History and Heritage

Are you interested in finding out more about Auld Ayr’s history? The brand-new ‘Ayr Through the Ages – The Heritage Hub’ is now open!  Located...

Loudoun Hall was built around 1513 by James Tait, a wealthy burgess of Ayr. It’s one of the earliest examples in Scotland of a townhouse...

Ayrshire Archives is the local authority archive service for South Ayrshire Council, East Ayrshire Council and North Ayrshire Council. It is free to make an...

Alloway is the birthplace of internationally renowned poet Robert Burns and a trip here would not be complete without a visit to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, which...

Ayr Citadel was built in 1657 on the command of Oliver Cromwell, after the English Civil War and the abolition of the monarchy, to hold...

**Please note this location has seasonal opening hours.** The Bachelors’ Club is situated on Sandgate Street in the farming village of Tarbolton, and is now...

Souter Johnnies’s cottage is now in the care of The National Trust for Scotland, and is packed with artefacts from the time. You can also...

Soon after the death of the great bard a committee of his greatest supporters set about memorialising the man. The memorial was completed in 1823...

What better place to find out about Robert Burns than in Alloway, at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum? There, you’ll not only see the most significant collection of his work in the world,...

It’s unknown exactly when Turnberry Castle was built, but it passed to the Earls of Carrick at the beginning of the 13th century. Later that...