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| Ardentinny | ||||
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Ardentinny lies on
the shores of Loch long a few miles north of the Holy Loch. |
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| Loch Long from Ardentinny | ||||
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| Ardrossan | ||||
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Ardrossan is a Firth
of Clyde town having ferry services to the Isle of Arran. |
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| Ayr | ||||
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Ayr is a Firth of Clyde
seaside town closely associated with Robert Burns. |
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| Balloch | ||||
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Balloch is situated on
the one of Scotland's fastest flowing rivers~River Leven. Its history goes back to 1238 when the Earl of Lennox built Balloch Castle. Almost on the southern shores of the beautiful Loch Lomond it is a bustling resort from where you can enjoy cruises on this famed loch. Loch Lomond is Britain's largest inland waterway, the only outlet being the River Leven which flows from Loch Lomond into the Clyde at Dumbarton. Balloch has a newly designed golf course and a country park with lovely walks. Within easy reach are Balloch Castle, Dumbarton Castle, Newark Castle and the Antonine Wall. |
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| Campbeltown | ||||
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Campbeltown is a busy fishing
port and holiday resort situated to the south of the Kintyre peninsula. Were it not for the 1 mile wide strip of land between Loch Fyne and West Loch Tarbert, the Kintyre Peninsula would be an Island. The harbour is also home to a variety of pleasure craft and there is water sports on Campbeltown Loch. Saddle Castle and Saddle abbey lie 8 miles north and are worthy of a visit. Golfers will enjoy the 27 hole Championship Links Course at Machrihanish (5 miles) and there is loch, sea and river fishing and fine walks in the area. |
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| Dumbarton | ||||
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Dumbarton is built around
Dumbarton Rock which stands where River Leven joins the River Clyde. Dumbarton became famous in the 19th century for shipbuilding. The famous Denny shipbuilders constructed the first-ever experimental tank to aid hull design in 1882. The unique Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank (100 metres/330 feet long and 2.5 metres/16 feet deep) is now part of the Scottish Maritime Museum. Dumbarton Castle stands on Dumbarton Rock, the plug of an ancient volcano, the rock is said to be the oldest continually fortified place in Scotland. |
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| Dunoon | ||||
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Dunoon is a traditional
Clyde estuary resort, the gateway to the attractive landscapes of the Cowal Peninsula. The castle here is a 19th-century structure, dating from 1822, standing near the ruins of the 13th-century original. A major attraction nearby is the Younger Botanic Garden at Benmore, with its magnificent rhododendrons and a huge redwood avenue. Dunoon is a good base for exploring the scenic Kyles of Bute to the west, and the magnificent Argyll Forest Park to the north. Golfers will enjoy the 18 hole Cowal Moorland Course. |
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| Girvan | ||||
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Girvan is a popular thriving
resort on the west coast with an attractive seafront and harbour. Closeby Culzean Castle is a major tourist attraction. The splendid Adam house has spacious grounds featuring a walled kitchen garden and a camellia house. A network of walks in the grounds take in the deer park, swan ponds, and mature woods. Within easy reach of Girvan are Killochan Castle, Carleton Castle, Culzean Castle and Crossraguel Abbey. |
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| Girvan Harbour | ||||
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| Glasgow | ||||
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In the 1980s and 1990s,
Glasgow transformed itself into a vibrant post-industrial city, winning a variety of accolades. Its heritage of ornate Victorian buildings around the city centre is the stage for the new Glasgow, sparkling with nightlife, shopping, pubs, and restaurants that are matched anywhere else in Scotland. World-class museums include the spectacular Burrell Collection, the new Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, the Hunterian with its exhibits by the designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery. There are numerous parks, Botanic gardens and the University was founded in 1451. As you would expect, the city has its own modern airport. |
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| Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum | ||||
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| Gourock | ||||
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The Clyde town of Gourock
is a popular holiday and day resort among water sports enthusiasts being home to the Clyde Offshore Sailing Centre. Closeby, strikingly sited on rocks beside the Clyde estuary opposite Dunoon, the white-painted Cloch Lighthouse was built in 1797. The headland affords spectacular views over the Upper Firth. Within easy reach are Newark Castle and Skelmorlie Castle. The town has a good shopping centre, transport links and lies approx. 16 miles from the City of Glasgow. |
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| Gourock | ||||
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| Greenock | ||||
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The Clyde town of Greenock
is a popular holiday and day resort. Close to Gourock, the town has an good indoor sports centre and a lovely stretch of mansion lined seafront. Closeby, strikingly sited on rocks beside the Clyde estuary opposite Dunoon, the white-painted Cloch Lighthouse was built in 1797. The headland affords spectacular views over the Upper Firth. Within easy reach are Newark Castle and Skelmorlie Castle. The town has a good shopping centre, transport links and lies approx. 16 miles from the City of Glasgow. |
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| Greenock | ||||
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| Helensburgh | ||||
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A Clyde resort and dormitory
