History and Heritage

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

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

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

Soon after the death of the great bard a committee of his greatest supporters set about memorialising the man. The...

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...

Located in picturesque Rozelle Park, Ayr, Rozelle House Museum and Galleries displays objects, artefacts and works of art from the...

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

St John’s Tower is the tower that remains from Ayr’s original parish church, which was built around 1300. On 26th April...

Dunure Castle sits perched on a cliff above the pretty fishing village of Dunure. In 1357, it was claimed by the Kennedys...

Greenan Castle is perched on a clifftop at Greenan Shore and is a 16th-century, ruined tower house looking over to the Heads of Ayr,...