Outdoors

Award-winning beach located on the western coastline of Ayrshire

Promoting our remarkable landscape and heritage to local people and to visitors.

Clyde Muirshiel - literally meaning "moorhut" - is the collective name for countryside set aside for conservation and recreation on the South Clyde estuary.

Glen Rosa is a stunning glen near Goat Fell mountain, with breathaking scenery.

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

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

Crocodile Rock is an iconic Millport landmark.

Stravanan Bay itself is a fine sandy beach, more secluded than many of the better known beaches further up the west coast of the isle.

Merkland Wood is perfect for a short walk with great opportunities to spot wildlife.

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

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

Ailsa Craig, sometimes referred to as the Granite Jewel of the Firth of Clyde, is an island that sits in the outer Firth of Clyde.

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