town for Glasgow, Helensburgh is sometimes described as a “museum of villas”—a reference to the comfortable houses built by wealthy Glasgow industrialists who used to commute (by steamer and rail) to the city upriver. The most famous of these villas is Hill House, designed by the Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The resort has an fine esplanade and large bay with pleasure craft moorings. The birthplace of John Logie Baird, the inventor of television, there is a monument to him, and an impressive war memorial, in the well kept gardens. Taking the route through Glen Fruin, Loch Lomond is only 9 miles distant. |
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| Helensburgh | ||||
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| Irvine | ||||
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A Clyde coast new town
with few pretensions, Irvine has one of the biggest leisure centres in Scotland (the Magnum Leisure Centre), as well as associations with the poet Robert Burns. He learned heckling (flax dressing) in a shop which is now the Glasgow Vennel Museum. The town's chief attraction is the Scottish Maritime Museum, with a variety of exhibits both on the quayside and moored at the docks. Craft on show include a Scottish puffer, which is a traditional west coast cargo vessel with a flat bottom for easy beaching. |
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| Irvine | ||||
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| Lochranza | ||||
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The Isle of Arran is reached
by ferry from Ardrossan on the Clyde coast. A restful holiday can be spent exploring the island and despite its size it has much to offer the holidaymaker. Visit Brodick Castle, the Isle of Arran Distillery, the Standing Stones at Machrie, the beautiful Glenashdale Falls and the picturesque harbour at Blackwaterfoot. The more active can enjoy cycling, or quad biking, pony trekking, paragliding, swimming and water sports. All too soon you will find yourself boarding the ferry to return to Ardrossan. |
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| Lochranza - Isle of Arran | ||||
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| Kilmarnock | ||||
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A prosperous Ayrshire town, Kilmarnock
is home to the well-restored Dean Castle, a 14th-century keep with a 15th-century palace, which is now a museum. On display is an outstanding collection of medieval armour, tapestries, and early musical instruments. There is also material on Robert Burns, including an original of his Kilmarnock Edition (printed locally) which first brought the poet fame in 1786. Kilmarnock also has the Dick Institute, which houses the town's library, museum, and art gallery, with a lively programme of exhibitions. Closeby at Galston is Loudoun Castle Park which has Scotland's largest carousel. |
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| Kilmarnock | ||||
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| Kilmartin | ||||
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The village of Kilmartin
is some 20 miles south of Oban and is famed for the bronze age burial mounds uncovered there. Within a small radius you can visit Carnassarie Castle,Kilmartin Church, Duntrune Castle, Dunadd, Craignish Castle and Fincharn Castle. Arduaine Garden is situated on a promontory by the Sound of Jura 8 miles north. It is nationally noted for rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, and other rare trees and shrubs which flourish in the mild west coast climate. Crarae Gardens, 9 miles distant creates a Himalayan ravine in a Highland glen, complete with torrents, waterfalls, and rare trees and shrubs. |
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| Kilmartin | ||||
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| Largs | ||||
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A Clyde coast holiday
resort, Largs is particularly noted for its seaside cafés. The town is also the departure point for ferries to Great Cumbrae. The visitor centre Vikingar tells the story of the Viking rule of the western seaboard (broken at the Battle of Largs in 1263). Just to the south is Kelburn Castle and Country Centre. This is an excellent facility for children, with nature trails, an adventure playground, exhibitions, pets, and farm animals, as well as attractive walks and gardens. The Secret Forest here is particularly noteworthy. |
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| Largs | ||||
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| Lochgilphead | ||||
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A lovely little town and
the gateway to Kintyre, Lochgilphead is close to the Crinan Canal and a series of prehistoric sites. These include Dunadd Fort, the rocky hilltop site and former capital of Dalriada. Some believe that Aiden was crowned first Christian king here by St. Columba and that the stone used became the Stone of Scone now in Westminster Abbey. Southwards, the attractive area known as Knapdale offers a variety of touring options, taking in Castle Sween, the oldest stone castle in Scotland, and Tarbert, where the An Tairbeart Heritage Centre interprets the West Highland environment. |
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| Lochgilphead | ||||
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| Luss | ||||
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Luss, a picturesque village
on the shore of Loch Lomond is now known by television veiwers far and wide as it is where Scottish Television do the location filming for the "soap" series "High Road". The main route northward skirts the edge of the village continuing to Tarbet. Opposite the Luss Arms Hotel, a quiet road leads down to the shore of Loch Lomond. On either side are beautiful stone built cottages with colourful well kept gardens. The village church and old graveyard is separated from the loch shore only by a stone wall. Near Luss Pier is a gift shop that is seen to be "Blair's Store" in "High Road". |
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| Loch Lomond near Luss | ||||
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| Mauchline | ||||
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The Ayrshire village of
Mauchline has the famous Poosie Nancie's Inn, named after a Landlady Robert Burns met and wrote about. Burns lived near here for 9 years during which he wrote some of his most famous and best known works. The village has an impressive tower house monument to his memory. Closeby is Britain's longest single-span masonry arch which crosses the thickly wooded gorge of the Water of Ayr. Built between 1846 and 1848 by John Miller, and spanning 55 metres (181 feet), the Ballochmyle Viaduct represented a very sophisticated design structure for its day. |
