Outdoors

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

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.

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

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

Maidens Harbour was established in the mid 19th century

The long sandy beach offers great vies of the Isle of Arran and is known for its superb sunsets.

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

Also spelled Fintray Bay, this red sand beach sits in the middle of the west coast of Great Cumbrae and is approximately 2 km northwest of Millport.

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.

Farland Point is a peninsula to the south east of the island of Great Cumbrae.

Loch Doon is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland, overlooked by the Glessel Hill and the Corserine Range

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.

The Greeto Waterfalls are along the Gogo water, in Gogo Glen near the town of Largs.

Gently climb up to the Stone Dragon at Irvine Beach Park for stunning views of the Firth of Clyde and islands.

Lyle Hill is a viewpoint in Greenock, Inverclyde, with a high point of 426 feet above sea level