See and do

This striking Gothic building, is now home to the Museum of the Cumbraes and the Garrison House Café, as well as the local library and council offices.

The grounds of the Civic Centre is at least the third location of the Kirkhall Sundial.

Prominent Category B listed cotton mill complex established in 1831

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.

The Harbour Arts Centre, located in Irvine, began its life as a seamen’s mission.

The village of Dalrymple lies in the Doon Valley, on the north bank of the River Doon in East Ayrshire.

Erected by the Officers of HMS Shearwater in memory of two midshipmen who were drowned nearby.

Kerrycroy Village is a small residential area on Bute’s east coast, around 3km from Rothesay.

St Mary’s Chapel was built near Rothesay as the second parish church on the island, after St Blane’s in the south. It can be dated to approximately 1320.

Kilmarnock is one of the largest towns in Ayrshire, with a population of 46,350.

Dunure is a picturesque seaside village, around 5 miles from Ayr on the coast of the forth of Clyde.

Dalry is a village on the Rye Burn in North Ayrshire.

Rothesay is a smart Victorian seaside resort and the main town on the east side of Isle of Bute.

Not to be confused with The Wallace Monument in Stirling, the Wallace Tower in Ayr predates its Stirling sibling by approximately a decade (1855-7)

Kilwinning is a large town in North Ayrshire, situated on the banks of the River Garnock