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| Millport | ||||
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Millport
is a small seaside resort and the only significant settlement on the Island of Great Cumbrae, just off the Ayrshire coast. The town has an attractive south-facing Millport Bay with beautiful views that include the mountains of Arran, the island of Little Cumbrae, the Eileans, Ailsa Craig, and the hills of Ayrshire. In 1833 Lord Glasgow built a pier at Millport and the town rapidly became a regular port of call for Clyde Steamers. With a regular steamer service, Millport rapidly became a favourite holiday and day trip location and remains so to this day. |
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| Millport beach and seafront | ||||
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| Minard | ||||
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Minard lies on the shores
of Loch Fyne, almost midway between Inveraray and Lochgilphead, and here
you find Minard Castle close to the shore. Well worthy of a visit is Inveraray Jail which recreates a 19th-century prison with courtroom and cells, by means of graphic tableaux and costumed guards and prisoners. Northwards Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum offers an authentic glimpse of rural life in the Highlands—it is an 18th-century communal tenancy farm with contemporary farm buildings. Occasionally weaving, spinning and old farming techniques are demonstrated. |
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| Prestwick | ||||
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Prestwick lies on the
Clyde coast and has an international Airport. The seafront has well laid out gardens and within easy reach is Auld Kirk (Ayr), the baptismal church of Robert Burns. In Alloway (5 miles) Robert Burns's father built his own small cottage in which Scotland's national poet was born in 1759. Today, the cottage is very much on the “Burns Trail” and has recently been re-thatched and authentically refurbished; the small cottage garden even grows authentic 18th-century vegetable varieties. Next door is a major museum dedicated to the poet. |
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| Rothesay | ||||
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The Isle of Bute has green
and fertile hills with superb views over the narrow Kyles of Bute to the mainland and to the mountains of the Isle of Arran. The main town of Rothesay creates a turn of century atmosphere created by its mostly Victorian houses and decorative Winter Gardens. Older still are the impressive ruins of the moated 13th century Rothesay Castle. St Blane's Chapel, lies in a bowl of rocks on the site of a Celtic Monastery and is worthy of a visit. Just off the road, on the eastern side of the island, is the extraordinary Victorian Gothic House surrounded by gardens that lead down to the shore. |
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| Stirling | ||||
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With its crag-top castle
dominating the old town, Stirling played a central role in Scotland's tumultuous history. Stirling Castle formerly guarded the routes between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and below its walls Robert the Bruce defeated the English at the crucial Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The Bannockburn Heritage Centre tells the story and is just one of a range of historical attractions within the town. Pageants, street theatre, and ceilidhs featuring pipe bands often take place in the streets of Stirling in the summer. |
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| Stirling Castle | ||||
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| Tarbert | ||||
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Once a busy herring fishing
port, the picturesque village of Tarbert (not to be confused with Tarbet Loch Lomond) has colour washed houses built around a large harbour now predominantly used by pleasure craft. Here too you will find the remains of a 15th century tower house on the site of a former royal castle. The area has many fine walks and there is a 9 hole golf course just 2 miles from the village. Other activities include water sports, fishing, and sea angling. Ferry sailings to the islands of Gigha and Islay leave from from West Loch Tarbert. |
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| Tarbert Loch Fyne | ||||
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| Tarbet | ||||
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The village of Tarbet is situated on
the shores of beautiful Loch Lomond at a road junction. Here you may take the route north to Ardlui at the head of the loch, this continuing through Glen Falloch, where you will see the Falls of Falloch, to Crianlarich. Alternatively, the route to Arrochar (2 miles) at the head of Loch Long can be taken. From Arrochar you may travel down the scenic shores of Loch Long and Gare Loch to Helensburgh or take the route over the 'rest and be thankful' to Inveraray which lies on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne. Whatever the choice, you will experience some of the finest scenery in Scotland. |
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| Tayvallich | ||||
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The small hamlet of Tayvallich
lies on a narrow strip of land between Loch Sween and the Sound of Jura. Within easy reach are Dun Rostan, Keills Cross, Castle Sween, Duntrune Castle, Dunadd and Craignish Castle. There are lovely walks in the area and fine views over the Sound of Jura to the Island of Jura. Ideally suited to those seeking a restful, peaceful holiday or those with an interest in water sports. |
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| Tayvallich | ||||
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| Troon | ||||
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The town of Troon sits
on the coast almost midway between Ayr and Ardrossan. The harbour is now largely used by pleasure craft and like the other Clyde towns it has a fine sandy beach. Within easy reach is Dundonald Castle, Newark Castle and Rowallan Castle. So to is Auld Kirk Ayr and while there you will see an example of a grisly corpse- security device called a mort-safe. This came into use in the mid-19th century, when fresh corpses were likely to attract graverobbers who sold the bodies to medical schools. |
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