Buildings, Castles & Monuments

• Ardrossan Castle
• Ardrossan Harbour
• Ardrossan Hospitals
• Ardrossan War Memorial
• Seafield Tower

Notable People From Ardrossan

• Reverend Robert Morgan Adamson – Minister of St. John’s Church, Ardrossan for 44 years
• Nicol Grahame – Soldier who fought in the Crimean War.
• Colour-Sergeant Thomas Hughes – Colour-Sergeant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers who retired with 38 years of service.
• John Kerr – Ardrossan-born scientist known for his discovery of the ‘Kerr-Effect’.
• Mary Thomson Kerr – London-born nurse with a headstone in Ardrossan Cemetery.
• Edith MacArthur – Ardrossan-born actress who was most famous for her role in ‘Take the High Road’
• Alexander MacFadzean – Greatly respected philanthropist who worked tirelessly for the welfare of the inhabitants of Ardrossan.
• Peter Nicholson – East Lothian-born architect who helped to design the layout of Ardrossan.
• Reverend John Stewart – The first minister of the Free Church of Ardrossan.

Stories

• First Burial in Ardrossan Cemetery
• Railway Accident at Montgomerie Pier Station
• Sinking of the Norwegian brig ‘Lovren’
• Six Men Lose Their Lives on S.S Hjortnes
• The 1880 Lifeboat Rescue of the Matilda Hillyards
• The Boydston Boulder
• The Formation of the Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Branch of the British Legion