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have to detour route if after 16.30 as visitor centre closed ..very muddy at places

Historic castle (is there a different kind?)

Curving around Arran’s eastern coastline, Sannox Beach borders its namesake village and is surrounded by formidable mountains.

Take it steady. Often find walkers here.

There's a beautiful single track road hidden beside the main road. Great on a gravel bike with a couple of areas to take care on (slower speed should suffice)

The track to and from waterfall is spectacular, golden gravel and single-track. The waterfall is beautiful and great to see in winter conditions too

Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride. The site has been fortified since the 11th Century. The present tower castle is thought to date from the mid-14th Century and later. It remained in use until it was unroofed by a great storm in 1739 and gradually became ruinous. The castle was designated as a scheduled ancient monument in 1955. The castle was one of the buildings featured in the 2004 series of the BBC television programme Restoration and was the subject of efforts by a local community group to secure its future.

An opencast mine was established at Sourlie in 1983. Once the extraction process ended in 1986, reclamation and landscaping followed until completion in 1987. These large boulders recovered during mining were erected on top of the restored Sourlie Hill (also known as Cairnmount Hill).