Outdoors

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.

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

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

Lynn Spout is a stunning waterfall on the Caaf Water near Dalry in Ayrshire.

Kay Park is a 30 acres park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire

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

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

Butter Lump is small rock a few yards offshore towards the South East of the island of Great Cumbrae.

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.

Marina on the Clyde offering berthing for national and international boats

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

This beach lies between Maidens and Dunure, and is a mixture of both sand and rocky outcrops

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

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