See and do

Portencross Castle two miles from West Kilbride. http://www.portencrosscastle.org.uk Open 11- 4 weekends, bank & school hols, Easter to end Sept. Free entry.

Barrhill is a small village in South Ayrshire between Girvan and Newton Stewart in South Ayrshire.

Catrine is a village that lies beside the River Ayr in East Ayrshire.

The McKechnie Institute opened in 1889, thanks to the generosity of local business man Thomas McKechnie

Kilbirnie is a small town situated in the Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland.

13th century bridge stretching across the River Ayr, memorialised in Burns' poem 'The Brigs o' Ayr'

The Ettrick Bay Stone Circle comprises eight stones, lying 130m south of St. Colmac Cottages.

Millport is the only town or settlement of the stunning Isle of Cumbrae.

Penkill Castle is a 16th-century castle north-east of Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

The ruins of majestic 16th-century Greenan Castle guard the cliffs of south-west Ayr, overlooking the Firth of Clyde

Kilmaurs is a picturesque village in East Ayrshire, lying just outside of Kilmarnock

The Lochranza Distillery and Visitor Centre, is situated in the beautiful village of Lochranza at the the north end of the Isle of Arran.

Torr a’Chaisteal Dun dates back to the Iron Age, lying about a mile from Sliddery on the Isle of Arran.

Dumfries House is a 1750s Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Bute has its fair share of mysterious stones and one of the easiest examples to find on the island is at the Blackpark Plantation.