 2012. It is the most largely distributed brand of blended scotch whiskey in the world.
The population of Kilmarnock is 46340 and the population density is 3,152.5 inh./km² .
The air pollution level in Kilmarnock is currently sitting at the low score of 1.
