Visit South Ayrshire Places

Visit South Ayrshire Place – things to do & explore

  

South Ayrshire places overview by Walkfo

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You can visit South Ayrshire places and use Walkfo South Ayrshire to discover the history & things to do in South Ayrshire whilst walking with our free digital tour app. Walkfo South Ayrshire has 192 places on our South Ayrshire map with history, culture & travel facts that you explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout South Ayrshire, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo South Ayrshire will keep up.
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With millions of places including tourist walks, South Ayrshire travel destinations, National Trust locations converted to audio experiences, our South Ayrshire places AI guide will help you get the best from your visit to South Ayrshire & the surrounding areas. The South Ayrshire places app for iPhone & Android delivers hidden history, interesting culture and amazing facts in interactive audio stories in response to where you walk at National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets, with no predefined walk map requirements.

“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 192 audio facts unique to South Ayrshire places forming an interactive South Ayrshire map for you to explore.”

Walkfo’s Visit South Ayrshire Places Map
192 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo South Ayrshire tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in South Ayrshire

  

Best South Ayrshire places to visit

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South Ayrshire has many places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied South Ayrshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo South Ayrshire’s information audio spots:

Stumpy Tower Stumpy Tower is a former gaol in Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland . It has been suggested that its popular name “Auld Stumpy” comes from the Gaelic Olladh Stiom Paidh, meaning “Great Circle of Justice”

Killochan Castle Killochan Castle is a 16th-century L-plan tower house about 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland, and south of Burnhead .

Turnberry Castle Turnberry Castle is a fragmentary ruin on the coast of Kirkoswald parish, near Maybole in Ayrshire, Scotland . Situated at the extremity of the lower peninsula within the parish, it was the seat of the Earls of Carrick .

Ayr Pavilion Ayr Pavilion (later Hanger 13) is a former music venue and multi-purpose hall in Ayr, Scotland . As of 2020, it is used as “Pirate Pete’s Family Entertainment Centre”

Culzean Castle Culzean Castle is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire . It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy . The castle is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland .

Electric Brae The Electric Brae is a gravity hill in Ayrshire, Scotland, where a freewheeling vehicle will appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction . The phenomenon is an optical illusion .

Kirkmichael Kirkmichael (Gaelic: Cille Mhìcheil, “the church of St Michael”) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland . It is located between Patna, Maybole and Straiton .

Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr The Good Shepherd Cathedral in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland was the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway .

Pow Burn Pow Burn is a long burn located in South Ayrshire, Scotland . The name ‘Pow or ‘Poll’ refers to a slow-moving ditch-like stream .

Failford Failford (Scots: Failfuird) is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland . It is 4km west of Mauchline, where the Water of Fail flows into the River Ayr .

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