Darvel
Darvel or Dervel (population 3,361) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley as well as is often described as "The Lang Toon" (English: the Long Town). The community's Latin slogan, Non sibi sed cunctis, implies "Except ourselves, however, for others". Darvel is located on the A71 road that ranges from Irvine on the west coast to Edinburgh on the eastern. The town is 9 miles (14 km) east of Kilmarnock and also is the most easterly of the Valley Towns, the others being Galston as well as Newmilns. The town was additionally when linked with Stonehouse (by means of Strathaven) by the Caledonian Railway. Nevertheless, the line was nearby the LMS before the Second World War. The former Glasgow and also South Western Train branch line to Kilmarnock made it through for much longer and also was enclosed 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe. Much of the path of both the old railway lines is still in existence, although the rails have actually time out of mind gone and also lots of road bridges have been removed. There was a huge viaduct to the eastern of the town, in the lea of Loudoun Hill, which carried the railway line over the valley. This was however, destroyed in 1986, and also only the piers remain. The River Irvine streams with the community as well as when powered local mills.
