Outdoors

The Discovery Centre and Winter Garden is just a short walk from the ferry terminal and so makes a great starting place for visitors to Bute.

Dunure Beach is mostly shingle and popular for walking and boat trips. Dunure Harbour offers a great place to stop and enjoy quality dining by the sea.

Also known as The Straad, St Ninian’s Bay is another small bay on the west coast of Bute.

Ardeer Quarry Local Nature Reserve contains a mix of wetland, woodland, scrub, and grassland habitats.

Ascog Hall and its stunning Victorian Fernery is a fascinating day out, especially for nature lovers.

Kames Bay is located on the southern coast of the Isle of Great Cumbrae

Enjoy beautiful views over Rothesay to the Firth of Clyde and the Cowal Peninsula from the top of Canada Hill.

Lamlash Bay boasts great views out to the Holy Isle, and is the home to Arran Yacht Club. It also has a small beach of soft sand

Ballantrae beach is a nature reserve that offers nesting grounds for a wide variety of birds in the nearby cliffs

Whiting Bay is a stunning one mile long beach with a shallow bay.

Irvine Beach Park is a long sandy beach and wild dunes. The park boasts great facilities and plenty to entertain the family.

This picturesque waterfall lies off of a minor road near Doon Bridge, around a mile west of Dalmellington

Also spelled Fintray Bay, this red sand beach sits in the middle of the west coast of Great Cumbrae and is approximately 2 km northwest of Millport.

Merkland Wood is perfect for a short walk with great opportunities to spot wildlife.

The beautiful Pirnmill beach located in the small village of Pirnmill on the north-west coast of the Arran.