Outdoors

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

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

Lamlash Bay boasts great views out to the Holy Isle, and is the home to Arran Yacht Club. It also has a small beach of soft sand

The sand of Irvine beach is said to be immaculate.

Also known as The Straad, St Ninian’s Bay is another small bay on the west coast of Bute.

Enjoy beautiful views over Rothesay to the Firth of Clyde and the Cowal Peninsula from the top of Canada Hill.

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

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

Barassie Beach is situated just round the bend in the coast, from Troon Beach, meaning it does not get nearly as busy as Troon beach.

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

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

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

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

Viewpoint Indicator situated in Corsehill Drive, stunning panoramic views of Arran and beyond, includes a photographic plate detailing key information