See and do

Auchinleck is a small village in East Ayrshire. The name in Gaelic means "field of flat stones”

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

The Barony A Frame is a preserved headgear in East Ayrshire

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

A late 17th/early 18th century tower windmill, the ruins of which sit on the outskirts of the village of Ballantrae

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

Troon is an attractive seaside town, a few miles from Prestwick International Airport in South Ayrshire.

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

The formidable-looking Maybole Castle is a four-storey garret tower in the Ayrshire town of Maybole.

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.

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

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

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

Barr is a small village in the South West of Ayrshire, around 8 miles from the town of Girvan.