Tourism

There are many beautiful and interesting places to visit and enjoy around the village. Here are a few for you explore.

• Lochside house: The Lochside House Lodge was built during the late 19th century by the Marquis of Bute as a shooting lodge.
• Baird Institute: The Baird Institute, Cumnock
• Auchinleck house: Auchinleck House, or The Place of Auchinleck, as it was once known, was built by Lord Auchinleck, James Boswell in the late 1700s.
• River Ayr Way : The River Ayr Way is a network of paths through the beauties of Ayrshire that can be walked from source to sea.
• Ballochmyle House: Home of Sir Claud Alexander
• Dumfries House (link): Now open to the public
• Mauchline: Burns cottage and monument
• Balochmyle Viaduct: Ballochmyle Viaduct was one of the greatest engineering achievements of it's time.
• Cup & Ring markings: In the cliffs of Ballochmyle
• Muirkirk, standing (stane) stone: This seven-foot stone stands in the middle of a sloping field near the main road through Muirkirk. Having been agricultural for a long time, Ayrshire has been cleared of many of its standing stones and stone circles over the centuries for the benefit of farming. As a result, the area is relatively short of ancient monuments. This stone is a fine exception to the rule.
• Covenanters’: History abounds throughout Ayrshire
• Barony A Frame: Miners memorial
• Glenbuck: Lost village, mining memories and Bill Shankly
• Glen Afton: the perfect place to bird watch
• Fishing the Ayr
• Walking: Experience the real Ayrshire
• Golfing history has been made in Ayrshire and continues to rank high in the list of things to see and do with no shortage of superb courses to choose from.