Outdoors

Award-winning beach located on the western coastline of Ayrshire

Explore the island beyond the shore

Brodick Beach sits below Goatfell which together with Brodick Castle, makes one of the most iconic viewes on the island of Arran

Lyle Hill is a viewpoint in Greenock, Inverclyde, with a high point of 426 feet above sea level

Home to the vitrified fort of Dunagoil, the cliff and caves around Dunagoil provide a scenic background for imaginative adventurers.

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.

Maidens Harbour was established in the mid 19th century

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

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

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

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.

Bennane Head is a section of land that juts into the Firth of Clyde around 11 miles south of Girvan.

Below the Loch Doon dam, the River Doon has carved a route through a beautiful wooded gorge.

Orchard Gardens are beautiful gardens with herbaceous borders, formal pond and formal flowerbeds, which are always full of colour