Kay Park

Kay Park is a 30 acres park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The cash for its buy was handed down to the town of Kilmarnock by previous local protection merchant Alexander Kay who kicked the bucket in Glasgow in January 1866. The area of the recreation center was controlled by the town committee and the Kay Trustees after different proposed locales were analyzed and the land was obtained from the Duke of Portland. The recreation center opened on ninth August 1879 with extraordinary ceremony and situation. It is the home of an expansive landmark to Robert Burns. There was some time ago a little fairway, a couple of water fountains, sculling in the lake and a band stand however at present there is just a single existing wellspring left.

The Kilmarnock-Dumfries railroad line passes the recreation center, in spite of the fact that the line is utilized for cargo instead of traveler trains. At the best access to the recreation center as you approach the new Burns Monument Center, there is a Corinthian section, raised in memory of a gathering of Parliamentary reformers who challenged here in 1816. The landmark was divulged by Lord Rosebery in 1885. The Burns Monument Center gives enlistment administrations and here you can do neighborhood and family history inquire about in its family history focus and nearby history library.