Outdoors

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

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

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

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

Greenock Cut Visitors' Centre is situated close to Loch Thom in Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park

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

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

Ballantrae beach is a nature reserve that offers nesting grounds for a wide variety of birds in the nearby cliffs

The naturally occurring Glaid Stone marks the highest point of Great Cumbrae at 417ft.

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.

Look out for resident wildlife when exploring the coppery sands of Scalpsie Bay, located on the west coast of Bute.

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

This unusual geological feature is located near Kilchattan Bay on the south end of the Isle of Bute.

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