The Irvine New Town Trail is a cycle and pedestrian route which passes through Bourtreehill, giving relatively 'car free' access to Girdle Toll, Eglinton Country Park, Broomlands, Springside, Kilmarnock and beyond.
Thorntoun house and estate, including Carmel Bank, previously a Cuninghame property lies towards Springside.
Springside School, a private all-girls school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.