Heathfield, South Ayrshire

Heathfield Retail Park, which opened in 1994, is built in the southerly reaches of the site of the RAF station.

It is the central out of town shopping complex, with outlets including Homebase, PC World, Frankie & Benny's, Subway, and Asda as well as Pizza Hut and KFC.

[2] It is now only (2016) visible as remnant heath land and surface darkening in pastureland, situated mainly in the Parish of Ayr and partly in St Quivox.

The original outflow of Newton Loch was directly into the sea at Newton-on-Ayr via the Half Mile Burn[3] and another outflow was the lade that ran down the Newton-on-Ayr Main Street to the Newton Mill or Malt Mill [4][5] that was located on the bank of the River Ayr near where the New Bridge of Ayr is located.

The last remnant in 1947[6] was a patch of marsh land located just to the south of Heathfield Hospital, an area now covered by a housing estate.