See and do

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

Statuesque ruined 16th-century tower-house castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde

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

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

Girvan is a large town situated in South Ayrshire and is a popular visitor destination.

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

Dunure Castle is located on the west coast of Scotland, in South Ayrshire, about 5 miles south of Ayr and close to the village of Dunure

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

Mauchline is a small town, 10 miles east of Ayr.

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

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

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

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

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

The Barony A Frame is a preserved headgear in East Ayrshire