Category: East Ayrshire

David and Chris walking along the banks of the loch at Darnconner

*DOG Friendly Walks*

Walk 267 Auchinleck to Sorn via the Lost Village of Darnconner – 5.5 miles

Bench beside a riverside trail in Glen Afton

Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere

Walk 266 Glen Afton & Knockshinnoch, New Cumnock – 6 miles

Lochgoin Covenanters Museum exterior - a white farmhouse with prominent signage on the wall.

East Ayrshire

Walk 262 – Lochgoin Covenanter Trail – 8 miles

Group of hikers walking along a grassy track on a drizzly day, low cloud covering the top of the hills ahead.

All Walking Routes

Walk 248 – River Ayr Way (Muirkirk to Glenbuck) – 4.4 miles

A group of walkers standing on a flat area of long and short grasses next to the River Ayr

River Ayr Way

Walk 247 – River Ayr Way (Limmerhaugh to Kames, Muirkirk) – 6.5 miles

A group of walkers heading downhill over open moorland towards the infant River Ayr

River Ayr Way

Walk 246 – River Ayr Way (Catrine to Limmerhaugh) – 8 miles

A woodland scene with the River Ayr in full view

*Long Distance Routes*

River Ayr Way

A forestry track with a view over a new plantation towards Loch Finlas

All Walking Routes

Walk 243 – Forest Trail: Loch Doon Castle to Loch Finlas – 8.2 miles

Dalcairney Falls plunging over some rocks into a pool below

All Walking Routes

Walk 232 – Ness Glen & Dalcairney Falls – 9 miles

Young boy running along a single track road lined with beech hedges

The Irvine Valley

Walk 231 – Lanfine Estate from Darvel – 3.7 miles

3-6 miles

Walk 230 – Auchinleck Estate’s Caves – 3.5 miles

Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere

Walk 228 – Barony A Frame to Dumfries House Estate – 3 miles

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