See and do

The formidable-looking Maybole Castle is a four-storey garret tower in the Ayrshire town of Maybole.

Troon is an attractive seaside town, a few miles from Prestwick International Airport in South Ayrshire.

Ascog is a small, mostly residential village on the Isle of Bute, located about 2 km south east of Rothesay.

The Abbey was founded sometime between 1162 and 1188 with monks coming from Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its ruins sit in the centre of the town.

Kames Castle is located on the shore of Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne.

Lamlash is the Isle of Arran’s most populous village.

Portencross Castle two miles from West Kilbride. http://www.portencrosscastle.org.uk Open 11- 4 weekends, bank & school hols, Easter to end Sept. Free entry.

Portencross is a hamlet near Farland Head in North Ayrshire, overlooking the Firth of Clyde.

As is common along the shore of this part of the Clyde, rich red sandstone has been used in the construction of many of the village's buildings.

Tarbolton a small village in South Ayrshire, lying between Mauchline and Prestwick in South Ayrshire.

Auchinleck is a small village in East Ayrshire. The name in Gaelic means "field of flat stones”

New Cumnock is a former mining town in East Ayrshire. It expanded during the 18th century; mining remained its main industry until pits closed in the 1960s.

Monument memorialising Lesley Baillie, a muse who inspired several of Robert Burns' ballads and poems

The North Ayrshire Heritage Centre is a hub for all things related to local history

Sculpture by Andy Scott commemorating a Greenock working-horse