See and do

This statue was put inplace to honour the Celtic legend Bobby Lennox.

Craft beers in bottles and casks

Seagate Castle is a castle in North Ayrshire, in the town of Irvine, close to the River Irvine

Largs' most famous monument is The Pencil, situated at the south end of the Prom, near to Largs Marina.

Fairlie Castle is a restored 16th century oblong castle, which overlooks the glen of Fairlie

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

Lochranza Castle was built by the McSweens back in the 13th Century, and is managed by Historic Environment Scotland.

Pladda (Scottish Gaelic: Pladaigh) is an uninhabited island 1 km off the south coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde.

The ruins of majestic 16th-century Greenan Castle guard the cliffs of south-west Ayr, overlooking the Firth of Clyde

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.

Kingarth is a historic village and parish on the Isle of Bute, off the coast of south-western Scotland.

This important thoroughfare road was originally known as Smiddy or Smithy Bar.

Kilmaurs is a picturesque village in East Ayrshire, lying just outside of Kilmarnock

Lochranza, a village on the Isle of Arran, boasts a dramatic castle, a distillery and plenty of wildlife in the surrounding area.