Paddleboarding spots in North Ayrshire
18 launch spots across North Ayrshire
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SeaMillport west-shore slipway
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on Great Cumbrae's west coast, roughly a kilometre from Millport town centre. OpenStreetMap names it simply 'millport' and it opens onto the Firth of Clyde.
SeaSouth Kiscadale put-in (Whiting Bay)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway at South Kiscadale, one of the historic hamlets making up the village of Whiting Bay on Arran's southeast coast. Whiting Bay itself, on the Firth of Clyde, gives the village its name.
SeaProspecthill put-in (Lamlash)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA paved slipway on Clauchlands Road in Prospecthill, a hamlet on the northern shore of Lamlash Bay just outside Lamlash village. Lamlash Bay is a sheltered natural harbour on Arran's east coast, enclosed by Holy Isle across its mouth.
SeaLamlash pier slipway
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway beside Lamlash's ferry terminal on Lamlash Bay, close to the seasonal passenger ferry to Holy Isle. Lamlash Bay is a sheltered harbour on Arran's east coast, enclosed by Holy Isle.
SeaNetherhall put-in (Largs)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on the Largs shore in the area known as Netherhall, opening onto the Firth of Clyde opposite Great Cumbrae.
SeaNetherhall put-in (Largs)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandThe Largs RNLI lifeboat station's slipway, on the town's Netherhall shore, opening onto the Firth of Clyde opposite Great Cumbrae. It is an operational lifeboat launch rather than a general-purpose public slipway.
SeaMillport put-in
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway in Millport, the only town on Great Cumbrae, on Millport Bay which forms the island's entire south coast. The bay is a popular summer anchorage with visitor moorings.
SeaKildonan put-in
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on Shore Road at Kildonan, a hamlet at the southern tip of Arran facing the Firth of Clyde. The small uninhabited island of Pladda, with its automated lighthouse, lies about 1km offshore.
SeaPirnmill slipway
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on Arran's northwest coast at Pirnmill, facing the Kilbrannan Sound towards Grogport on the Kintyre peninsula. The village has had a jetty since the 1930s, before which small boats landed visitors over duckboards.
SeaFairlie put-in (north)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA second slipway on the Fairlie shore, roughly 400 m along the coast from another mapped put-in, opening onto Fairlie Bay on the Firth of Clyde.
SeaFairlie put-in
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on the Fairlie shore, opening onto Fairlie Bay on the Firth of Clyde. Fairlie grew as a fishing village around a sheltered anchorage, and the remains of its old ferry quay are still visible nearby.
SeaCumbrae ferry-crossing slipway
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on Great Cumbrae's northeast shore, about 450 m from the Cumbrae Slip ferry terminal that CalMac uses for the short crossing to Largs. It opens onto the Firth of Clyde at the narrow strait between the island and the mainland.
SeaCumbrae Slip
North Ayrshire, ScotlandThe CalMac ferry terminal and slipway on Great Cumbrae's shore, marked in OpenStreetMap as 'Cumbrae Slip', where the short vehicle-ferry crossing from Largs lands. A launch here shares the ramp with scheduled ferry traffic.
SeaCorrie put-in
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway at Corrie, a small former quarrying village on Arran's northeast coast about 10km north of Brodick, fronting the Firth of Clyde. The village has two old quays, once used to ship sandstone off the island, either side of a landmark known locally as Ferry Rock.
SeaCordon put-in (Lamlash)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway at Cordon, a small settlement on the shore of Lamlash Bay between Brodick and Lamlash village. The bay is a sheltered natural harbour on Arran's east coast, enclosed by Holy Isle.
SeaBrodick put-in
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on the shore of Brodick Bay, Arran's main village and ferry port on the island's east coast, below Goat Fell. The bay is a broad natural harbour on the Firth of Clyde and hosts the CalMac ferry terminal to the north of the launch point.
SeaNewton Sands slipway and pier (Millport)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA short asphalt slipway and pier onto Newton Sands beach on Great Cumbrae's west coast, mapped about 15 metres from a separate slipway node at the same spot. It shares the same stretch of Firth of Clyde shoreline as the other Millport put-ins.
SeaArdeer put-in (Stevenston)
North Ayrshire, ScotlandA slipway on the Ardeer peninsula shore in Stevenston, opening onto the Firth of Clyde. Ardeer was once an island and later hosted the Nobel explosives factory before becoming the biodiversity-rich headland it is today.
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