Riverside Lodge Hotel Irvine Golf Course

The golf course at Riverside Lodge Hotel sits right on Irvine's doorstep, and if you've got your clubs with you on a park holiday in Ayrshire, it's worth ringing ahead to see if you can get a round in. It's a proper 18-hole layout that takes the best part of four hours to play through, depending on how many times you're fishing balls out of the rough. The course itself is fairly straightforward - nothing too mental, but it keeps you honest with a few water hazards and some decent bunkering around the greens. Views across the surrounding countryside are decent enough, though you're never far from the town.