Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & Loudoun was a district council area which existed from 1975 to 1996. It was one of 19 district councils that delivered a range of local level services within the wider area of Strathclyde Region, which over this period was one of the 12 regions into which Scotland was divided.

Kilmarnock and Loudoun, 1975 to 1996 Note About Image Copyright

Kilmarnock & Loudoun was one of the four district council areas within the Ayr sub-region of Strathclyde, and it was formed from the north eastern part of the traditional county of Ayrshire. The result was a district that included settlements such as Kilmarnock, Darvel, Galston, Newmilns and Stewarton. It was bordered by the districts of Cunninghame, Renfrew, Eastwood, East Kilbride, Cumnock & Doon Valley and Kyle & Carrick: all districts of Strathclyde.

When regions disappeared from the scene in a major reorganisation of Scottish local government in 1996, the district council area of Kilmarnock & Loudoun was joined with Cumnock & Doon Valley to become the unitary council area of East Ayrshire, one of the 32 unitary council areas into which Scotland has since been divided.