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Venue38
Venue38 operates from 1-5 Arthur Street in Ayr, on the site of the former…
LarderHumeston Byre Milk House & Farm Shop
Humeston Byre Milk House & Farm Shop stands on the A719 between Ayr and…
CounterJohn Burns & Son (The Spott Nursery)
John Burns & Son grows and sells bedding plants and hanging baskets from the…
TableThe Chippy
The Chippy occupies a corner premises at 1 Main Street in Prestwick, close to…
SnugThe Pierhead Tavern
The Pierhead Tavern, known locally as the PHT, occupies a waterfront position…
CellarThe Jar
The Jar is a specialist whisky shop at 33 Ayr Street in Troon, run by David…
Grounds
Kirstie's Flowers
Troon, SCO
Kirstie's Flowers has traded from Church Street in Troon since 1989, offering hand-tied bouquets,…
Mossgiel Coffee House
Stewarton, SCO
Mossgiel Coffee House occupies 2 Avenue Square in Stewarton, run alongside Mossgiel Organic Farm,…
Old Pier Tearoom
Lamlash, SCO
Independent cafe by the shore in Lamlash, serving breakfasts, lunches and home baking made from…
Rocket Monkey Coffee Roastery
Ayr town centre, SCO
Andrew O'Donnell and Remo Bertellotti started Rocket Monkey as a coffee roastery in 2017, later…
The Buck Tearoom
Straiton, SCO
Tearoom in the conservation village of Straiton, bought by the local community co-operative and…
Table
GRO Coffee
Irvine, SCO
GRO Coffee occupies a harbourside unit on Harbour Street in Irvine, baking its own bread and cakes…
Little Rock Cafe & Deli
Brodick, SCO
Ailie and Chris opened Little Rock on Brodick's shore road in October 2014, serving breakfast and…
Saffy's Bistro
Ayr, SCO
Saffy's is a family-run café-bar and bistro on Dalblair Road in Ayr, opened by chef Douglas Smith…
The Bistro
Ayr town centre, SCO
David Storrie opened The Bistro on Sandgate in December 2022, in premises previously occupied by…
The Catch at Fins (Fencebay Fisheries)
Fairlie, SCO
The Catch at Fins occupies Fencefoot Farm at Fairlie, where Bernard and Jill Thain built a farm…
The Chippy
Prestwick, SCO
The Chippy occupies a corner premises at 1 Main Street in Prestwick, close to the railway station…
The Gypsy Cream
Largs, SCO
The Gypsy Cream is an independent café and tearoom tucked up Frazer Street, just off the main…
Larder
Arran's Cheese Shop
Brodick, SCO
Arran's Cheese Shop occupies the former creamery at Home Farm, Brodick, where Ian and Alison…
Auchengree Farm Shop & Tea Room
Glengarnock, SCO
Farm shop on the edge of Beith, selling local meat, dairy and seasonal produce alongside sit-in…
Brodies Deli
Troon, SCO
Brodies is a family-run delicatessen at 39 Ayr Street in Troon, paired with Brodies Kitchen for…
Cunningham's Family Butcher
Ayr (Walker Road), SCO
Michael Cunningham took over the Walker Road butcher's shop in March 2022, renaming premises that…
Dalduff Farm Shop
Crosshill, SCO
Dalduff Farm Shop has traded from the same family farm at Crosshill, near Maybole, for more than…
Humeston Byre Milk House & Farm Shop
Maybole, SCO
Humeston Byre Milk House & Farm Shop stands on the A719 between Ayr and Maybole, run by the Gilmour…
J. Nisbet (Butcher)
Sorn, SCO
Family-run butcher trading from Sorn Mains farm near Mauchline, breeding and finishing its own…
Laurence Hood Family Butcher
Prestwick, SCO
Laurence Hood is a traditional family butcher on The Cross in the middle of Prestwick, trading on…
Purdie The Greengrocers
Girvan, SCO
Traditional greengrocer in Girvan's Chalmers Arcade, selling fresh fruit and vegetables to shoppers…
Tarelgin Butchers
Coalhall, SCO
Tarelgin Butchers trades from a farm shop at West Tarelgin Farm near Coalhall, on a 280-acre…
