Queensland Holiday Park

The wind carries salt from the Ayrshire coast, and if you're lucky, you'll wake to gulls wheeling over pitches that've hosted tents and tourers for years.

Queensland suits anyone after a straightforward Scottish base — families with campervans, couples in caravans, tenters happy with the essentials. You're in Ayrshire, which means you're well placed for coastal walks, Burns Country if you're that way inclined, and the kind of big skies that make you remember why you came to Scotland in the first place. The pitch types are flexible enough for most setups, and being open year-round means you can catch this coastline in any season, gales and all.

Facilities are kept simple — toilets and showers onsite, nothing fancy but everything you need. Campfires are worth asking about when you arrive, as policies can shift. It's a no-frills kind of place, the sort where you're here for the location and the freedom to just be, rather than entertainment laid on.