Girvan Beach — Attraction in Scotland

This is a great beach. It's cleared on a daily basis by a tractor in the morning. It's never busy so plenty of space for the kids to run about and paddle. It goes for a good 3/4 mile as well so good for a stroll along and back. If you have a pram there's a path/promenade that you can walk the full length as well Just of the beach is a good play park for kids. I'd recommend 11 and under with a balance obstacle course just next to it as well. During the summer season and out with covid there is a boating pond where you can hire a row boat which again is fun for the kids. Just recently you can now hire peddle carts. Head behind the swimming building to the containers. You can fit 2 or a family of 4 on, again fun for the kids. Only other things to mention are the amusement arcade on the corner across from the park and if you walk along 2 minutes past that there is a decent chippy. Everything you need for a family day...

There has clearly been a lot of attention to making the beach nice, but unfortunately the overall effect of the beach grooming (it appeared to have been raked flat but some tractor-drawn equipment) was of the aftermath of an industrial clean up. Also, although dogs were allowed on the beach, the warning signs that dogs must be kept under control seems to have led to everyone marching their dogs along on leads...a rather joyless sight. I expect we just caught things at a bad time and in the hight of a sunny summer (we were there on a grey September day) it was a different place, but we didn't feel like we wanted to stay long. On the upside, parking on the seafront was free and the beach is sheltered, wide and long and covered in clean deep sand. And I'm told you can usually pick up fresh lobster...

This is a really lovely place for a day out at a grand beach. Facilities are really excellent, mind to bring a credit/debit card to get into the toilets in the harbour. No, I am not joking. But they are really clean and well kept.

Cafe and ice cream, fish and chip lunch, not a problem here.

Quite place, long beach, great walk & kids play park. Along with a great working harbour to wander around. Be careful, mind it is a working harbour.

The only thing is the town centre is looking very tired. Its been hit hard by the pandemic and local businesses shutting down. But still enough to get you shopping. I'm sure once we are out of the pandemic low the high Street will jump back to a thriving, cracking place again.

Another West coast star, a must visit for families to...