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The Ayrshire Coastal Path is a coastal long-distance hiking path in Ayrshire, Scotland. The route, which is 161 kilometres (100 mi) long, [1] runs along the coast from Glenapp, Ballantrae to Skelmorlie. [2] South of Glenapp, the route links with the Mull of Galloway Trail to Stranraer. [2] [3]
The route, which is 66 km long, [1] follows the course of the River Ayr from its source at Glenbuck Loch to the sea at Ayr, where the trail links with the Ayrshire Coastal Path. [2] The path was developed as part of the Coalfield Access Project, a funding package of £2.5m that was used to improve public access to the countryside in the former ...
There are hundreds of long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom designated in publications from public authorities, guidebooks and OS maps. [1] They are mainly used for hiking and walking, but some may also be used, in whole or in part, for mountain biking and horse riding.
Hill walking routes from the visitor centre at Muirshiel include a 2 km (1.2 mi) trail up to Windy Hill, [6] and a more challenging 10 km (6.2 mi) circular route past the Barytes Mine to Hill of Stake, the highest hill in the Regional Park. Routes from the Greenock Cut visitor centre include a strenuous 5 km (3.1 mi) walk up Dunrod Hill, and a ...
Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland (map reference NS 3227 4220). Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunninghame, and covers an area of 400 ha (990 acres) ([98 acres (40 ha)] of which are woodland.
The River Ayr has a catchment area of 574 km 2 (222 sq mi).. The river originates at Glenbuck Loch in East Ayrshire, close to the border with Lanarkshire.It winds its way through East and South Ayrshire to its mouth at the town of Ayr, where it empties into the Firth of Clyde.
The Ayrshire/Lanarkshire border runs north to south across the Loch. The "Loch" is in fact a dam created in 1802 by James Finlay for his Catrine cotton works. Much of the dam banks was created by French prisoners of war. The dam was situated so that the water to power the mill took exactly 12 hours to reach Catrine.
Douglas (Scottish Gaelic: Dùbhghlas) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles south west of Lanark.