“Five exceptional winners wowed the judges with their outstanding contributions to Scotland’s cultural Landscape” Paul Miller reported in the Creative Place Awards 2012 supplement, Glasgow Herald/Sunday Herald January 2012 Maggie Broadley, Craft Town Scotland would like to thank the many local people who have sent congratulations on its recent success at the Year of Creative [...]

We're delighted to confirm that WKCIL has awarded the  license to run the cafe premises within the 'soon to open' Barony Centre to Sheila and Zoë Maxwell.  Sheila and Zoë have decided to name the cafe Barony Bites, both have a good business and service industry background and are really looking forward to being part of [...]

"WEST Kilbride is bucking the trend being seen in high streets up and down the country.  The North Ayrshire village has rebranded itself Craft Town Scotland and has seen a massive rise in shops opening as well as a huge boost in visitor numbers". Delighted to provide journalist Scottish daily David Taylor with a positive [...]

We are delighted to announce that Craft Town Scotland, West Kilbride has been shortlisted in the Year of Creative Scotland: Creative Places Award - a £1 million open investment strand for communities in Scotland towns and villages to gain recognition for their creative and cultural tourism track record and build on their achievements.  The scheme [...]

Thank you to the management of the Seamill Hydro Hotel for their invitation to the launch of the “Christmas at Seamill Festival Gardens”. The lovely Lorraine Kelly, who was welcomed by Councillor Pat McPhee, North Ayrshire Provost, launched the Festival.  Lorraine shared her very fond memories of childhood visits to Seamill and delighted everyone by [...]

It is with great disappointment that we have been forced to cancel the Barony Centre special preview evening scheduled to take place this Friday (2nd December) as part of the Yuletide Night celebrations.  The whole team has been working flat out to ensure we were ready to welcome the community for a ‘sneak preview’, however [...]

With work on the Barony Centre coming to an end, we are opening the building to the community for a ‘sneak preview’ on Yuletide Night, Friday 2ndof December.  Although there will still be a little work to be completed, we want as many people as possible to join us in celebrating the hard work, determination [...]

West Kilbride Community Initiative Ltd – Christmas Craft Fair West Kilbride Village Hall, 1 Arthur Street, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire.  KA23 9EL Saturday 26th November: Opens 10am till 4.30pm / Sunday 27th November: Opens 12noon till 4pm. Free Entry - Disabled car parking at the Village Hall main entrance and general car parking at the [...]

Thank you to everyone who turned out to the Autumn Burlesque fundraising night on Friday 28th October – the grand total of £1421 was collected.  The WK Initiative/Craft Town Scotland organized the event and money raised will contribute to the Barony Centre redevelopment. The evening certainly added more than a hint of spice to a [...]

Weeks of waiting were over on Thursday evening when the winners of the Ayrshire Business Awards 2011 were unveiled.  We are delighted to say Craft Town Scotland was announced as joint winner of the Rural Enterprise Award, sponsored by Ayrshire LEADER, at the event.  Kay Hall, WKCIL Chair, David Mann, Craft Town Chair and Maggie [...]