Culture
Arran Heritage Museum
Brodick, SCO
Founded in 1976 and open to the public from 1979, the Isle of Arran Heritage Museum stands at…
Burns House Museum
Ballochmyle, SCO
On Castle Street in Mauchline, the museum takes in the room where Robert Burns and his wife Jean…
C.O.A.S.T Gallery
Troon town centre, SCO
Three Ayrshire creatives opened C.O.A.S.T as a gallery and gift shop in Troon in December 2019,…
Dick Institute
Kilmarnock, SCO
Kilmarnock's museum and gallery on Elmbank Avenue, opened in 1901 and taking over 120,000 visitors…
Dumfries House
Cumnock, SCO
Dumfries House is an eighteenth-century stately home near Cumnock, designed by the Adam brothers…
Gaiety Theatre
Ayr, SCO
The Gaiety on Carrick Street is owned and run by Ayr Gaiety Partnership, a Scottish Charitable…
Isle of Arran Heritage Museum
Rosaburn, Brodick, SCO
The Isle of Arran Heritage Museum occupies a former croft and smiddy at Rosaburn on the northern…
Kelburn Museum
North Coast, SCO
The museum building on Kelburn Estate at Fairlie was erected in 1898 to house New Zealand artefacts…
Maclaurin Art Gallery
Ayr West, SCO
The Maclaurin Art Gallery sits in the grounds of Rozelle Park, Ayr, in a coach house and stables…
Museum of the Cumbraes
Millport, SCO
The Museum of the Cumbraes sits in the main foyer of Garrison House on College Street, Millport,…
North Ayrshire Heritage Centre
Saltcoats, SCO
Manse Street, Saltcoats: the main museum in North Ayrshire, housing the majority of the area's…
Premier Leisure Cinema
Saltcoats and Stevenston, SCO
A cinema in Saltcoats trading as Premier Leisure under Henry Fitzsimmons. Booking is by film, date…
Workshop
Falcon Upholstery
Dunlop, SCO
Falcon Upholstery works from a Main Street unit in the conservation village of Dunlop, re-covering…
Kilmory Workshop
Isle of Arran, SCO
Kilmory Workshop sits inland from the coast road at Kilmory, at the southern end of the Isle of…
Leona Stewart Glass
Ayr town centre, SCO
Leona Stewart has worked as a glass artist for more than two decades and runs this studio and shop…
Peinn Mor Pottery
Pinmore, SCO
Peinn Mor Pottery occupies the former village school at Pinmore, a few miles south of Girvan, where…
Sheila Kerr Jewellery
Irvine, SCO
Sheila Kerr Jewellery works from a harbourside studio on Harbour Street in Irvine, handmaking…
The Studio at Millbank (Crazy for Ruthie Jewellery)
Cumnock, SCO
Ruth Patterson has made jewellery for more than twenty years under the name Crazy for Ruthie,…
Counter
Barr Community Stores And Cafe
Barr, SCO
Community-owned shop, post office and cafe in Barr, a small village in the Ayrshire hills popular…
Bearing Gifts
Troon, SCO
Bearing Gifts occupies a unit on Church Street in Troon selling cards, homeware, jewellery and…
Big Sparra Vinyl
Ayr town centre, SCO
Big Sparra Vinyl trades from New Bridge Street in Ayr town centre, stocking new and secondhand…
Corton Plants / The Coo Shed
Ayr, SCO
Corton Plants occupies South Corton Farm at Alloway, land the Kerr family has worked since James…
DeWaldens Garden Centre
Kilmarnock, SCO
DeWaldens is an independently owned garden centre on the Ayr Road just outside Kilmarnock, run as a…
Flipside Vinyl & CDs
Kilmarnock, SCO
Flipside Vinyl & CDs is an independent record stall inside Kilmarnock Indoor Market on Titchfield…
John Burns & Son (The Spott Nursery)
Stewarton, SCO
John Burns & Son grows and sells bedding plants and hanging baskets from the Spott Nursery on…
Kirkmichael Community Shop & Cafe
Kirkmichael, SCO
Not-for-profit shop and cafe in Kirkmichael's McCosh Hall, run by charity Kirkmichael Village…
Seahorse Bookstore
