(S/E) From the car park in front of KidzPlay, head over to the promenade. Pass the Kidzplay building keeping it on your right-hand side.
(1) Make your way down onto the sandy beach and walk along for just over 1km. Look out for an Ayrshire Coastal Path marker post on the sand dunes to your right.
Turn right (East) here to go over the sand dunes and onto a sandy footpath along the edge of the golf course. There should be a fenceline on your right-hand side.
(2) After crossing the Pow Burn via a footbridge, keep left.
(3) You will reach a gate with a kissing gate at each side of it. Go through the kissing gate on the left then turn left (West) to walk along a surfaced track just outside Prestwick Holiday Park.
(4) The path soon narrows and becomes sandy, bending to the left (West) to emerge next to the Pow Burn.
(5) Continue onto the sandy beach of Troon South Sands. Walk North along the beach for approx 3km, heading up onto the promenade at any of the ramps to arrive in front of Troon South Beach play area and Kiosk/toilets.
(6) Turn right (South East) to walk along the promenade and take the first turn on your left onto Victoria Drive (North East).
(7) Go straight on at a crossroads to continue along Victoria Drive.
After passing beneath the railway bridge, at the end of the street turn right (South East) onto Golf Crescent.
(8) At the end of Golf Crescent turn left (North East) onto Willockston Road until you reach a crossroads. Turn right here (South) and head along the cycle path taking in the views of the golf courses along the way!
(9) After 1.8km you will come to a bridge over the railway tracks. Use the ramp to go up onto the bridge, leading to Royal Troon Golf course.
(10) Cross the golf course heading South West to reach the beach. You will emerge at a wooden marker post indicating that you are on part of the ‘Smugglers Trail‘.
Head down onto the beach and turn left (South East) to re-trace your steps from here back to the car park via the Pow Burn (4), Prestwick Holiday Park, the sandy path along the edge of the golf course and finally coming onto the beach at the Ayrshire Coastal Path marker post (1).
The car park in front of KidzPlay is approx 3.3km from the Smuggler's Trail marker post (S/E)
