Access Guide
We aim to be accessible to all. To help you better plan your visit, we've put together this guide which is packed full of info about the park. If your question hasn't been answered here, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Getting Here
DRIVING
Heads of Ayr Farm Park is accessible by car. For Sat Navs, our postcode is KA7 4LD. We are next door to Haven’s Craig Tara holiday park.
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From Glasgow and the North: follow the M77/A77 to just beyond Ayr, exiting at the Alloway turn-off (signposted Heads of Ayr, Haven Craig Tara). Drive through Alloway following the signs for Heads of Ayr, Haven Craig Tara, onto the coastal road (A719). Go straight through the roundabout, Heads of Ayr Farm Park is another 2 miles on the right.
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From Stranraer and the South: follow the main A77 as far as Turnberry, then exit onto the A719. From there, Heads of Ayr Farm Park is another 5 miles on your left.
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PARKING
Car parking is free and is open from 9am – 5pm. It is a private, open-air car park. It is locked overnight. There are spaces for buses, coaches, and other large vehicles. There is no height restriction. There are no dropped kerbs.
There are 9 Blue Badge spaces available. They are located roughly between 4-12 metres from the admissions desk. Blue Badge spaces do not need to be booked in advance.
The parking bays are gravel, with tarmacked pathways in the main car park. An overflow grass car park is used during peak times and is well signposted. The overflow parking areas offer gravel and grass parking bays and pathways.
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TRAIN
The nearest railway station to the park is Ayr. Train times can be found on Scotrail’s website here. Following your arrival at Ayr train station, visitors will have to get a bus to the farm park.
There is a bus stop on Smith Street (just across the road from the station) which is on the route to the farm park. Ayr Bus Station is a 0.5 mile (11 minute) walk away.
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BUS
Heads of Ayr Farm Park is located on two bus routes. The first is the 361 (Straiton – Dunure) which runs approximately every hour. This bus stops right across the road from the farm park. There is no crossing, so visitors must take care when crossing the A719. Once you have crossed the road, it is a 0.1 mile walk to our admissions desk.
An alternative bus is the 97 Craig Tara bus. This bus also runs every hour. This bus terminates at Craig Tara holiday park. It is approximately an 11 minute (0.5 mile) walk from Craig Tara to the farm park. This walk follows a footpath alongside the A719 road so great care should be taken.
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TAXIS
Taxis are available to reach us from Ayr town centre. It generally costs around £14 to reach us from the taxi rank near the station.
We recommend the following firms:
Ayr Premier Taxis: 01292 404040
Streamline Taxis: 01292 477000
Park Entry and Tickets
Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online in advance here. It is £0.90 cheaper per ticket to purchase online.
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If you are entitled to a carer, they do not have to book a ticket. They can simply arrive at the park with you and show their documentation. Valid documentation includes:
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LETTERS showing proof of DLA, PIP, or ADP payments dated within the last 12 months.
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A TRAVEL CARD or ACCESS CARD with a +1.
These documents should be shown alongside a valid form of ID to confirm identiry. No other documentation is accepted.
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