See and do

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

Home to Scotland’s national maritime collection, the award winning Scottish Maritime Museum is a great day out, with lots to do

Annanhill Golf Course, an 18-hole course situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock is open to residents and visitors.

Dean Castle Country Park is a fantastic free day out for all the family.

Opened in 1901, the Dick Institute is a 4 star attraction, attracting over 120,000 visitors each year.

Straiton is a small village dating back to the 18th century, located 10km south east of Maybole on the Water of Girvan.

The small village of Annbank in South Ayrshire was originally a mining settlement.

Trinity Church was designed by Edinburgh architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington in 1863

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

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)

Located in the graveyard of the ruined Covenanters Church in Old Dailly, the two Blue Stones once sat at the altar and were known as Sanctuary Stones.

Penkill Castle is a 16th-century castle north-east of Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

The town of Cumnock sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water.

Catrine is a village that lies beside the River Ayr in East Ayrshire.

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