Places to explore in North AyrshireScotland · Southern Scotland

Goatfell and the northern granite ridges, Brodick Castle, the Machrie Moor stone circles and a coast road circling the island

428 km²

Golden-sand beach and small harbour on Arran's quiet west coast.

Clyde-coast seafront walk at Largs ending at the Pencil, a monument to the 1263 Battle of Largs, with Cumbrae views.

Wide family beach in a sheltered bay between Saltcoats and Ardrossan, with a promenade to the old fishing harbour.

Long sandy east-coast beach on Arran facing Holy Isle.

Arran's second-highest hill, a rocky granite ridge topped with weathered tors, deep in the wild north of the island

859 m

Butterfield's 1851 cathedral on Great Cumbrae, the smallest cathedral in Britain, seating fewer than 100.

Village at the northern tip of Arran with a ruined castle, the Arran distillery and a summer ferry to Kintyre.

North Ayrshire

Pink-sand bay below Portencross with cliff walks and Arran views on the North Ayrshire coast.

Pebble bay on north Arran fronted by the Twelve Apostles, a terrace of identical whitewashed fishermen's cottages.

West-facing bay with a tearoom on the Isle of Cumbrae's coast road, a favourite cycling stop.

A ten-mile coast road to cycle, Millport's Victorian seafront and the Cathedral of the Isles, often called Britain's smallest cathedral

12 km²