Galston - Situated in a mining area, 5 miles east of Kilmarnock. Galston is also one of three lace-making towns in the local area.

Historically Galston has been linked to William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and the Galston coat of arms represents the battle they fought after a Crusade against the Moors

Although Galston today has some anicient sites of interest the landscape is marked by large estates built in the 1970 when it was a coal mining town.