See and do

The Baird Institute holds collections of Mauchline Ware, Cumnock Pottery, mining equipment, photographs and artifacts of local and social history

Only open as part of a public tours, run three times daily from the Linthouse, the Shipworkers Tenement is a highlight of a most peoples 1st Museum visit.

Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard, lived in Mauchline in what was arguably his most creative and productive period as a writer.

Set within Kilmarnock's beautiful Kay Park, the Burns Monument Centre houses local and family history collections and is available for weddings.

The most accessible marina in Scotland, Troon provides sheltered berthing with all tide access, alongside the finest facilities and exceptional customer service

Visit Souter Johnnie's Cottage and experience 18th-century life

Ballantrae is an attractive coastal village in South Ayrshire situated 13 miles south of Girvan.

Dunlop is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, 7 miles from Kilmarnock.

Beloved Scottish bard Robert Burns learned to dance and debate in this authentically restored house

A monument commemorating the final resting place of the Russian cruising vessel, the Varyag, which ran aground off the Ayrshire coast

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

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.

13th century bridge stretching across the River Ayr, memorialised in Burns' poem 'The Brigs o' Ayr'

The town of Prestwick is situated in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland.

The popular seaside town of Ayr lies on the south west coast of Scotland, around 37 miles from Glasgow.