Outdoors

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

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

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.

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

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

Explore the island beyond the shore

Maidens Harbour was established in the mid 19th century

The Electric Brae is a gravity hill in Ayrshire, Scotland, where a freewheeling vehicle will appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction

The beautiful Pirnmill beach located in the small village of Pirnmill on the north-west coast of the Arran.

Lamlash Bay boasts great views out to the Holy Isle, and is the home to Arran Yacht Club. It also has a small beach of soft sand

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

The mystical Dunure Labyrinth lies in the grounds of Dunure Castle

Ballantrae beach is a nature reserve that offers nesting grounds for a wide variety of birds in the nearby cliffs

The stunning Eas Mor Waterfall can be reached by a tough but worthwhile forest walk