Outdoors

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

Kames Bay is located on the southern coast of the Isle of Great Cumbrae

Below the Loch Doon dam, the River Doon has carved a route through a beautiful wooded gorge.

Whiting Bay is a stunning one mile long beach with a shallow bay.

Largs beach is a large shingle based beach located on the northern edge of the town of Largs.

The stunning Ardencraig Gardens, situated in Rothesay, were originally designed as part of the nearby Ardencraig House.

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

Picturesque loch outside the village of Kilmacolm

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

Dunure Beach is mostly shingle and popular for walking and boat trips. Dunure Harbour offers a great place to stop and enjoy quality dining by the sea.

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

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.

This sandy beach lies in the picturesque holiday village of Maidens and runs north all the way to Culzean Castle and Country Park.

The Discovery Centre and Winter Garden is just a short walk from the ferry terminal and so makes a great starting place for visitors to Bute.

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