Darvel

Darvel ou Dervel (scots : Dairvel, gaélique écossais : Darbhail) est un village situé dans le East Ayrshire en Écosse (Royaume-Uni). Ce village est situé sur les rives de la rivière Irvine (en), à environ 14 km à l'est de la ville de Kilmarnock. Le médecin et biologiste Alexander Fleming, découvreur de la pénicilline en 1928, naquit en 1881 à Lochfield Farm, une ferme se trouvant à environ 2,3 km au nord-est du village. Le zoologiste John Morton Boyd, l'un des pionniers de la protection de la nature en Écosse, est également natif de Darvel.

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Darvel (Scots: Dairvel, Scottish Gaelic: Darbhail) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon" (English: the Long Town). The town's Latin motto, Non sibi sed cunctis, means "Not for ourselves, but for others".

Darvel Town Hall

Darvel Town Hall is a municipal building in West Main Street, Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a library and a community events venue, is a Category B listed building.

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Darvel Music Festival

Darvel Music Festival is a music festival that has been held in the town of Darvel, East Ayrshire, Ayrshire, Scotland, since 2002. The Darvel Music Festival is a community-led initiative, managed and supported by the Darvel Music Company. It features ten days of music with seven concerts and twenty five international and national performers at Darvel Town Hall. The festival, which occurs during the month of May, began to run bi-annually in 2009. People from not only the Irvine Valley near Darvel, Scotland, but elsewhere in the United Kingdom and the world attend the festival—increasing tourism and benefitting the economy in the area.

Darvel F.C.

Darvel Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Darvel, Ayrshire. Nicknamed "The Vale" and formed in 1889, the club play at Recreation Park, and currently compete in the West of Scotland League First Division.

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Priestland

Priestland is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 121 (Census 2001) and lies on the A71, around two miles west of Loudoun Hill, ten miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty miles south of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and alongside the burghs of Galston, Newmilns and Darvel (with which it borders), forms an area known as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley).