Darvel
Darvel or Dervel (population 3,361) is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley as well as is occasionally referred to as "The Lang Toon" (English: the Long Town). The town's Latin motto, Non sibi sed cunctis, means "Except ourselves, but also for others". Darvel is positioned on the A71 roadway that ranges from Irvine on the west coastline to Edinburgh on the east. The town is 9 miles (14 km) east of Kilmarnock as well as is the most easterly of the Valley Towns, the others being Galston as well as Newmilns. The community was additionally when linked with Stonehouse (using Strathaven) by the Caledonian Railway. Nonetheless, the line was closed by the LMS prior to the 2nd World War. The former Glasgow as well as South Western Railway branch line to Kilmarnock survived for a lot longer and was enclosed 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe. Much of the course of both the old railway lines is still around, although the rails have time out of mind gone and also numerous roadway bridges have been eliminated. There was a big viaduct to the eastern of the community, in the lea of Loudoun Hill, which brought the railway line over the valley. This was nevertheless, destroyed in 1986, as well as just the piers continue to be. The River Irvine flows via the town and also as soon as powered regional mills.
