Forest bathing at Corsehillmuir Wood

Corsehillmuir Wood is a small Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve on the edge of Kilwinning. It is natural woodland, with a canopy of birch, ash, alder and willow over a mossy, ferny floor, and woodland birds are around all year. It sits next to the Corsehill side of Eglinton Country Park, so it can be added to a longer walk there or visited on its own.

The wood is small, so this is a place to go slowly rather than far. The Trust suggests about half an hour to walk it, but that is easily stretched to an hour if you stop to sit or look closely at the mosses and ferns. The paths are surfaced, with one steep section. Like all the Trust's Ayrshire reserves, it is open every day of the year and free to enter. There are no facilities on site, so plan on Kilwinning or the Eglinton visitor centre for toilets and a café.