National Cycle Network Go Traffic Free in Scotland - Sustrans
National Cycle Network Go Traffic Free in Scotland - Sustrans
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ey<br />
Bogside<br />
Flats<br />
39<br />
Map 16<br />
Garnock<br />
Floods<br />
Nature<br />
Reserve<br />
B779 B779<br />
Magnum<br />
Leisure<br />
Centre<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Beach<br />
Park<br />
0<br />
Kilometres<br />
Egl<strong>in</strong>ton Country Park<br />
A737 A737<br />
Scottish<br />
Maritime<br />
Museum<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Bay<br />
New Town Trail<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Start/<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ish<br />
A71 A71<br />
A78(T) A78(T)<br />
Gailes Marsh<br />
Wildlife<br />
Reserve<br />
Map 15<br />
1<br />
B7080 B7080<br />
A71 A71<br />
A78(T) A78(T)<br />
For more <strong>in</strong>formation on<br />
the New Town Trail<br />
see www.ayrshirepaths.org.uk<br />
A78(T) A78(T)<br />
2 3<br />
Map 14<br />
Shewalton<br />
Wood Wildlife<br />
Reserve<br />
2<br />
To Troon,<br />
Prestwick, Ayr<br />
and Carlisle<br />
A71 A71<br />
Dreghorn<br />
Gentle cycl<strong>in</strong>g around Irv<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Spr<strong>in</strong>gside<br />
A71 A71<br />
B7081 B7081<br />
Knockentiber<br />
Crosshouse<br />
Irv<strong>in</strong>e to Kilmarnock<br />
Kilmaurs<br />
Kilmaurs<br />
Kilmarnock<br />
Category: Urban and rural, riverside and railway paths,<br />
short on-road sections <strong>in</strong> Kilmarnock<br />
Distance: 8 miles/13 kilometres<br />
Time: 1 hour 10 m<strong>in</strong>utes<br />
Gradient: Flat<br />
Surface: Tarmac<br />
Enjoy a blissfully flat and almost entirely traffic-free cycle<br />
to Kilmarnock. This section follows Route 73, which is<br />
signed off Route 7 where it crosses the River Irv<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
<strong>Cycle</strong> by the river to Dreghorn where John Boyd Dunlop,<br />
Dundonald<br />
<strong>in</strong>ventor of the pneumatic tyre, was born <strong>in</strong> 1840.<br />
Thanks to him cycl<strong>in</strong>g is a cushioned affair compared<br />
to the prototypes of yesteryear. Cont<strong>in</strong>ue through open<br />
country on the old railway path and follow the signs <strong>in</strong>to<br />
Kilmarnock where there’s a tra<strong>in</strong> station, with l<strong>in</strong>ks to the<br />
north and south.<br />
A71 A71<br />
AYR AYR RD RD<br />
A735 A735<br />
17<br />
Kilmarnock<br />
Start/<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ish<br />
40<br />
B751 B751
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