See and do

Kildonan Castle stands in the small village of Kildonan on the southern coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. No longer accessible

Portencross is a hamlet near Farland Head in North Ayrshire, overlooking the Firth of Clyde.

This stunning waterfall at the Glenashdale Burn is also known by its gaelic name, Eas a’ Chrannaig.

This is Cumbrae's sole standing stone though there are records of two more nearby. I

The only steam railway in south west Scotland, it's a 'living museum' of industrial steam and diesel trains

Brodick is the main village on the Isle of Arran, halfway along the east coast of the island.

West Kilbride is scenic village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of the Firth of Clyde providing great views over to Arran.

Rumoured home of the notorious 15th-century cannibal Sawney Bean and his incestuous clan

Dalry is a village on the Rye Burn in North Ayrshire.

Ballantrae is an attractive coastal village in South Ayrshire situated 13 miles south of Girvan.

Lady Isle is a small, uninhabited island, in the Firth of Clyde

Beith is a small town situated in the Garnock Valley in North Ayrshire.

Kerelaw Castle is a castle ruin situated in Stevenston on the coast of North Ayrshire

As is common along the shore of this part of the Clyde, rich red sandstone has been used in the construction of many of the village's buildings.