Cronberry, Logan & Lugar

Lugar and Logan lie approximately 1 mile East of Cumnock. The smaller settlement of Cronberry lies a further mile east of Lugar.

The Logan Day Centre Committee signed a lease from East Ayrshire Council to manage the day-to-day running of the Centre. This has been very successful, giving more groups the opportunity to meet and use the building. External funding has been secured to upgrade the kitchen and the building, making this a community hub within Logan. During the pandemic, the committee set up a community food larder, where people who were struggling could use a dignified food provision within the community. The committee support a range of activities and events within the Centre, including a Gala week, Bag a Burger and Christmas events. The Committee have also received external funding to employ a Project Worker to assist with the running of the building and the groups who use the Centre.

Lugar Parish Church Lugar Parish Church is in the process of developing a Heritage and Information Centre and Community Hub after receiving external funding. It is still a Church, but when developed it will also provide a hub, a meeting place for the Community and be part of the Coalfield Landscape Project. It will be open throughout the week and has disabled access, toilet facilities, parking, an I.T. unit for people to have access to the internet, a cafe preparing hot drinks and snacks, a picnic area, indoor and outdoor seating and information prepared through murals, maps and leaflets. There will also be information boards covering a wider area, which will enable visitors and local people to maximise their knowledge of the area. It is the intention to develop the building as a Heritage Information Centre, that would highlight the importance of the area’s industrial past including Baird & Son, William Murdoch and his invention of gas, Mining and our Covenanting heritage.

Volunteers Logan, Lugar and Cronberry Community Council was re-established in 2018 after a period of inactivity. They now have a very active membership. The Community Council received external funding to improve and enhance the local areas. Volunteers regularly collect litter across the three communities. The Chairperson of the Community Council was awarded Cumnock Citizen of the year in 2021. He is also an active member of the Nine Community Council steering group (9CC), which was established for the allocation of funds generated from the local Windfarms. This will ensure that community benefit money generated from Windfarms for the area is managed and distributed fairly across the nine communities within East Ayrshire.

The population of Logan and Lugar has declined by 6% in the last ten years. The population was 1,333 in 2001, 1,260 in 2011 and the mid-year estimate in 2020 projected the population as 1,190. These statistics apply to Logan and Lugar and do not include the settlement of Cronberry. The estimated population of Cronberry in 2001 was 75.