Welcome to Symington Parish Church

Welcome to the new website of Symington Parish Church: South Ayrshire, one of Scotland’s oldest and most beautiful churches. We are particularly proud of our church and its heritage and invite you to take a tour through its long history.

Please use the menu bar at the top of each page to navigate around the site. We hope you enjoy the new layout.

History of Symington Church

The Norman church in Symington is amongst the oldest in Scotland and is certainly one of the most beautiful. The church was founded in 1160AD by Symon Loccard, a local landowner who owned land in both Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. It is understood that the village and parish derived its name (originally "Symonstown") from him. More...

Symington Church Picture Tour

We have put together a small picture tour of Symington Church using various pictures taken by Rob Keating. To view the tour, please click on the picture below. We hope that these pictures can give a small impression of our church and allow people to appreciate its beauty.

Services are held every Sunday morning at 10.30am and all visitors are made most welcome. More...

Rob Keating: kirkglen@btinternet.com

Tom Pearson: thomas@pearson422.fsnet.co.uk

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John W. Nimmo has written a history of Symington through the centuries. More...

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