OS grid reference NS342205 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district KA7 Dialling code 01292 Scottish parliament Ayr | Country Scotland Post town AYR Police Scottish Council area South Ayrshire UK parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | |
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Lieutenancy areas South Ayrshire, Ayrshire and Arran | ||
Belmont is an area within the south of the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. It was developed for local authority housing before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, around Belmont Avenue, Chalmers Avenue, Morton Road area. In the late 1950s, work commenced on a much larger council housing development at South Belmont, in an area enclosed by Peggieshill Road, Fenwickland Avenue, Burnbank Road and Dalmellington Road. The main services within the Belmont area are Belmont Academy, which was originally built in 1960 on the site of the former Belmont House, home of the Mathie-Morton family.
The area is bounded by Annfield Burn, the A713 and railway line. It is one of the most diverse parts of Ayr containing a mixture of affluent suburban areas and deprived council estates. Belmont North (north of Belmont Road) is mostly made up of affluent Suburban areas, with council housing confined beyond Meadowpark, Chalmers Road and Belmont Road. Most suburban areas are found along and north of Chalmers Road and in the Meadowpark and Nursery areas. Belmont Road is lined with urban housing. With the exception of the Nursery area, South Belmont is made up entirely of council housing. It has much higher deprivation compared to North Belmont, and as such shares similar characteristics to neighbouring Kincaidston located south of Annfield Burn.