See and do

Alloway is a picturesque village approximately 2.5 miles from Ayr. It is most well known as the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet.

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

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

Rumoured home of the notorious 15th-century cannibal Sawney Bean and his incestuous clan

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

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.

The Auld Kirk of Ayr has been a centre of worship in the town of Ayr for over 800 years

The village of Dundonald lies west of Kilmarknock in South Ayrshire.

The village of Turnberry in South Ayrshire is now world famous due to the Turnberry Resort and golf course.

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

The tower is all that remain of this church dedicated to St. John the Baptist

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

Carleton Castle is a 15th-century five-storey tower, and a Category B-Listed building.

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)

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