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.

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

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

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

Garratt Gardens, in memory of Charlie Garratt a much loved Vet.

The Greeto Waterfalls are along the Gogo water, in Gogo Glen near the town of Largs.

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.

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

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

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.

Kilmory beach is one of Arran's hidden gems and is a stunning but peaceful beach, accessed either by farm track or by path from Lagg

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

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

Boyd Orr Garden, situated near the top of the Main Street, in memory of celebrated Nutritionist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Lord Boyd Orr