Shaping North Ayrshire

Skelmorlie Active Travel

Secret Bunker No comments North Coast and Cumbraes
Looking over the River Clyde on the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay Ferry route.
Looking over the River Clyde on the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay Ferry route.

Project code: 958

Amount applied for

£640

Project Summary

To provide a waypoint on stage 12 of the Ayrshire Coastal Path for walkers and cyclists from Skelmorlie and Largs. Our association will provide a free toilet and refreshment stop so that users can benefit from the physical and mental improvements that outdoor exercise can provide for our community.

Project Description

We are normally open on Sunday afternoons from April to September from approx 1pm until 5pm.

Our Museum site known as Skelmorlie Secret Bunker as a secondary role has a vision of promoting Active Travel within North Ayrshire for the benefit of all our community. 

We can provide a toilet and refreshment facility through using our self contained Groundhog Welfare unit which provides a proper toilet facility and small kitchen for the provision of hot and cold drinks. 

In addition apart from catering for small groups such as individuals and families we can by prior arrangement cope with organised walking and cycling groups both on Sunday afternoons and outwith those times.

We are applying for £360 to get our toilet facility serviced over that six months, £150 for flyers to advertise within North Ayrshire the Active Travel Waypoint and £130 for kitchen sundries such as water, tea, coffee eco cups and milk to provide a refreshment service all at no cost to the users of our museum site.  

Location: Visit by North Ayrshire Tandem Group comprising some visually impaired riders.

Proposed on behalf of: 25 Group Royal Observer Corps Association

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  • Published 2026-08-14

    Status changed to
    Project complete

    80 people participated in the project. It allowed the Museum to advertise our site for Active Travel throughout North Ayrshire via each library location and the Vikingar plus working with Trinity Active Trave. Provided a serviced toilet facility and welcome refreshments (water and soft drinks) for those who visited especially during our period of high temperatures in the North Coast.Our not for profit 25 Group Royal Observer Corps association annual accounts retains enough money to pay for our PLI and ELI insurance from the NFU and this funding grant allowed us to provide a community waypoint for those individuals and families interested in undertaking walking or cycling over one of the most scenic Ayrshire Coastal paths (stage 12) overlooking Cumbrae and the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay ferry route.