Outdoors

Blackwaterfoot beach is a stunning sandy beach in the tranquill village of Blackwaterfoot.

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

This sandy beach lies in the picturesque holiday village of Maidens and runs north all the way to Culzean Castle and Country Park.

The Spout of Garnock is approximately 60–70 ft high, making it is the county's highest waterfall

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.

Drumadoon point is a where the headland comes to a point, from the Doon Cliff.

The Heads of Ayr are high cliffs which tower above a remote sandy beach.

Loch Thom is a reservoir which since 1827 has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock

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

Stinchar Falls lie on the River Stinchar, which flows all the way from the Galloway Forest Park to the Firth of the Clyde at Ballantrae.

The long sandy beach offers great vies of the Isle of Arran and is known for its superb sunsets.

The stunning Eas Mor Waterfall can be reached by a tough but worthwhile forest walk

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

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