Outdoors

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

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.

Eglinton Country Park is a great day out for all of the family, with a range of activities set out over the huge 400 hectare ground.

Loch Doon is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland, overlooked by the Glessel Hill and the Corserine Range

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

This wide sandy beach boasts excellent views out over the Firth of Clyde and across to Arran.

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

Girvan has, for centuries, been a thriving fishing port, and this modern harbour represents much of that original charm

Byne Hill is part of a popular walking route in Girvan, South Ayrshire.

Marina on the Clyde offering berthing for national and international boats

Picturesque loch outside the village of Kilmacolm

Ballochmartin Bay is wide sweeping bay of sand, cobbles and stones

Muirshiel Visitor Centre & Country Park gives easy access to ‘great walking in hen harrier countryside’ in what was once an impressive Victorian shooting estate