Kincaidston is a council housing estate

Housing estate

A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...

 in the town of Ayr

Ayr

Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland. With a population of around 46,000, Ayr is the largest settlement in Ayrshire, of which it is the county town, and has held royal burgh status since 1205...

 in south-west Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The estate was built in the 1970s, some of the streets are named after flowers for example, Iris Court and Honeysuckle Park and Speedwell Square, whilst Kincaidston Drive is the main road which runs right around the estate. The estate is home to a primary school/nursery and a sports pavilion, as well as several shops and a youth cafe.

Although the housing estate was built in share between council and digital for workers houses, the estate remained mainly in council hands. Many of the houses are now privately owned.