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3 NC9 9 9 9 MAP 11 3 Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the permission C 9 N 3 of the controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown Copyright C 19 Licence No: 100023393. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright . N and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. MAP 14 Path No. Path Name Path Type Length NC1 Millport Cycle Route Road 12.2km NC2 Inner Circle Road 6.7km NC21 Largs Cycle Route Tarmac 6.2km NC23 Fairlie Moor Road Road 5.3km NC28 Fairlie Moor to Lawoodhead Track and grass 3.3km NC33 A78 to Fairlie Moor Road Track 1.3km NC34 Fairlie Moor Road Road 1.0km NC36 Hunterston Cycle Route Tarmac and track 2.8km NC60 West Kilbride to Portencross Pier Aggregate and beach 6.0km NC61 Hunterston Peninsula Route to West Kilbride Aggregate 5.9km

Millport Fairlie

Coastline

The coastline of the North Coast and Cumbraes boasts a number of nationally significant sites. The Portencross Coast is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and includes a great variety of seashore habitats with interesting plants, the best mud flats for wildfowl and waders in the Clyde. The coastline is also valued for its geology as there are fine exposures of upper Old Red Sandstone ranging from cannon-ball conglomerate to sandstones, with striking outcrops of igneous intrusions and rucked sediments. POINTS OF INTEREST 1 Outdoor Centre On Great Cumbrae, Kames Bay is designated as a SSSI and is the only example of a shore 2 Golf Course dominated by sand on the Island. It is classed as the classic Scottish site for the study of 3 Glaid Stone Viewpoint intertidal marine biology, having contributed more to the understanding of marine biology 4 Putting Green than any other stretch of beach in Scotland. The bay represents the seaward extension of a 5 Museum (Benedictine Monastery) geological fault line and the rocks on the western side of the bay are composed of old red 6 Site of Battle of Largs sandstone and sandstone conglomerate, whilst the eastern side of the bay is of lower Carboniferous origin. 7 Margaret's Law/Haco's Tomb/Haylie - (Chambered Cairn) 8 Haylie Brae Viewpoint Ballochmartin Bay on the Island is also a SSSI and is the most varied section of coast on 9 Largs Golf Club the Island. The flora and fauna of the intertidal area have been intensively surveyed and 10 The Pencil studied, and the site is of considerable importance for research and the teaching of marine 11 Largs Yacht Haven biology. The beach is backed by herb-rich grassland and roadside verges supporting slow- 12 Hunterston Castle worms and a number of uncommon higher plant species. 13 Portencross Castle 1 Points of Interest Railway Station P Car Park National Trust for Scotland

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