Walks you can reach from West Kilbride by train
Ayrshire · Scotland
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Wemyss Bay to Largs (Renfrewshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
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: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.
Ardrossan to Dalry (Ayrshire)
7 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for two fifths of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Saltcoats to Dalry (Ayrshire)
9 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Saltcoats to Irvine (Ayrshire)
9 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Largs to Greenock (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Largs to Gourock (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Stevenston to Dalry (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Stevenston to Irvine (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Kilwinning to Stewarton (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for three fifths of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Dalry to Stewarton (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Dalry to Kilwinning (Ayrshire)
15 minutes direct from West Kilbride.
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: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.