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

Stunning place to spend a night. The spa facilities are ace and there's wheelchair accessible accommodation too

Historic castle (is there a different kind?)

Built from reclaimed sandstone from a local bridge by Newtown artists Anthony Voigt and Roy Fitzsimons.

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)

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.

The statue by David Annand stands on Irvine Harbourside, where – in the years before the dredging of the Clyde led to the growth of Glasgow – carters plied their trade, transporting goods from sea-going ships for distribution throughout Ayrshire and the West of Scotland.

New town Artists In 1987, Anthony Vogt and Roy Fitzsimmons won the Arts Council's 'Art into Landscape' competition with their proposal to construct Celtic Dragon from the remnants of a disused railway bridge. The work still sits above the dunes in Irvine Beach Park, part of the Irvine Bay Regeneration project.