Walks you can reach from West Kilbride by train

Recommended: Wonderful views out across the Firth of Clyde to the islands and the Cowal Peninsula. Walks almost entirely on quiet tarmacked back lanes with verges and hedges full of wild flowers and well above the busy coast road. Easy going overall with a few quite steep uphill sections. Wemyss Bay has one of the most beautiful railway stations in the country.

Coastal: four fifths along the coast.

Time: 3h–6h

Lunch: No facilities along the way (other than a bus stop north of Skelmorlie Bridge); cafe and toilets at Wemyss Bay and plenty at Largs.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Reverse direction: Railwalks.

Time: 4h–8h

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h30–7h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 6h–11h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 8h30–17h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h–6h

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Coastal: half along the coast.

Time: 2h30–5h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h30–7h30

Warnings: Follows a busy road for three fifths of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 4h30–8h30

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 4h–7h30

Warnings: Follows a busy road for two fifths of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Mainly winding country roads bordered by woodland and farmland, with no pavement for almost the whole stretch, then a former railway line crossing a tall viaduct and a packed-soil riverbank path near Kilwinning. Wild-flower verges and several restored old buildings. The disused railway section is part of the Garnock Valley Cycle Route.

Time: 2h–4h30

Warnings: There is no pavement for virtually the whole road section, so take care on the winding country lanes. The riverbank path near Kilwinning is poor underfoot; an easy estate-road alternative exists. Cross Lauchlan Way carefully as there is no pedestrian crossing.

Walk details: Slow Ways.