[2] The first buildings in the lower Dunure village were erected in the early nineteenth century, not long after improvements to the local harbour in 1811.

John Keppie, a colleague of the renowned Glasgow artist, architect and type designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, rented the house of Mainslea and a small cottage in its back garden opposite Dunure Castle for what was known as “The Roaring Camp”, a holiday home popular with young women friends of theirs from the Glasgow School of Art.

[5] The mounted skeleton of the famous Clydesdale horse 'Baron of Buchlyvie' is a popular attraction for the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Galleries in Glasgow.

[6] A labyrinth has been constructed in a hollow on the headland overlooked by the castle in May 2008 led by local community councillor Andy Guthrie.

The famous Electric Brae is located on the main road (where national speed limit of 60mph applies) near the village: its nickname comes from the optical illusion that it is going slightly uphill instead of down.