Outdoors

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

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

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

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

Kildonan beach is also known as Silver Sands due to its incredible beauty and clean sands.

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

Ardeer Quarry Local Nature Reserve contains a mix of wetland, woodland, scrub, and grassland habitats.

Kay Park is a 30 acres park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire

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.

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.

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

Marina on the Clyde offering berthing for national and international boats

The sand of Irvine beach is said to be immaculate.

Brodick Beach sits below Goatfell which together with Brodick Castle, makes one of the most iconic viewes on the island of Arran

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