GIRVAN, police burgh, parish and fishing town, Ayrshire, Scotland, at the mouth of the Girvan, 21 m. S.W. of Ayr, and 63 m. S.W. of Glasgow by the L.M.S.R. Pop. (1931) 5,292. The principal industry was formerly weaving, but is now fishing, cod and oysters forming the most important catches ; there is export of grain and coal. The harbour has been enlarged and protected by piers and a breakwater. Moreover, the town is in repute for sea-bathing and golf, its situation being very fine. The vale of Girvan is one of the most fertile tracts in the shire. Girvan is the point of communication with Ailsa Craig.