ROYAL TROON GOLF CLUB

Across Southwood Road into the edge of the golf course and up over the iron railway bridge a magnificent panoramic view of the Firth of Clyde opens up. Arran in the background provides a perfect setting for the immaculate green of Royal Troon Golf Course. Troon Old Course, now known as Royal Troon, was formed on the Craigend lands. The clubhouse overlooking the first tee was built in 1878 and was designed by H. E. Clifford who included some outstanding features in the building. The portico arched windows on the building's gable ends and cast iron balcony makes this Clubhouse unique in Ayrshire. The Club is known worldwide for staging the Open Golf Championships.

BLACKROCKS

Blackrocks was a popular spot for smugglers off loading their contraband during the middle 18th - 19th centuries. The luggers would come in close to the Pow Burn by using their local knowledge to get through the notorious Blackrocks. Farmers would bring their carts down on the Wrack Road under cover of darkness, load up and be away before the Excise men arrived. Colonel Fullarton, employed by the government to stop this illicit trade, was sympathetic to the plight of the locals and would turn a blind eye to this activity. Many a government Excise Cutter landed on the Blackrocks giving chase to the smugglers.

DANDERIN

Craigend Road from Bentinck Drive up to the Isle O'Pins Road was known as the 'Danderin'. On the lower part was an avenue of large trees known locally as the Boulevard. Sunday afternoons would see a number of families out sitting, walking, chatting to friends or just taking the air, 'danderin' under the shade of the trees. Fullarton Drive, originally called Bogend, was the site of the first settlement of Fowlertons who came to Troon from Irvine around 1230.