Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland. North Ayrshire (Sìorrachd Inbhir Air a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II...

Fairlie sits on the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde and looks across to the Isle of Arran and the Cumbraes. It is currently little more than a commuter village, with few businesses still running within Fairlie. These include a petrol station, a post office, a Chinese takeaway and a small gift and flower shop. Map of the Firth of Clyde and area The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Arran shown within Clyde Coast The Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde (430 km²). It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire. ... The Cumbraes are a group of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ...

The Fife Yachts were built in Fairlie in the first half of the 20th century. Their maker, William Fife, was born and brought up in the village. Fife Yachts were luxury, wooden yachts built in the first half of the 20th Century in the small Scottish village of Fairlie. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

In recent years a succession of industrial and military developments has somewhat changed the character of the village. Hunterston B nuclear power station, Hunterston deep sea shipping terminal and a NATO base (including a net to close the upper firth to submarines in the event of invasion^{[citation needed]}) have been built along the shoreline. Hunterston B Power Station is a nuclear power station south of Largs in North Ayrshire, Scotland. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ...

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• The Village of Fairlie Ayrshire

Coordinates: 55°45′N, 4°51′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...