Whiting Bay
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Whiting Bay (Scottish Gaelic: Eadar Dhà Rubha, "between two headlands") is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland four miles (six kilometres) south of Lamlash and eight miles (thirteen kilometres) south of Brodick. With more than 600 inhabitants it’s the third largest village on the island of Arran, behind Lamlash and Brodick.
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Whiting Bay
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Village | |
Floral display and beach, Whiting Bay | |
Location within North Ayrshire | |
Population | 650 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NS045255 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF ARRAN |
Postcode district | KA27 |
Dialling code | 01770 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
55.485°N 5.094°W / 55.485; -5.094 |
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It is called after the bay near the southern end of Arran's east coast that the settlement sits on.[2]