Outdoors

Darvel and the surrounding area offers so much for visitors to the town. Discover Darvel will help you to find out what you can see and do.

Mount Stuart is a Victorian rural manor built in the Gothic style and surrounded by 300 acres of gloriously maintained grounds and gardens.

Come learn about the island's marine biodiversity and the conservation efforts that are taking place in the Clyde. Entry to the centre is free!

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

Ettrick Bay is a stunning, wide sandy beach on Bute’s west coast.

Kilmory beach is one of Arran's hidden gems and is a stunning but peaceful beach, accessed either by farm track or by path from Lagg

Goatfell stands at 874 metres making it the highest point on Arran.

Ballochmartin Bay is wide sweeping bay of sand, cobbles and stones

The Heads of Ayr are high cliffs which tower above a remote sandy beach.

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

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

Bennane Head is a section of land that juts into the Firth of Clyde around 11 miles south of Girvan.

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

Stinchar Falls lie on the River Stinchar, which flows all the way from the Galloway Forest Park to the Firth of the Clyde at Ballantrae.

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.