![[From the Red Road, Largs, Scotland]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
Print no. "13036".
Forms part of: Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
Scotland--Largs.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland (DLC) 2001703567
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Persistent URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.07632
Call Number: LOT 13407, no. 121 [item]](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/largs-gb-557963--48634/0-From_the_Red_Road__Largs__Scotland_LOC_3450331430.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
![[From the Red Road, Largs, Scotland]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
Print no. "13036".
Forms part of: Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
Scotland--Largs.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland (DLC) 2001703567
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Persistent URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.07632
Call Number: LOT 13407, no. 121 [item]](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/largs-gb-557963--48634/1-_From_the_Red_Road__Largs__Scotland___LOC___3450331430_.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
scenic viewpoint
Goatfell
Arran's highest peak at 874m, climbed from Brodick, with views over the Firth of Clyde and to Ireland on clear days.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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About Largs
Largs is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Fairlie, 36km from Loch Lomond.
Largs is in Scotland, United Kingdom, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Fairlie, about 5 km away.
Largs (Scottish Gaelic: An Leargaidh Ghallda) is a coastal town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The original name means "the slopes" (An Leargaidh) in Scottish Gaelic. A popular seaside resort with a pier, the town's population was 10,917 in 2022.
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the Vikings and an annual festival is held each year in early September. In 1263, it was the site of the Battle of Largs between the Norwegian and the Scottish armies.
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What is there to see near Largs?
Within an hour or so of Largs: Goatfell (28 km), Brodick Castle (29 km), Arran Coast Road (A841) (34 km), Loch Lomond (36 km).
Are there any good drives near Largs?
The nearest famous roads are Arran Coast Road (A841), Rest and Be Thankful (A83) and Electric Brae.
Where is Largs?
Largs is in Scotland, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Fairlie.
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- Population
- 11,030
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Scotland
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 55.7963, -4.8634
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Worth the detour from Largs
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Brodick Castle
A red sandstone castle and country park above Brodick Bay on Arran, with woodland gardens and a rhododendron collection.
29 km · about 35 min drive
coastal drive
Arran Coast Road (A841)
The 90km loop around Arran, taking in the Boguillie and the Ross road climbs — a classic day's drive or ride from the Brodick ferry.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Loch Lomond
Britain's largest freshwater lake by surface area, where Highland mountains meet Lowland shores in a landscape immortalised in song.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Riverside Museum
Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the Clyde, packed with classic cars, a recreated cobbled street of vintage vehicles, and the tall ship Glenlee moored outside.
36 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
The Oak Tree Inn
A popular stopping point on the A82 beside Loch Lomond, where road trippers heading to the Scottish Highlands pause to take in one of Scotland's most beautiful lochs.
38 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Six Bronze Age stone circles on open moor on Arran's west coast, including tall red sandstone pillars; a 30-minute walk from the A841.
41 km · about 45 min drive
famous road
Rest and Be Thankful (A83)
The famous climb out of Glen Croe in Argyll with the old military road beside it; landslide-prone but a spectacular gateway to the west coast.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Largs
- 28 kmGoatfellArran's highest peak at 874m, climbed from Brodick, with views over the Firth of Clyde and to Ireland on clear days.
- 34 kmArran Coast Road (A841)The 90km loop around Arran, taking in the Boguillie and the Ross road climbs — a classic day's drive or ride from the Brodick ferry.
- 46 kmRest and Be Thankful (A83)The famous climb out of Glen Croe in Argyll with the old military road beside it; landslide-prone but a spectacular gateway to the west coast.
- 47 kmElectric BraeFamous optical-illusion stretch of the A719 on the Ayrshire coast where cars appear to roll uphill. Drivers have pulled over to test the gravity-defying slope since the 1930s.
- 48 kmRest and Be ThankfulA famous viewpoint at the top of Glen Croe where 18th-century soldiers carved the name into a stone after completing the military road.
- 75 kmGlen OrchyA single-track alternative to the A82 between Bridge of Orchy and Dalmally, following the tumbling River Orchy through birch woods.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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