📌 Largs, North Ayrshire
★★★
Ayrshire’s Gogo Glen has long been a popular destination for its woodland and waterfalls, but it’s on the slopes above where activity is really stepping up. A seriously ambitious afforestation project was underway on our 2021 visit, and new paths have been constructed up to a small hilltop mast above Auchenmaid Craigs. The heavily engineered surfaces and wide steps seem a bit incongruous amidst the barren moorland, but make for a swift ascent to the top. The very best views are reserved, however, for a little further on at Cauld Rocks. Here, the foreground drops steeply away to reveal the town of Largs backed by the Firth of Clyde and its myriad islands.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on Bellesdale Avenue, 0.5 mi east of Largs town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 212593
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.794117,-4.853498
🚌 Eastern Avenue | 🚢🚆 Town centre (0.5 mi) has further train / bus connections
🚗 Street parking
📝 Key info
▶ 5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 260 m | ⌛ 1.5-2 hr
Features: 💧 Gogo Glen; △ Auchenmaid Crags mast (290 m); 📷 Cauld Rocks viewpoint
⬤ Moderate | Clear tracks (steeper & rougher on ascent) lower down, excellent path higher up. Steep gradients.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – descend to Gogo Glen – after hydro building, track ascends to junction at 🧭 NS 228595 – start of hill path at 🧭 NS 227595 – Auchencraig Craigs mast – Cauld Rocks – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Small forest & moorland birds, otherwise quiet.
Weather: Sunny, temperature in low teens.
April 2021