Ardrossan, SCO
Gordon and Molly Murray opened Seahorse Bookstore in Ardrossan in August 2021, with their son Jack…
Sprockets Cycles
Kilmarnock, SCO
Sprockets Cycles is a rider-owned bike shop on Ayr Road in Kilmarnock, selling mountain, road,…
Sunnyside Nursery Kilwinning
Kilwinning, SCO
Sunnyside Nursery sits up a side road off Hazel Grove on the edge of Kilwinning, growing and…
The Book Nook
Stewarton, SCO
The Book Nook is an independent bookshop in Stewarton, founded in 2020 by owner Sarah and now…
Cellar
Arran Brewery
Brodick (Cladach), SCO
Arran Brewery has brewed on the island since 2000 and is now run as a family business, with a…
Isle of Arran Distillers (Lochranza Distillery)
Lochranza, SCO
Harold Currie, a former Chivas Brothers director, founded the Isle of Arran distillery at Lochranza…
Isle of Cumbrae Distillers
Millport, SCO
Isle of Cumbrae Distillers makes gin and a blended whisky called Lion Rock from a small site on…
Lochlea Distillery
Craigie, SCO
Lochlea is a working farm distillery near Craigie where the McGeoch family grow their own barley,…
Robbie's Whisky Merchants
Ayr, SCO
Robbie's Whisky Merchants trades from 3 Sandgate in central Ayr, a family-run drinks shop owned by…
Rock Brewery
Lamlash, SCO
Nanobrewery set up in 2025 by Tomas Jandura at Rock Cottage near Lamlash, brewing Czech-style beers…
Seagate Brewery
Lamlash, SCO
Stephen Sparshott brews Seagate's beers from a purpose-built shed on the shore at Lamlash, having…
The Jar
Troon, SCO
The Jar is a specialist whisky shop at 33 Ayr Street in Troon, run by David Grant. The shelves hold…
Snug
Harbour Bar
Troon, SCO
The Harbour Bar looks over Troon's North Bay from Templehill, a family-owned freehouse that has…
Kirkton Inn
Dalrymple, SCO
The Kirkton Inn is a coaching inn on the Main Street of Dalrymple that has operated as a pub for…
Number Forty-Seven
Troon, SCO
Number Forty-Seven occupies a long single room on Templehill in Troon, trading under an independent…
The Pierhead Tavern
Lamlash, SCO
The Pierhead Tavern, known locally as the PHT, occupies a waterfront position on Shore Road in…
The Wheatsheaf Inn Symington
Symington, SCO
The Wheatsheaf Inn occupies an eighteenth-century former coaching stop on Symington's Main Street,…
Rest
Allandale House
Brodick, SCO
Allandale House occupies a sandstone building dating from 1873 on Corriegills Road, close to the…
Beaches Guest House
Ayr, SCO
Beaches is a small, family-run guest house at 13 Queen's Terrace in Ayr, a Victorian terrace a few…
Beechwood Guest House
Ayr, SCO
A Victorian townhouse on Prestwick Road offering bed and breakfast in single, twin, double and…
Brodick Bunkhouse
Arran, SCO
Budget bunkhouse accommodation on Alma Road in Brodick village on the Isle of Arran, under a…
Glenapp Castle
Ballantrae, SCO
Glenapp Castle is a Victorian country house built in 1870, set in 36 acres of gardens and woodland…
Glenisle Hotel
Isle of Arran, SCO
A boutique hotel on Shore Road in Lamlash, looking across Lamlash Bay to the Holy Isle.…
Millport Pier Hotel
Millport, SCO
A family-run, family-managed hotel on Quayhead Street in the seaside town of Millport, Isle of…
Peel House Bed and Breakfast Girvan
Girvan, SCO
Peel House Bed and Breakfast occupies Girvan's former police station on Montgomerie Street, a…
Sandhill House
Troon, SCO
Sandhill House is a bed and breakfast on Southwood Road in Troon, built in the late 1880s as a…
Stonewater House Vegan B&B
Lamlash, SCO
Carol and Jules Lee bought Stonewater House on Lamlash's Shore Road in 2018 and relaunched it as…
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